Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Risk and Leadership: Why People Must Stay Informed
Artificial Intelligence is accelerating innovation across societies and organisations — but it is also reshaping the cyber risk landscape. In my article for Epikaira, I explore why cybersecurity can no longer be viewed purely as a technical challenge. Increasingly, the most critical vulnerabilities lie not in
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Singapore Restricts Smartphones in Secondary Schools
Delighted to see these new guidelines about restricting smart phones and smart watches use in secondary schools in Singapore. This is a positive step to reduce the amount of tech that our young people interact with on a daily basis. My thoughts: ✅The revised guidelines are
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Singapore Battles Against Deepfakes
Singapore Battles Against Deepfakes, Consent, and Digital Harms in the AI Age (16 Dec 2024): Globally, deepfakes, powered by artificial intelligence (#ai), continue to be a big safety and security problem for individuals, organisations, and societies. In our recent commentary, Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, PhD and I discuss
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ISC2’s Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2023
What does a cozy group of #women in #cyber talk about when we finally meet? Neha Malhotra Zi Xuan Low Sneha Sridhar Allies, opportunities, trials & tribulations, workplace culture, burnout, and an overarching passion for #cybersecurity. Community, equal opportunity, and support is key to elevating the
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There’s More to Cyberbullying than Meets the Eye: Could Your Child be a Victim or Bully?
A version of this was published in: https://sg.theasianparent.com/what-is-cyberbullying-kids As children continue to spend longer periods of time online due to the offline dangers posed by COVID-19, they are increasingly exposed to a variety of internet-based dangers. Undoubtedly, new technologies – such as smartphones, tablets, and a
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Re-examining the Relationship Between Civil Society and the Internet: Pessimistic Visions in India’s ‘IT City’
The increasing frequency and proficiency of Internet use by civil society groups is touted by its proponents as proof of the Internet’s democratic credentials. Studies that highlight the Internet-civil society relationship assume: firstly, that intertwining of online and offline activity furthers democratic goals and secondly, the
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#RiseUpSL: The Role of Social Media and Citizen Engagement in Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis
Originally Published In: Rao, A. (13 December 2018). #RiseUpSL: The role of social media and citizen engagement in Sri Lanka’s political crisis, ISAS Insights Executive Summary Sri Lanka is in the midst of an unprecedented constitutional and political crisis. The Supreme Court’s final verdict on the
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Taming The Misuse of Social Media: Lessons From The Indian Elections
Originally Published In: Rao, A. (July 2019). Taming the misuse of social media: Lessons from the Indian elections, ISAS Newsletter: South Asia, Vol. 27 (Jan-Jun 2019) Introduction Much has been said and written about the pivotal role played by social media during the recently-concluded Indian general
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Repertoires of collective action in an “IT City”: Urban civil society negotiations of offline and online spaces in Bangalore
Originally Published In: Rao, A. & Dutta, M.J. (2016). Repertoires of collective action in an “IT City”: Urban civil society negotiations of offline and online spaces in Bangalore. Communication Monographs, DOI This paper examines the ways in which two Internet-based civil society groups, Hasiru Usiru and
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“Sister‐Groups” and Online‐Offline Linkages in Networked Collective Action: A Case Study of the Right to Information Movement in India
In this paper, the rise of hyperlinked activist communities, and their role in organizing, coordinating and supporting offline (physical) activism, is discussed as a new form of information and communication technology (ICT)‐enabled collective action. The role of networked civil society in India is examined in the
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