Soumyarendra Barik is Special Correspondent with The Indian Express and reports on the intersection of technology, policy and society. With over five years of newsroom experience, he has reported on issues of gig workers’ rights, privacy,...Read More
Soumyarendra Barik is Special Correspondent with The Indian Express and reports on the intersection of technology, policy and society. With over five years of newsroom experience, he has reported on issues of gig workers’ rights, privacy, India’s prevalent digital divide and a range of other policy interventions that impact big tech companies. He once also tailed a food delivery worker for over 12 hours to quantify the amount of money they make, and the pain they go through while doing so. In his free time, he likes to nerd about watches, Formula 1 and football.
Jan 31, 2023 12:12 IST
The company recently said it hasn't reinstated accounts that engaged in illegal activity, threats...
Tue, Jan 31, 2023Jan 30, 2023 04:14 IST
Thousands of other workers in the tech sector — that had boomed during the pandemic — have...
Tue, Jan 31, 2023Jan 29, 2023 00:10 IST
According to the notification, issued late Friday night, each of the three grievances appellate...
Sun, Jan 29, 2023Jan 28, 2023 13:49 IST
The grievances appellate committees will be empowered to oversee and revoke content...
Sun, Jan 29, 2023Jan 27, 2023 04:14 IST
Not trying to retrofit a particular organisation, says MoS IT...
Fri, Jan 27, 2023Jan 24, 2023 07:10 IST
Links to the documentary had been posted by prominent individuals like Trinamool MP Derek...
Tue, Feb 14, 2023Jan 20, 2023 13:59 IST
Even as the company added subscribers, it saw challenges. In the quarter ending June, it lost...
Fri, Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023 10:46 IST
TRAI has sought comments on a proposed feature that would allow users to know the identity of the...
Fri, Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023 04:18 IST
In an interview with Soumyarendra Barik and Anil Sasi, he spoke about how Australia formulated the...
Fri, Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023 03:08 IST
The proposal on “fake” news inserted as a postscript to the rules on online gaming further says...
Fri, Jan 20, 2023Jan 18, 2023 04:30 IST
As MeitY uploaded a new draft of amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, on Tuesday...
Thu, Jan 19, 2023Jan 14, 2023 14:16 IST
The CCI’s order “strikes a blow” at the efforts to accelerate digital adoption in the...
Sat, Jan 14, 2023Jan 14, 2023 05:31 IST
The CCI, last year, slapped two penalties on Google in separate cases. One of the fines, worth over...
Sat, Jan 14, 2023Jan 13, 2023 01:14 IST
The layoffs, done predominantly to cut costs in the face of economic headwinds such as high...
Fri, Jan 13, 2023Jan 08, 2023 16:35 IST
Ma previously possessed more than 50 per cent of voting rights at Ant but the changes will mean...
Mon, Jan 09, 2023Jan 06, 2023 02:33 IST
In September 2021, the government had announced a support package for telecom companies. At the...
Fri, Jan 06, 2023Jan 04, 2023 04:05 IST
The new Bill will replace the Information Technology Act, 2000, which is currently India’s core...
Sat, Jan 21, 2023Jan 03, 2023 14:13 IST
IT minister Chandrasekhar said the government may also regulate the content of online gaming, to...
Tue, Jan 03, 2023Jan 03, 2023 04:00 IST
Online games will have to register with a self-regulatory body, and only games that are cleared by...
Tue, Jan 03, 2023Dec 29, 2022 00:54 IST
The director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), SP Kochhar explains why...
Thu, Dec 29, 2022Dec 27, 2022 04:28 IST
Sharath Bulusu also spoke about the future of UPI and how it can be safeguarded from fraudulent...
Tue, Dec 27, 2022Dec 24, 2022 00:14 IST
The committees are being formed to offer users an avenue to appeal decisions taken by grievance...
Sat, Dec 24, 2022Dec 23, 2022 00:30 IST
There are also not many import options when it comes to other inputs such as active pharmaceutical...
Fri, Dec 23, 2022Dec 21, 2022 13:46 IST
Elon Musk made the announcement after a Twitter poll he had created voted in favour of him leaving...
Thu, Dec 22, 2022Dec 20, 2022 05:15 IST
“The big players remain to be big, but what's also happened is that smaller states are also...
Wed, Dec 21, 2022