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Nandan Nilekani wants technology companies to be more accountable. In the absence of altruism or benevolence on their part, they have to be made more accountable by the external environment, he said during panel discussion held as part of the Raisina Dialogue 2021, organised by the Observer Research Foundation.
We need an external environment that drives companies to this accountability, said Nilekani, who is the non-executive chairman of Infosys Ltd. “Companies can be proactive and lead on these things, but ultimately it has to be through rule of law,” he said.
Other participants on the panel included Margrethe Vestager from the European Commission, Marietje Schaake from Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation
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Security concerns arise over popular Clubhouse app after ties to China-based company revealed on February 25, 2021, 7:35 AM PST The Stanford Internet Observatory alleged that the Chinese government may have had access to audio data from Clubhouse. Here s what users should know. Getty Images/iStockphoto
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Stanford s Cyber Policy Center confirmed on Feb. 12 that tools from Shanghai-based company Agora were serving as the backbone of Clubhouse, which has gained thousands of new users in recent months thanks to celebrity speakers like Elon Musk, Oprah, Aston Kutcher and other business leaders.
Additionally, the observatory found that a user s unique Clubhouse ID number and chatroom ID are transmitted in plaintext, and Agora would likely have access to users raw audio, potentially providing access to the Chinese government.