Context :
Google
says will block search engine in Oz if forced to pay for news / Financial
Post / 23 Jan 2021
Extract :
Ø Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would block its search
engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a
new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for
the right to use their content.
Ø The search giant had warned that its 19 million Australian users would face degraded search and YouTube experiences if the new code were enforced.
Ø Australia is on course to
pass laws that would make tech giants negotiate payments with local publishers and
broadcasters for content included
in search results or news feeds. If they cannot strike a deal, a government-appointed arbitrator will decide the price
Ø Google’s comments drew a sharp rebuke from Australian Prime Minister Scott
Morrison who said,
“ the country makes its rules for “things you can do in Australia.”
“People who want to work with that in Australia, you’re very welcome.
But we don’t respond to
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Maintain sanctity of Personal Communication / E T – 20 Jan 2021
Extract :
Ø “Be it
WhatsApp, be it Facebook, be it any digital platform, you are free to do
business in India. But do it in a
manner without impinging upon the rights of Indians who operate it...the sanctity and privilege of personal
communication must be maintained,” Prasad said at a virtual industry event on
Tuesday.
“I know there will be pressure for sharing this
(data), but, this is plainly unacceptable, let me be very clear on it.”
Ø
“I do acknowledge the implicit need for data
movement in corporate globe to keep digital commerce intact. But the ground
rule of that movement must be clearly laid. Next there must be reciprocity in
data sharing in the world. And again, we must never compromise on our digital sovereignty,”
the minister said.
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Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,
It is not too late to tell the Social Media :
“ We aren’t too much worried about degraded search
experience . All that we ask is :
You are minting a ton of money by using ( selling
) personal data of 500 million Indian Users. We
want you to make a tiny compensation to these users, by agreeing with our
following proposal :
Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]…………………..... [ 14 Feb 2019 ]
SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login )….[ 10 Feb 2019 ]
In case you desire for an
EXPERT OPINION, I suggest following :
He Created
the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World. / New York Times / 10 Jan 2021
Extract :
Ø Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a
start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?
Ø But now, Mr. Berners-Lee,
65, believes the online world has gone astray. Too much power and too much personal data, he says,
reside with the tech giants like Google and Facebook
— “silos” is the generic
term he favors, instead of referring to the companies by name. Fueled by vast
troves of data, he says, they have become surveillance platforms and gatekeepers
of innovation.
Ø But Mr. Berners-Lee is
taking a different approach: His answer to the problem is technology that gives
individuals more power.
Ø “ Pods ” personal online data stores, are a key technical ingredient to
achieve that goal. The idea is that each person could
control his or her own data — websites visited, credit card purchases, workout routines, music
streamed — in an individual data safe, typically a sliver of
server space.
Ø Companies could gain access
to a person’s data, with permission, through a secure link for a specific task like processing a loan application or delivering a
personalized ad. They could link to and use personal information selectively, but not store it.
Ø Mr. Berners-Lee’s vision of personal data sovereignty stands in sharp contrast to the harvest-and-hoard model of the big tech companies.
Ø He began an open-source
software project, Solid, and later founded a company, Inrupt, with John Bruce, a veteran of five previous
start-ups, to kick-start adoption
Ø Inrupt introduced in
November its server
software for enterprises and government agencies. And the start-up is getting a handful of
pilot projects underway in earnest this year, including ones with Britain’s
National Health Service and with the government of Flanders, the Dutch-speaking
region of Belgium.
Ø Start-ups, Mr. Berners-Lee
noted, can play a crucial role in accelerating the adoption of a new technology.
Ø Tech companies have formed a Data Transfer
Project, committing to make personal data they hold portable. It now comprises Google, Facebook,
Apple, Microsoft and Twitter.
Ø “In this changed regulatory
setting, there is a market opportunity for Tim Berners-Lee’s firm and others to
offer individuals better ways to control their data,” said Peter Swire, a
privacy expert at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.
RELATED READINGS :
Ø Tim
Berners-Lee Speaks …………………….[ 30 Sept 2018 ]
Ø Internet
Bill of Rights…………………………..[ 07 Oct 2018 ]
Ø Contract
for the Web…………………………..[ 06 Nov 2018 ]
Ø Only
Answer : a Statutory Warning…….[ 10 Nov 2018 ]
Ø Slow
and Steady ? Sure Way to Nowhere !...........[ 05 Jan 2019 ]
Ø Thanks,
Shri Piyush Goyalji ………………..[ 28 June 2019 ]
Ø Data
becomes an Air Molecule : Free to travel anywhere………….[ 30 July 2019 ]
Ø Thank
You, Narendrabhai ………………….[ 26 Nov 2019 ]
Ø A
Small Display of Willingness ?..........[ 20 Oct 2020 ]
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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
/ hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 24
Jan 2021
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