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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
30 Oct 2016
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Behind Modi’s Heartwarming Diwali Ad for Soldiers, An App That’s Primed for Political MessagingThe campaign, which allows users to send Modi quotes on themes like Ayodhya and the perfidy of the Opposition, raises questions about the boundaries between government, party and personal promotion.
23 Oct 2016
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Some Key Words Are MissingGoogle manipulating search results? The Competition Commission is on its case.
21 Oct 2016
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The Big Debit Card Breach: Three Things Card Holders Need To UnderstandA total of 32 lakh debit cards across 19 banks could have been compromised on account of a purported fraud, the National Payment Corporation of India said in a statement.
21 Oct 2016
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Intelligence agencies will not have open access to Aadhaar data: UIDAI chiefIntelligence agencies will not have free access to Aadhaar data, a top government official said on Thursday, looking to assuage fears of abuse of personal information.
17 Oct 2016
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New regulations in place; Aadhaar Card records to be preserved for 7 yrs by CentreUIDAI chief executive office ABP Pandey said that the concerns regarding Aadhar card-related benefits were "exaggerated" and that the agency will keep the records in case any disputes arise in the future.
17 Oct 2016
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Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worriedThe government will keep for seven years a record of all the services and benefits availed using the Aadhaar number, say new rules, prompting fears that the database could be used for surveillance.
16 Oct 2016
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Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messagesYou have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
15 Oct 2016
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Hakon 2016Udbhav Tiwari attended attended Hakon 2016, a conference held between September 30 and October 2, 2016 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,on behalf of CIS under the Hewlett Cyber Security Project.
14 Oct 2016
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Tech companies like Gmail, WhatsApp may be asked to store user informationThe government is moving to formulate rules that will require technology ‘intermediaries’— including email services like Gmail, chat apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat or even ecommerce firms like Amazon — to retain user information, a …
10 Oct 2016
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National Cyber Defence Summit 2016National Cyber Defence Summit – 2016 was organized by the National Cyber Safety and Security Standards in association with State & Central Governments, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, AICTE & Anna University on 30 September and 1 …
6 Oct 2016
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If all goes well, Indian IT Act may enter 21st centuryThe government is aiming to refresh the main law governing information technology by giving it a revamp which it hopes will bring it in tune with the times and address criticisms about its weaknesses, a senior official said on condition of …
5 Oct 2016
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Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground: Addressing Online Child Sexual ExploitationJapreet Grewal spoke at a panel on 'Prevention through Awareness and Education' at a meeting titled 'Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground:Addressing Online Child Sexual Exploitation' that was organised by the …
5 Oct 2016
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An 'app'ening worldA ‘forward’ has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp about the privacy concerns relating to that instant messaging app; it’s asking for permission to share user data with Facebook.
2 Oct 2016
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Eye on MumbaiThe feeds will be beamed to a video wall that stretches 21 feet across at the police’s command and control room.
27 Sep 2016
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WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy lawOn August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
25 Sep 2016
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When the war’s on WhatsAppSlick, jingoistic videos are whipping up pro-war rhetoric on social media after the Uri terror attack.
23 Sep 2016
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Young Scholars' Programme, CPRSouth 2016Rohini Lakshané took part in the Young Scholars' Programme organized by Communication Policy Research South from September 6 to 7, 2016 in Zanzibar.
23 Sep 2016
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LITD 17 Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards MeetingVanya Rakesh attended the LITD-17 committee meeting (committee on Information Systems Security and Biometrics) organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 23 September 2016 in Bengaluru.
23 Sep 2016
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First Working Group Meeting on "An Internet Free and Secure"Vidushi Marda attended a face-to-face meeting organized by the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) on September 7, 2016 in Strasbourg. The FOC has three working groups (WG), and Vidushi is part of the first WG - An Internet Free and Secure.
22 Sep 2016
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The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big DataA study tour on privacy and big data was organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from September 3 to 10, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg. Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia who went for the tour.
22 Sep 2016
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Is India Prepared for a Cyber Attack? Suckfly And Other Past Responses Say NoFrom mandatory disclosures to improving CERT-IN’s functioning and transparency, there is much to be done in the event of future cyber attacks.
15 Sep 2016
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India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firmsThey are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
14 Sep 2016
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SpaceX Explosion Slows Facebook & Israeli Efforts To Control Online ContentIn their ‘space race’ to expand internet access to remote, impoverished areas of the world, Facebook and Google are actually vying for control o fthe online experiences of millions of people.
14 Sep 2016
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How does the government track all its legal cases?The Legal Information Management and Briefing System , an integral part of the digital India initiative, aims to be a database of all the ongoing cases with the government.
13 Sep 2016
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CYFY 2016 - The India Conference on Cyber Security and Internet GovernanceSunil Abraham will participate as a panelist at CYFY 2016 event organized by Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi from September 28 to 30, 2016.
12 Sep 2016
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The DigiLocker was supposed to cut down paperwork but less than 0.1% of Indians are using itThe official data shows that the platform has not enthused as many users as the government expected.
7 Sep 2016
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Despite SC order, thousands booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT ActCollege student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception.
1 Sep 2016
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Talking Point: Futile Battle Against TorrentsSunil Abraham spoke to Deccan Herald to clear the air about rumours surrounding a jail threat for those logging on to Torrent sites.
26 Aug 2016
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Festival scan on social mediaAuthorities in a south Karnataka district have started keeping tighter watch on rumour-mongering and hate messages on social media platforms ahead of religious festivals.
24 Aug 2016
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Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be droppedNews reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has identified 20 new areas for which Aadhaar …