Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
29 Jan 2014
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TACTIS Symposium 2014Tata Consultancy organized the TACTIS Symposium at TCS Siruseri, Chennai on January 28 and 29, 2014. Sunil Abraham participated in the event and gave the key note address.
29 Jan 2014
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Data Privacy Day 2014January 28 is annually celebrated as Data Privacy Day (DPD). Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the annual meeting J N Tata Hall, Bldg 1, Infosys Campus, Infosys Ltd., Electronics City, Bangalore. Elonnai Hickok was a panelist.
24 Jan 2014
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The net is taking overFor many days to come, people will speculate what caused Sunanda Pushkar's death last week in a New Delhi hotel. Did Union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife die of poisoning or a drug overdose? Wasn't she unwell? Was it suicide? Or was it …
22 Jan 2014
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Internet Governance and India: The Way ForwardSnehashish Ghosh is participating in this event organized by the Observer Research Foundation on January 22 in New Delhi.
20 Jan 2014
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What is net neutrality and why it is importantInternet is built around the idea of openness. It allows people to connect and exchange information freely, if the information or service is not illegal.
20 Jan 2014
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Multistakeholders Consultation on International Public Policy IssuesThe Department of Electronics & Information Technology has called for a meeting on January 21 in New Delhi to discuss international public policy issues. Snehashish Ghosh will participate in the meeting.
19 Jan 2014
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Social Notworking - 'Murder by Twitter'Suketu Mehta (@suketumehta) - terrible news about sunanda tharoor. this is murder by twitter.
17 Jan 2014
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EU parliament report slams US surveillanceReport that outlines need for stringent laws for protecting citizen privacy, democratizing Internet governance holds lessons for India, say analysts.
9 Jan 2014
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Election panel rejects Google’s proposal for electoral services tie-upEC had earlier signed a non-disclosure agreement with Google but had not shared or handed over any data to the Internet giant so far.
8 Jan 2014
6 Jan 2014
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Despite apex court order, IOC proceeds with Aadhaar-linked DBTOnce DBT starts, there is no other method to avail of subsidy: IOC official.
5 Jan 2014
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Seminar on "Hate Speech and Social Media"NALSAR University of Law, in collaboration with the British Deputy High Commission organized a seminar on Hate Speech and Social Media in Hyderabad on January 4 and 5, 2014. Chinmayi Arun was one of the speakers at the seminar.
5 Jan 2014
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Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat onlineIn the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise in his online fan following”. The former minister told the police that his …
2 Jan 2014
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Inventions that will make a differenceIn an increasingly tech-driven world, what does 2014 have to offer? Geeta Padmanabhan turns the spotlight on some life-changing gadgets.
31 Dec 2013
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Pranesh Prakash elected as Asia-Pacific Representative to the Executive Committee of NonCommercial Users ConstituencyPranesh Prakash has been elected as the Asia-Pacific representative to the executive committee of the NonCommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) (part of the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, which is in turn part of the Generic Names …
27 Dec 2013
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Indian government wakes up to risk of Hotmail, GmailWorried by US spying revelations, India has begun drawing up a new email policy to help secure government communications, but the man responsible for drafting the rules still regularly uses Hotmail.
20 Dec 2013
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VII NLSIR SymposiumThe National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) - the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore is pleased to announce the seventh NLSIR Symposium on “Bridging the Security-Liberty Divide” scheduled …
13 Dec 2013
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MongoDB startup hired by Aadhaar got funds from CIA VC armTwo weeks ago, Max Schireson, chief executive of MongoDB, a New York-based technology startup, was in New Delhi to sew up a very important contract for his company — with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
9 Dec 2013
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Technology in Government and Topics in PrivacyMalavika Jayaram is a speaker at an event organized by Data Privacy Lab at CGIS Cafe, Cambridge Street, Harvard University Campus. She will speak on Biometrics in Beta – India's Identity Experiment on December 9, 2013.
9 Dec 2013
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Cyberscholars Working Group at MITMalavika Jayaram is giving a talk on Biometrics or Bust - India’s Identity Crisis at this event organised by Berkman Center for Internet & Society on December 12 at 6.00 p.m.
8 Dec 2013
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"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism ConferenceMaria Xynou gave a keynote speech and participated as a panelist on the "Suspect Societies" panel. The event was organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin on December 5 and 6, 2013.
5 Dec 2013
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International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice (IV)Building on the workshop in Dagstuhl in June-July 2011 (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice), Beijing (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and …
5 Dec 2013
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INSAF National Convention on Crisis of Capitalism and brazen onslaught on DEMOCRACYSnehashish Ghosh is participating in this event as a speaker.
5 Dec 2013
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India for UN body to resolve internet governance issuesMulti-stakeholder or multi-lateral - two words encapsulating diametrically opposite views on internet governance stands at the heart of a raging debate across the globe.
5 Dec 2013
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Card transactions with Aadhaar validation need more time: expertsCost and supply implications are seen by experts as the main hurdles in implementing the RBI directive.
4 Dec 2013
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A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to VoteThe polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in the state assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission decided to extend the …
30 Nov 2013
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When the virtual world wakes up the real oneThe unprecedented wave of voices speaking up against sexual harassment in recent times has as much to do with technology as the determination to seek justice. From Twitter to Tumblr, and blogs to pastebin, the internet's anonymity, reach …
25 Nov 2013
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Election Commission to monitor conduct of political parties on Facebook, Twitter and GoogleWith Congress and BJP hammering away at each other in the ongoing assembly contests that will set the stage for national polls next year, the Election Commission wants to make sure social media and online platforms run by Google, Facebook …
22 Nov 2013
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Chances and Risks of Social ParticipationParticipation is a key issue within Internet research and hence also for the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. For this reason the institute is going to host a thematically focused meeting on Chances and Risks of …
20 Nov 2013
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YouTube is the answer to what has changed in IndiaAlternative Law Forum’s Lawrence Liang on relaunching Creative Commons, and how it changes the legal landscape of copyright issues.