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Internet partially restored in Kashmir

28/01/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Internet partially restored in Kashmir

Following a court ruling in India the internet has been partially restored in Kashmir.

Internet partially restored in Kashmir.  Also PigeonBot and could Brazil be becoming a data colony?

Internet in Kashmir partially back on
Following a court ruling in India, the internet has been partially restored in Kashmir. There is still no access to social media but the Indian government was forced to allow some access.  Mishi Choudhary, founder of the Software Freedom Law Centre in New Delhi updates us on the situation.

Pigeonbot
Imagine a robot that’s as graceful as a swooping and gliding bird.  It could get into crowded environments where drones currently can’t be used.  The latest research, published in Science Robotics, into flying robots delivers just that.  Laura Matloff from Stanford University in USA is one of the team who designed PigeonBot and joins us on the programme. 

Will Brazil become a data colony?
Brazilians are neither happy with the way in which companies handle their personal data or trust them, according to a new survey by IBM.  Sau Paulo based Technology Writer Angelica Mari explains why there are growing concerns that soon private companies may control most citizen’s data.



(Photo: Kashmiri youth hold placards during a protest against an Internet, SMS and prepaid mobile services blockade. Credit: EPA/Farooq/Khan)                                         


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