Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday 8 August 2018

A tale of two countries





How does India’s  response to Social Media mischiefs , compare with that of China ?


Here is how :




INDIA



Extract :


Maintaining its tough stance against multi-national internet giants, the government on Tuesday warned large platforms to “ behave in a responsible manner “ , to enable users report “ disturbing “ content promptly so that swift action can be initiated


IT secretary , Ajay P Sawhney said that platforms should take pro-active steps to ensure that subscribers develop confidence in them while using their services


Sawhney said that the government takes action against the platforms under the provisions mentioned in the IT Act after violations are noticed


“ we have requested various companies to make sure that flagging of concerns is possible within the platforms ….. If something is disturbing , users should be able to flag off ( such content ) . The platform can take action





CHINA




In a posting on a private social media account on Tuesday, Baidu CEO Robin Li said if the two companies come head to head, “ Baidu will win again ”.


“Chinese companies today have plenty of ability and confidence” to
compete globally, he added.


Apple
has removed hundreds of apps from its Chinese app store in the past year under increasingly strict censorship laws championed by Chinese president Xi Jinping.


Facebook,
whose social media products are banned in China, is also making efforts to enter the restrictive market.


Google,
the world’s biggest search engine, is welcome to return to China as long as it complies with the nation’s laws and right to control the internet within its borders, the People’s Daily said.


“The decision to exit the Chinese market was a huge blunder, which made the company miss golden chances in the mainland’s internet development,” the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party said.


Google
  is welcome to return to the mainland, but it’s a prerequisite that it must comply with the
  requirements of the law.”

 



It is true that unlike China , India is a democracy where “ freedom of speech “ is a constitutionally guaranteed right ( - even though some do treat it as a “ license to hurt others through abusive language “ )



May be , we are also more “ polite “ than the Chinese when it comes to welcoming “ foreigners ( - even if “ online “ ) .  Atithi  Devo  Bhav  ! How can we talk back to guests , who are “ Gods “ ?



May be , it takes our Parliament , months and years ,to enact new laws or amend old ones ( since our legislators are too busy rushing into the well of the house or visiting canteen ? )



It took ShriKrishna committee one year to submit a draft of Data Protection Law



Now expect our Parliament ( after 2019 election ) , to take up this for a debate for 6 / 8 months and then pass it in an “ Un-implementable “ manner !



In India , time stands still  !



I urge the Policy Makers to debate my following suggestion – and throw it out if they can come up with something better :




 

Social Media web sites would be “ amenable “ to my suggestion



It seems they are under pressure from all over the World and have, therefore , come up with :


Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter Launch   Data Transfer Project 



It comes in the wake of GDPR, which has a requirement for such portability. The European legislation gives individuals the right to “ receive personal data they have provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format ” and request that a controller transmits this data directly to another controller.


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Dear  Shri  @RaviShankarPrasadji ,


On this day , 76 years ago , Mahatma Gandhi issued an ultimatum to the British Empire :


Quit India


It is time to tell the Social Media Empire ,



  Sign up an agreement as envisaged in 


  A  Matter  of  Motive  “ ,  


or pack up and leave “

 

09  Aug  2018

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