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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
14 Jun 2016
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Under Modi government, foreign funding of NGOs has come downInformation obtained under RTI from the Home Ministry suggests NGOs have had to take a serious hit in the last 2 years.
30 May 2016
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Internet L@wVanya Rakesh will attend the Internet law course organized by the University of Geneva from 20 June 2016 to 1 July 2016 as part of the Geneva Summer School.
30 May 2016
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CPRsouth 2016 – Young Scholars ProgrammeRohini Lakshané, Amber Sinha and Vidushi Marda have been selected to attend the two-day Young Scholars' Programme to be held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in early September this year. The programme is a part of the CPRSouth conference.
29 May 2016
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Suckfly Attacks National Stock Exchange Tech Vendor, Among OthersA cyber espionage group attacked an Indian IT firm that provides support to India’s largest stock exchange. It’s one of many attacks in the recent past.
29 May 2016
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India's Proposed Map Law Prompts OutcryIn India, proposed legislation to ban use of maps or satellite images of the country without approval from the government has led to an outcry and triggered an online campaign called “Save The Map.”
29 May 2016
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Honorable CJI please answer some easy questionsLiving in democracy has been blessing to all of us born post 1947 but certain questions keep surfacing. Since you are the highest seat in the hierarchy of judicial system therefore the onus lies with you to clear the haze and allow the …
28 May 2016
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India Seeks to Limit Use of Maps and Satellite ImagesIndians are discussing a plan to ban use of maps or satellite images of the country without approval from the government.
15 May 2016
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Why The New Government Policy Mandating Panic Buttons On Phones Isn’t Going To Protect WomenRecently, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted about new rules mandating a panic button in every cell phone sold in the country from January 2017. To keep ladies safe, of course.
13 May 2016
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Geospatial Info Regulation Bill will hurt start-ups, small firmsThe Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, whose draft outlaws the acquisition of geospatial information without the government’s permission, is expected to impact smaller companies rather more than the large ones.
8 May 2016
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Why India’s attempt to police digital maps and satellite images is a ‘dumb’ ideaAre we back to the license raj?
28 Apr 2016
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Panel Discussion on UID/ Aadhar act 2016 and its impact on Social, SecuritySunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Students Christian Movement of India at SCM House in Bangalore on April 25, 2016. Mathew Thomas and Usha Ramanathan also gave talks.
24 Apr 2016
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Government keeps experts out of cyber security discussionsAnja Kovacs of the Internet Democracy project feels that India has given away too much, and that India's multi-stakeholder approach in the context of the role of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is not too clear.
24 Apr 2016
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CCTV plays SherlockWhether it's the Mercedes hit-and-run in Delhi or the antics of the chaddi baniyan gang in Mumbai, police are increasingly relying on CCTV footage to solve crimes. Sunday Times looks at how the small picture is getting bigger. .
23 Apr 2016
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Will Facebook, Twitter relocate servers to India?The debate to relocate offshore servers of internet and social media firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter has revived.
21 Apr 2016
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You will need a license to create a WhatsApp group in KashmirThe internet rights activists have criticised the move stating it as unconstitutional.
21 Apr 2016
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Aadhaar by NumbersSunil Abraham will be addressing a public seminar at an event organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in New Delhi on Friday, April 29, 2016.
20 Apr 2016
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PMO’s no to smart cards, insists on AadhaarThe government has decided to stop issuing new smart cards to beneficiaries of government schemes as Aadhaar is now backed by a law.
20 Apr 2016
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2014 showed the power of Twitter, now every Indian politician wants a handleTwitter is fast turning into an effective political tool. As political parties fight another round of electoral battles, a new survey on the 2014 general elections states that those who tweeted well, fared well.
17 Apr 2016
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Why is the UIDAI cracking down on individuals that hoard Aadhaar data?Private firms' offer to print Aadhaar details on plastic card a breach of law.
9 Apr 2016
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Daunting task ahead for investigative agencies with WhatsApp's end-to-end encryptionMessaging service WhatsApp's decision to roll out end-to-end encryption for over 1 billion subscribers has been hailed as a positive step by users across the world, although things are set to get tougher for law enforcement and …
7 Apr 2016
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India's biometric database crosses billion-member markIndia's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme.
6 Apr 2016
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The Panama Papers and the question of privacyThis statement was originally published on privacyinternational.org on 4 April 2016.
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 …
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.
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.