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10 Apr 2018
Blog post
Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and FacebookWe conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, …
23 Oct 2016
News
Some Key Words Are MissingGoogle manipulating search results? The Competition Commission is on its case.
7 Jul 2016
News
FB & Google have already monopolised Indian cyberspaceIn an interview with Catch, Sunil Abraham, executive director of Center for Internet & Society, puts the recent US-India cyber relationship framework into perspective. Abraham also talks about how Indian surveillance policies are outdated …
18 Oct 2015
News
Digital India: Did Modi get it wrong in Silicon Valley?A bear hug, a photo filter and a new debate on net neutrality - Ayeshea Perera examines the domestic fallout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook townhall in US.
2 Jul 2014
Blog post
Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer RightsThis year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities …
13 Feb 2012
Blog post
World Narrow WebCensorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
15 Dec 2011
Blog post
Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being SeenThe Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the …
24 Oct 2010
Blog post
Change has come to all of usThe general focus on a digital generational divide makes us believe that generations are separated by the digital axis, and that the gap is widening. There is a growing anxiety voiced by an older generation that the digital natives they …