What triggered the Protests in Nepal and Why its Termed as Gen Z Protests?
In September 2025, the Nepalese government ordered 26 major social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, X (Twitter), Snapchat, and LinkedIn, to stop working, as they have allegedly disobeyed a new registration and content-regulation regime. As per the officials, it is a matter of “sovereignty” and “national security.” For Gen Z of Nepal, it seemed […]
From Play to Prey to Policy Freeze – India Hits Pause on the Dark Side of Online Gaming.
At the height of India’s tech boom, online gaming emerged as the industry’s crown jewel with over ₹27,000 crore in potential GST revenues, has crashed into regulatory reality. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act will get implemented in 2025 to ban Indian government money based online games from the whole country which will […]
Click, Trap, Hack: The Dark Side of Fake CAPTCHA. Hundreds of WordPress Sites Hacked!
As per a report published by Israel’s National Digital Agency, the malware campaign “ShadowCaptcha” is using in excess of 100 WordPress sites to deliver a harmful payload. The campaign identified as tech, healthcare, legal, hospitality, and real estate-focused hit target first in August 2025. Also, this was previous to a campaign that originated States. Countries […]
Obscenity, Art, and Digital Technology: Where Do We Draw the Line?
Let’s start with an easy question: Would you watch that show, video, or post in the company of your kids and your mom? Like, you’d feel all right with that? If the answer is NO, we need to talk, not as professionals or policy makers but as parents, citizens and custodians of what we leave […]
Unfiltered & Unchecked – Does Social Media Need to be Regulated?
Every human being a potential publisher now and thanks to their smartphones, social media is an influential agent of change in the global public sphere. It’s basically for the people, through the people and by the people now, thanks to social media. Despite its great potential, the digital town square is also responsible for growing […]
Digital Security Through the Lens of Gyanendriyas and Karmendriyas.
In today’s world of screens that are jeering our mind effortlessly, the ancient Indian Concept of Gyanendriyas (organs of perception) and Karmendriyas (organs of action) is a good lens through which we can understand Digital Safety and Ethics. Understanding the Basics for the Beginners.. In Indian philosophy, Gyanendriyas are five sense organs by which information […]
Bhishma’s Choice Reimagined: In Defence of Digital Privacy
In the epic Mahabharata, Bhishma is one of the most glorious tragic heroes of our country. Bhishma was a son of King Shantanu and Ganga. He took a pledge of for is fathers lustfull desire to marry Satyavati. He was also known as Devavrata. This particular pledge was not just a personal sacrifice. It was […]
Digital Safety – Virtues and Vigilance from Pancha Pandavas
At a time when everything is digital, even the Mahabharata has lessons for us that we can learn from. The Pancha Pandavas are the five Pandava brothers who were all known for their own strengths and weaknesses. They are Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. Each of them had their own unique strength. They all […]
Ramayana Reimagined for Digital Safety
In this period when the digital world impacts our lives more than what epics did, we should reanalyse our stories through a different lens. The Ramayana can also be considered a metaphor for our online existence today, in addition to being a spiritual and moral guide. By re-narrating the characters and events from the epic […]
The Social Media Influencer Vigilantes : Between Heroism and Hubris
In the massive digital landscape of India, where over 800 million people have access to the internet, a new breed of internet personalities has emerged, Social Media Influencer Vigilantes. At first glance, Social Media Influencers appear as heroes / social activists, who are actually ordinary citizens exposing scams, fighting unethical business practices, calling out corrupt […]
