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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
27 Mar 2012
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Data protection experts slam state for sending mass SMSesExperts in the field of data protection, privacy law and media have criticised the West Bengal government's mass SMS sent to individuals, companies and media houses through private mobile networks last Friday. Lara Choksey reports this in …
26 Mar 2012
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Is your facebook page your mini resume?As privacy debates heat up across the world, Bangaloreans reveal the trend of employers asking job aspirants for their Facebook IDs and passwords has caught on here too. When Adil Pasha, 24, revealed at an advertising job interview that his …
20 Mar 2012
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Click, Play, WatchFilmmakers are casting the net for viewers and opting for online releases to reach out to a wider audience, finds Rinky Kumar in this article published in MidDay on March 18, 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
13 Mar 2012
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Save Your Voice — A movement against Web censorship‘Save Your Voice (SYV)’ is a movement against Web censorship and its main demand is the repealing of the Information Technology Act, said SYV founders, Aseem Trividi, a cartoonist, and Alok Dixit, a journalist, on Monday.
7 Mar 2012
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India’s Big Bet on IdentityThe world’s largest biometric authentication system reaches its first major milestone, but lots of challenges remain, writes Joshua J. Romero in ieeespectrum. Sunil Abraham was quoted in this story which was featured in March 2012 edition.
1 Mar 2012
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International Conference on Mobile LawPranesh Prakash spoke in the panel on Mobiles - Privacy and Social Media on March 1, 2012.
29 Feb 2012
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Secure IT 2012 — Securing Citizens through TechnologyThe event is co-organised by DST and NSDI, Govt. of India in partnership with Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. on March 1, 2012 at Claridges in New Delhi.
28 Feb 2012
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India debates limits to freedom of expressionFrom Google to Facebook, from world-famous author Salman Rushdie to a little-known political cartoonist, it has become increasingly easy in recent months to offend the Indian government, and to incur the wrath of the censor or even the …
28 Feb 2012
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Grooming the geekGeneration 2.0, the iPad child, is enriched by technology, and many parents are embracing it wholeheartedly. But can technology transform the way a child’s abilities develop?
28 Feb 2012
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Digitisation is making e-learning simpleThough the computer literacy in India is low, some companies are effectively spreading education using digital contents riding on the Internet.
28 Feb 2012
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Developing location-based servicesFor mapping enthusiasts, geeks and neogeographers in Bangalore, here's something to look forward to. Cartonama, a workshop that offers intensive hands-on training on tools to build and manage location data for location-based services, will …
23 Feb 2012
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FUEL Kannada - Workshop on Kannada Computing TerminologyA two days workshop on the standardization of Kannada computing terminologies was organized on January 28th and 29th 2012 at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore under the FUEL project. This FUEL Kannada workshop aimed at …
17 Feb 2012
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OurSay: how India’s technology is cutting into corruptionIn the world’s largest democracy, corruption has long been part of the system of governance. However, transformative new technologies are playing an exciting and powerful role in citizen engagement, good governance and in the mobilisation …
15 Feb 2012
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India won't censor social media: Telecom MinisterIndia does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook, a minister said Tuesday, but he demanded that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media. The article by AFP was published in the Tribune on February …
14 Feb 2012
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Prometheus bound and gaggedFunny how a healthy person like me can collapse one day and end up in the hospital. The doctor who made me go through every lab test available, finally diagnosed the cause after a chat with me. Apparently, I collapsed because I’m getting …
13 Feb 2012
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Tweeple say it pithily with hash tagsTwitter best captures public irreverence to pomposity and the powers-that-be, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on February 11, 2012. Nishant Shah is quoted in this article.
13 Feb 2012
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Internet CurbsA Delhi high court judge threatens to go the China way. The IT act is closing in. The war on the web is a war on us, writes Rishi Majumder in an article that was published in Tehelka on 18 February 2012.
7 Feb 2012
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New Bill to decide on individual’s right to privacyA group of experts would identify issues relating to privacy and prepare a report to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. Vishwajoy Mukherjee's article was published in Tehelka on 6 February 2012.
6 Feb 2012
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Common man as crusaderTamil Nadu saw its highest poll turn out in 44 years when 75% of its adults exercised their franchise in the 2011 assembly elections. There were 48 lakh Google searches for ‘Anna Hazare’ on June 8 2011 (when he began his fast) compared to a …
3 Feb 2012
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India needs an independent privacy law, says NGO Privacy IndiaIndia needs an independent privacy law though there are a number of provisions in existing legislations that protect a citizen's privacy, according to an NGO that is lobbying for the cause. The story was published in the Economic Times on 2 …
3 Feb 2012
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Google move is not good for netizens, say expertsGoogle's plan to merge data across 60 of its properties, which was announced last week, has drawn criticism from experts on the Internet, who are saying that this is detrimental to privacy. Balaji Narasimhan wrote this in the Hindu Business …
3 Feb 2012
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Freedom of Expression in Community Media and on the Internet Understanding Connections, Finding Common GroundA meeting co-organised by the Internet Democracy Project (Delhi) and Maraa (Bangalore) with the support of the Community Radio Forum in New Delhi on 3 February 2012. Pranesh Prakash is participating in this event.
30 Jan 2012
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Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China?Twitter, the popular social networking site for micro-blogging, has announced it is open to content censorship and region-based filtering, if required by law. The service boasts nearly 300 million users from across the world. Vinod Yalburgi …
30 Jan 2012
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Google’s privacy policy raises hacklesHave you ever used Google to search for a restaurant while you were logged in its network using your Google id? Or shared information about your trip to Goa with your friends on Google +? Or watched belly dance on YouTube? Or looked for …
27 Jan 2012
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Google to change privacy policy to use personal info of usersIt is a warning for users of Google and other Social Networking sites. Who are using these sites for searching anything they want to know and sharing their personal life with friends, colleagues and relatives. If you have ever used Google …
23 Jan 2012
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Tangled WebGovernment and social networking sites at loggerheads as debate rages over freedom of expression, writes Kumar Anshuman and Nikita Doval in this story published in the Week on Saturday, 21 January 2012.
19 Jan 2012
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POV: Should user-generated content be monitored?After being in the dock for carrying 'objectionable' content, Google and Facebook, along with15 other websites, are fighting for what they call internet freedom. Wikipedia went dark to protest the Web Piracy Bill being introduced in the US. …
19 Jan 2012
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Indian Internet Lawsuit Puts Spotlight on Freedom of ExpressionIn India, Internet giants such as Google and Facebook are fighting a lawsuit after the government authorized their prosecution for online content on their sites deemed to be offensive. The case has put the spotlight on free speech in the …
17 Jan 2012
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Is India Ignoring its own Internet Protections?India’s information technology law of 2008 limits the liability of Internet companies for material posted on their Web sites by users, including anything government regulators deem objectionable. The firms are supposed to be notified of …
17 Jan 2012
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India: obscene pics of gods require massive human censorship of Google, FacebookIt's hardly the sort of Internet policy statement one hopes to hear from judges in major democracies. "Like China, we can block all such websites [who don't comply]," Justice Suresh Cait told Facebook and Google lawyers in India yesterday. …