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9 Dec 2011
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Google V/s Kapil SibalMr Kapil Sibal was quoted by the Hindu* today as saying that "he had been left with no choice" because the internet companies "refused to delete incendiary hate-speech."
8 Dec 2011
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Social media sites refuse Indian censorship requestThe Indian government's proposal to crack down on offensive internet content has sparked anger among the population.
8 Dec 2011
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Phishing Attacks on the RiseIt is very difficult to spot a fake website from the real one these days...with all the new technologies to clearly deceive the eyes. However, there are some ways to make the real from the fake ones with the help of two visual cues. Sunil …
8 Dec 2011
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Is the govt bid to regulate content on the Internet a good thing?The recent move by Union Minister Kapil Sibal to engage leading Internet platform providers like Google, Facebook, etc in regulating content has seen netizens react in different manners. The question of freedom of expression vis-a-vis …
8 Dec 2011
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‘Chilling’ Impact of India’s April Internet RulesKapil Sibal’s demand that Internet companies self-censor users’ content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. This article by Heather Simmons was published in …
7 Dec 2011
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Twitter, Facebook take the lead in blogosphere as blog searches fall by halfBlogging is old hat. A prominent trend-tracking tool shows that blog searches around the globe have halved, while micro-blogging platforms Twitter and Facebook have grown, suggesting a seminal shift in online communication.
7 Dec 2011
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Kapil Sibal to sterilise Net but undercover sting shows 6 of 7 websites already trigger-happy to censor under ‘chilling’ IT ActThe Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has carried out an undercover investigation into the "chilling effects" of new information technology laws on freedom of expression online, with six out of seven major websites …
7 Dec 2011
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IT Inc oppose Sibal’s ‘great’ firewall proposalInformation Technology and social media experts have questioned telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal’s directive to social media and search engine firms to remove "disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory" user generated content from India …
7 Dec 2011
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Govt wants to scrub the Internet cleanWeb advocacy groups, experts say govt’s move to evolve content guidelines amounts to censorship. This article by Surabhi Agarwal & Leslie D’monte was published in Livemint on 7 December 2011. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in this article.
7 Dec 2011
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FTN: Should social networking sites be censored?Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal met the representatives of Facebook, Google and others seeking to device a screening mechanism. Sunil Abraham was on CNN-IBN from 10.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. speaking about freedom of expression in India.
7 Dec 2011
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Facebook, Google tell India they won’t screen for derogatory contentIn the world’s largest democracy, the government wants Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google to screen and remove offensive content about religious figures and political leaders as soon as they learn about it. But those …
7 Dec 2011
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Debate: Online content row-1In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists Chandan Mitra, Editor-in-Chief, 'The Pioneer' & MP, BJP; Sabeer Bhatia, Co-founder, Hotmail; Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society; …
6 Dec 2011
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India’s dreams of web censorshipIf you are offended by this post, please contact Kapil Sibal, India’s telecoms and IT minister, and he will make sure it is promptly taken down.
6 Dec 2011
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‘Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended’The Indian government has asked social media operators to delete information on the Internet that might offend the ‘‘sensibilities’’ of people in India, Kapil Sibal, India’s minister of communications and information technology, said …
5 Dec 2011
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Why this ‘kolaveri di' is India's coming of ageIn the last two weeks, two videos have gone viral on the Internet in India. One, the catchy Tanglish-folksy ‘Why this kolaveri di' video, and two, the flash mob at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in Mumbai where a few hundred …
5 Dec 2011
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On the net, red herringThey are often the first clue in cyber crimes.But IP addresses may not be totally foolproof, writes Javed Anwer. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in this article published in the Times of India on 4 December 2011.
28 Nov 2011
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Move over Kolaveri di, here comes GowdaTransparency is the buzzword in governance and chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda is eager to set a new benchmark. You could soon watch what the chief minister is doing at office, live on YouTube. This article was published in …
28 Nov 2011
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An Interview of Nirmita Narasimhan on ITU PortalITU Girls in ICT is now online! ITU interviewed Nirmita and published her profile on their website.
24 Nov 2011
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Is Facebook tracking your virtual footprints?Social media experts claim number of cases of privacy violations against the site has increased in past few months; Facebook rubbishes the allegations. This article by Sheetal Sukhija was published in MidDay on 22 November 2011.
23 Nov 2011
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3rd Canadian Science Policy ConferenceThe Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) organised the 2011 conference at the Ottawa Convention Centre from 16 to 18 November 2011. Sunil Abraham spoke in the session on Global Implications of Open and Inclusive Innovation.
21 Nov 2011
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Names Not Numbers MumbaiNames Not Numbers Mumbai is part of an annual series of invitation-only ideas conferences for 100 key players and thinkers across politics, business, media, culture, academia and technology to discuss and debate what individuality in a mass …
21 Nov 2011
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M-governance gains momentumGovernments worldwide have successfully deployed mobile-based technologies for providing a wide variety of public services, and the Indian States are following suit.
18 Nov 2011
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SOPA: The bill that could kill the InternetAs the US government’s House Judiciary Committee begins hearings on the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, (SOPA), both supporters and opponents are ramping up their campaigning, with big names getting involved. And so they should. SOPA’s …
17 Nov 2011
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International human rights community vs SOPAThe Centre for Internet and Society was mentioned in a news story published in BoingBoing. Cory Doctorow wrote the story published on November 17, 2011.
16 Nov 2011
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Broadband user base still has a long way to goInternet users in India have crossed the 100-million mark, still distant from China’s nearly 500 million and the 250 million or so in the US, but experts are buoyant about prospects in cyberspace even as low broadband penetration and poor …
14 Nov 2011
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The Write Stuff“Digital natives are no longer those youngsters who fit in the bracket of a Harvard return professional, glued to their PC all day,” says Nishant Shah, director of research, Centre for Internet and Society, a Bengaluru-based organisation. …
14 Nov 2011
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The Book of JobsThe man who made the computer personal, who changed the face of the digital media industry, who was inspired by Zen philosophy to create an eight-billion-dollar empire, Steve Jobs, died last month. Just a few weeks before his death, in the …
13 Nov 2011
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The Wikimedia India Program TrustA new entity, the “Wikimedia India Program Trust”, has now been formed and registered (in Delhi.) This will be the organization that will eventually drive India programs and house the team in India.
9 Nov 2011
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‘Not mandatory’ but maids, guards get fingerprintedThe Cubbon Park police have begun profiling domestic help in their jurisdiction. Personal details will be stored in a database, which can be accessed by potential employers, writes Hemanth Kashyap in this article published in Bangalore …
8 Nov 2011
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Western Ghats Portal: Workshop on Biodiversity InformaticsThe Western Ghats portal team is organising a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state on biodiversity informatics on 25 November 2011 at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.