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Has the Internet made public diplomacy irrelevant?
By Sanjana Rathi Introduction It is ubiquitous to see nations around the world reaching out to the public, both domestic and foreign, to shape public opinions on one hand and exert influence on the other. As a result of public diplomacy, national leaderships are showing the urgency to connect to people for explaining government postures and decisions and communicating the desired ‘images.’ Therefore, it is essential to understand the meaning of public diplomacy and the Internet’s role in this age. At the same time we also see a surge of fake news and politicisation of media platforms. There is massive amount of data being created and social media rules are…
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The proliferation of data centers has costed the environment. So how do we ensure sustainability?
We know that data centres are a necessity in our current society, but the impact it has on our environment could possibly be disadvantageous. They have a huge environmental impact on the world we live in. Today they account for more than 3% of the global electricity supply and also contribute to more than 2% of the total global greenhouse gas emissions. Electronic waste, otherwise known as E-Waste, is another byproduct of data center refresh activity. As per a recent EPA report, E-Waste overall accounts for 2% of solid waste and 70% of toxic waste. E-Waste is created when data centres dispose of their server, storage, and networking equipment. An…
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The European Union, no longer the Queen of privacy?
TraceTogether in Singapore, Aarogya Setu in India, StopCovid in France, Covidsafe in Australia… Contact tracing applications are flourishing around the world and becoming the new trendy governmental tool to track the spread of COVID-19. This fashionable tool’s main purpose, is to prove that a citizen has been in proximity to someone tested positive for coronavirus. Thus, Privacy International and other organizations raised concerns about the rush to deploy technologies and the dangerous false debate between health and privacy. So contact tracing app is the new trendy and polemical thing, but how does it work? Is it the seed of a dystopian surveillance state? Above all, how does the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)…
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Cybersecurity: Issues & Challenges
In today’s inter-connected world, technologies underpin almost every facet of our society. Thus, cybersecurity becomes increasingly important, and the challenge lies in dealing with wide-ranging cyber threats in nearly real-time conditions. The capability to detect, analyze, and defend against such threats in near real-time terms is not possible without threat intelligence, data analysis, modeling techniques. Cyberspace comprises IT networks, computer resources, and all the fixed and mobile devices connected to the global network. A nation’s cyberspace is part of the worldwide cyberspace; it cannot be isolated to define its boundaries since cyberspace is borderless. This aspect makes cyberspace unique and challenging to solve. Unlike the physical world that is limited…
