In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 15th March 2020 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. Influences on social media promoting violent extremism among biggest cyber threats, says NTRO Chairperson “Influences on social media” that promote “violent extremist ideologies” are among the biggest cyber threats right now, Satish Chandra Jha, the chairperson of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), said at Nullcon on March 5. Read it here Election Commission consultation proposes Electronic Voter ID; social media gag for campaigners before polling day In a consultation seeking public comments, the Election Commission of India suggested, among other things, that there be a gag on social media in the 48 hours before polls open in elections. Read it here Amit Shah: Facial recognition software fed with government data used to identify over 1,100 rioters Home Minister Amit Shah, while speaking in Lok Sabha earlier today, revealed that the government is using a facial recognition software to identify perpetrators of riots that broke out in Delhi last month. Read it here Restricting underage access to porn and gambling sites: a good idea, but technically tricky Australia should work towards adopting a mandatory age-verification system for gambling and pornography websites, according to a recommendation from the federal parliamentary cross-party committee on social and legal issues. Read it here Define a compliance period, scrap non-personal data: NASSCOM, DSCI on Personal Data Protection Bill The Personal Data Protection Bill needs to define a minimum…
