In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 12th April 2020 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. Internet traffic sees dip, surge during PM Modi's 9pm 9 minute During PM Modi’s 9pm 9 minute campaign on April 5, internet traffic dipped sharply as people switched their house lights off, and rose sharply again, surging past the pre-9pm levels as the lights came back on. Read it here Skype introduces 'Meet Now' for quick video conference calls Skype has introduced a conference call feature that allows users to initiate or join group calls without needing to have a Skype account, or the app. The feature, called Meet Now, comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more and more people to work from home, resulting in a surge in popularity of video conferencing platforms, especially Zoom. Read it here HRD Ministry only sought to inform about the Aarogya Setu app; the Delhi govt took it as a data collection exercise What happens when a government uses schools as a proxy to monitor whether parents and teachers are downloading government’s apps or not? On Sunday, April 5, a parent whose child studies in Delhi’s Mother’s International School, shared a link to a Google Form that the school had sent them with MediaNama. Read it here MEITY starts consultations on amending the Information Technology Act, 2000 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has started inter-departmental and industry consultations to amend the…
