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Prasad Krishna
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2 Apr 2016
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Fifth Annual IP Teaching WorkshopThe V Annual IP Teaching Workshop- 2016 was organised by the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), at National Law University Delhi in association with National Academy of Law Teaching, NLU-D, on March 31 and …
2 Apr 2016
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Brainstorming Workshop on PG Programme on Media Studies for UGC E-Pathshala ProgrammeNehaa Chaudhari will be speaking at this conference to be organized by Jamia Milla Islamia on April 5, 2016 in New Delhi.
31 Mar 2016
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RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016RightsCon is the world’s leading event convened around the issues of the internet and human rights. The annual conference convenes business leaders, visionaries, technologists, legal experts, civil society members, activists, and government …
31 Mar 2016
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Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and ArchivesA two day workshop on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives was organized by MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights and Advocacy, and National Law School of India …
31 Mar 2016
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BHASHA - Indian Languages Digital FestivalSubhashish Panigrahi gave a talk at the Bhasha- India Languages Digital Festival a conference organized by news media YourStory, at New Delhi on March 11, 2016. In the panel "The challenges of making regional language content available on …
31 Mar 2016
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8 Challenges In Growing Indian-Language WikipediasWhile speaking at BHASHA: Indian Languages Digital Festival, a day-long discourse at New Delhi on Indian languages and their state in new media, especially digital platforms, I touched upon Wikipedia in Indian languages. Most people, in …
30 Mar 2016
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Woman Alleges Harassment at Major International ConferenceA prospective lawyer's name tag was flipped, and she was asked rude questions by a CEO at a conference, where, ironically enough, she was invited to devise sexual harassment policies.
30 Mar 2016
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ICANN 55Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its 55th meeting in Marrakech, Morocco from March 5 to 10, 2016. Padmini Baruah and Vidushi Marda attended the event organized by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and …
29 Mar 2016
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On Google Maps, JNU top result in search for 'anti-national'"Anti-national" is not a location. But Google Maps seems to have an address for it - Jawaharlal Nehru University in the capital. On Friday, Google Maps pinned other such "locations" in the same place. It yielded the same result for other …
28 Mar 2016
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Securing the internet’s futureMike Godwin, who proposed the eponymous law about online discussion threads, speaks about net neutrality, differential pricing and why no government is likely to oppose stricter surveillance measures.
26 Mar 2016
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8th IBA International ConferenceThe 8th IBA International Conference was organized by Indus Business Academy in Bengaluru from March 24 to 26, 2016. The theme of the conference was Taking India to Greater Heights. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk on Democratizing of …
24 Mar 2016
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Seven reasons why Parliament should debate the Aadhaar bill (and not pass it in a rush)Critics say the Aadhaar Bill does not address concerns over privacy, even as government is rushing the Bill without adequate parliamentary scrutiny.
24 Mar 2016
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Making Aadhaar Mandatory: Gamechanger For Governance?Why a programme that both the Congress and the BJP have hailed as transformational has divided Parliament this week? The Aadhaar Bill which was passed this week aims at facilitating government benefits and subsidies to citizens said Finance …
24 Mar 2016
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ICANN Sexual Harassment Case Highlights Lack of Procedure at Global Internet BodyAlleged perpetrator files counter-complaint with ombudsman’s office after being publicly identified.
24 Mar 2016
23 Mar 2016
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In India, Biometric Data Storage Sparks Demands for Privacy LawsIn India, calls for strict privacy laws are growing after this week's passage of a measure that allows federal agencies access to biometric data of the nation's citizens, the world's largest such repository.
23 Mar 2016
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Debate: Five Aadhaar Myths that Don’t Stand Up to ScrutinyWe need to reboot the Aadhaar debate by asking why we want to create a centralised biometric database of Indian residents in the first place.
23 Mar 2016
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Dead and ClickingA look at the phenomenon of digital memorials; repositories and time capsules of a life even after it's ended in the real world.
22 Mar 2016
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India Still Trying To Turn Optional Aadhaar Identification Number Into A Mandatory National Identity Systemfrom the sliding-down-the-slippery-slope-to-disaster dept
22 Mar 2016
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Hard to broad ban!The provisions under the Telegraph Act are wispy and can’t be convincingly invoked to exercise a jurisdiction on the internet world.
22 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar: Govt will not compromise on national securityThe government is confident that the Aadhaar Bill will be passed.
17 Mar 2016
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Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?This article by Pratap Vikram Singh, Governance Now, discusses the problems emerging out of the UIDAI project due to its lack of mechanisms for informed and granular consent, and for seeking recourse in the case of denial of service. The …
17 Mar 2016
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India's billion-member biometric database raises privacy fearsIndia's parliament is set to pass legislation that gives federal agencies access to the world's biggest biometric database in the interests of national security, raising fears the privacy of a billion people could be compromised.
17 Mar 2016
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Forget privacy, Aadhaar Bill gives too much power to the executiveThe government promotes the Aadhaar programme because it believes the 12-digit unique identification number will let them track every penny spent from the exchequer. But money is not all that the Aadhaar number can track.
17 Mar 2016
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A scheme in India to help the poor raises privacy concernsIndia’s legislators are on Wednesday debating a law that would allow the government to collect biometric and demographic information from people in return for distributing to them government benefits and subsidies.
16 Mar 2016
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Will Only Legal Backing For Aadhaar Suffice?Aadhaar is set to become mandatory, but the opponents of the scheme are not amused. Concerns about privacy of the Aadhaar number and the authenticity of the biometric data being collected have been expressed by people right from the …
16 Mar 2016
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Govt narrative on Aadhaar has not changed in the last six years: Sunil AbrahamThe bill is basically the same as the UPA version, with some cosmetic changes, and some tokenism towards the right to privacy, says Abraham.
16 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar is actually surveillance tech: Sunil AbrahamOn March 12, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016, paving the way for giving legal status to Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique identification number generated after …
4 Mar 2016
28 Feb 2016
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Why the Internet is Making India FuriousThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore is a kind of hacker club for wonks and lawyers obsessed with issues of digital rights and global development. Not exactly the mainstream kids’ lunch table. But the Center was brought …