Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
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 …
11 Mar 2016
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GNI-Industry Dialogue Learning Session: Human Rights Impact Assessments and Due Diligence in the ICT sectorElonnai Hickok attended the meeting organized by Global Network Initiative on March 11, 2016 in Washington D.C.
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 …
28 Feb 2016
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Violence call key to 'sedition'Words, whether spoken or shouted, that question or even malign the government cannot be labelled as sedition, unless they specifically incite violence, lawyers and human rights experts familiar with fundamental rights and sedition laws have …
28 Feb 2016
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India's ‘Facebook ruling’ is another nail in the coffin of the MNO modelAbility to access 'net from mobe no longer considered a miracle.
27 Feb 2016
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Why India snubbed Facebook's free Internet offerThe social media giant wanted to give the people of India free access to a chunk of the Internet, but the people weren't interested.
27 Feb 2016
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Netizen Report: The EU Wrestles With Facebook Over PrivacyGlobal Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.
15 Feb 2016
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Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net NeutralityFacebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
15 Feb 2016
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Trai upholds Net Neutrality in setback to Facebook’s Free BasicsTrai says Internet service providers will not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
15 Feb 2016
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Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in IndiaIndian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
14 Feb 2016
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UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online ProtectionJyoti Panday attended UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection (COP) held on 8 February 2016 at Hotel Claridges in New Delhi.
14 Feb 2016
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Net neutrality advocates hail Trai verdictFacebook 'disappointed' with the ruling on differential pricing.
14 Feb 2016
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Linking Facebook use to free top-up dataJust before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013.
11 Feb 2016
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India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality RulesIn India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
10 Feb 2016
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India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poorIndia’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
4 Feb 2016
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A Megacorp’s Basic InstinctBolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.