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Cyber Review - July 2023

National

“Bharat emerging as trusted global electronics manufacturing partner”: EAM Dr S Jaishankar.

On 31 July 2023, Dr S. Jaishankar, Bharat’s External Affairs Minister (EAM), spoke at "Semicon-India 2023" and emphasis....

August 18, 2023 Israel , India , US , Iran , Australia , England , Healthcare , Indonesia , Cyberspace , Ransomware , Twitter , CERT-In , Bharat , VIF Cyber Review , 6G , semiconductor , Bazan , Cyber Avengers , Semicon India , Digital Bharat , Mallox

Cyber Review - June 2023

National

Cert-In issued “Guidelines on Information Security Practices” for government entities for safe and trusted Internet

The Bharatiya Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), on 30 June 2023, released guidelines on....

July 25, 2023 India , US , artificial intelligence , Fake news , Cyberspace , Digital economy , Twitter , Bharat , VIF Cyber Review , 6G , MOVEIt

China: Daily Scan, December 02, 2022

Zhao Gang appointed acting governor of China's Shaanxi Province: Xinhuanet

December 1, 2022

Zhao Gang has been appointed deputy governor and acting governor of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, according to a decision of the s....

December 02, 2022 COVID-19 , Huawei , China Daily Digest , Twitter , Telegram , Chongqing , Yunnan , IMF. Evergrande , Beijing Xiangshan

China: Daily Scan, September 15, 2022

China to further optimize industrial chain for pharmaceutical sector: Xinhuanet

September 14 2022

China will shore up weak links in the industrial chain for the pharmaceutical sector, the Ministry of Industry and Information Tec....

September 15, 2022 China , Russia , SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Taiwan , Vietnam , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Twitter , Malaysia , Zhejiang , Fujian

China: Daily Scan, September 14, 2022

Xi's upcoming visits show high importance China attaches to SCO, relations with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan: Xinhuanet

September 13, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming attendance to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SC....

September 14, 2022 SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , COVID-19 , IMF , China Daily Digest , Twitter , China Life Insurance

Social Media in Violent Conflicts – Recent Examples

… the very technology that is cause of the problem, can be used to correct it too .. Artificial Intelligence can help social media platforms spot lies, identify doctored videos and photographs and track the dissemination of falsehoods by domestic ....

August 02, 2021 Technological and Scientific Studies , artificial intelligence , national security , Fake news , Information Warfare , Social Media , WhatsApp , Twitter , Facebook , Range of social interaction , Information and misinformation , Freedom of Speech , Deception through media , Mass misleading through media , Abuse of media freedom

Shooting the ‘Messenger’: How India is tackling the Weaponisation of Social Media

Tejusvi Shukla Article

A recent publication of a distorted map of India by Twitter (under its career section “Tweep Live”) sparked a huge controversy.¹ After severe backlash, the map was hurriedly taken down, but FIRs have been lodged against Twitter India c....

July 08, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Hybrid Warfare , Information Warfare , 5G , Twitter , Facebook , Telegram , Psychological warfare , Social Media Weaponization , Narratives , Cartographic Agression , Clubhouse

The Social Media Dilemma: From Capitalism to National Security

Anushka Saraswat Commentary

Introduction

The emergence of social media has challenged modern democracies on multiple fronts-be it enticing violence or communal hatred or concerns of privacy and fake news, making it a new playground of battle. Platforms like Facebook....

May 28, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , national security , Social Media , capitalism , Twitter , Pakistan-China combine

Notes from the Sub-continent – May 2020

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh, where the people had to deal with a super cyclone even as they struggled to cope with the novel coronavirus pand....

June 11, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Amphan , Twitter , Lipulekha