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Internet Governance
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5 Sep 2013
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Indien: Regierung will Nutzung von US-Mailprovidern in Verwaltungen verbietenDie indische Regierung wird in Kürze all ihre Mitarbeiter auffordern, keine US-amerikanischen Mailprovider, allen voran Gmail, für ihre offizielle Kommunikation zu nutzen.
3 Sep 2013
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Syllabus: “Policy and regulation conducive to rapid ICT sector growth in Myanmar: An introductory course”A five-day course is being offered by LIRNEasia in collaboration with Myanmar ICT Development Organization, with support from the Open Society Foundation and the International Development Research Centre of Canada in Myanmar from September …
2 Sep 2013
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Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communicationThe government will soon ask all its employees to stop using Google's Gmail for official communication, a move intended to increase security of confidential government information after revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US.
1 Sep 2013
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Gmail ban looms for Indian gov't workersGovernment workers in India will soon be banned from using Google’s Gmail service for official communication in a move said to be in response to revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US, a national paper reported.
30 Aug 2013
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Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New DelhiIn 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of …
30 Aug 2013
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Indian government to bar politicians from using Gmail for official businessUS-based email services seen as too risky.
28 Aug 2013
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Mixed signals? Supreme Court notices to states on Facebook arrestsIn wake of the recent arrests of UP-based scholar Kanwal Bharti and Andhra-based PUCL activist Jaya Vindhyala over their Facebook posts, NDTV aired a discussion on the grey areas of the IT Act. Pranesh Prakash, Shreya Singhal and Faizal …
28 Aug 2013
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International Summer School: "Digitization and its Impact on Society"Dr. Nishant Shah will be the key note speaker in the session "Social Networks and the Revolution of Political Communication". The event is being hosted by the Dresden Center for Digital Linguistics from September 29 to October 5, 2013.
27 Aug 2013
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India's Internet Privacy Woes“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ …
26 Aug 2013
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Election campaign: parties draw battle lines on media platformsIn the run-up to the 2014 polls, parties are drawing up media strategies that have a focus on young voters.
25 Aug 2013
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Out of the BedroomWe have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked …
22 Aug 2013
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Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The TruthMilind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician.
21 Aug 2013
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Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy LawsMore surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
19 Aug 2013
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How Next-Gen Smartphone Users are Being Bought and SoldAfter facebook and google, Twitter became the latest to buy millions of Indian smartphone users in July.
19 Aug 2013
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Balancing vigilance and privacyAs the government steps up its surveillance capabilities, the entire social contract between the state and citizens is being reformulated, with worrying consequences.
17 Aug 2013
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Surveillance: Privacy Vs SecurityThe Foundation for Media Professionals is organizing a debate at the India International Centre, New Delhi on August 17, 2013. Shri Kapil Sibal will give the opening speech. Natgrid chief Raghu Raman is one of the debaters. Pranesh Prakash …
13 Aug 2013
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FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless MetadataIn this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
10 Aug 2013
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Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: reportHackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.
8 Aug 2013
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Facebook: Limiting access to social media can restrict freedom of speechIn its counter-affidavit to the PIL in the Delhi high court, Facebook has argued that limiting access to social media can limit an individual's freedom of speech and expression.
7 Aug 2013
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Token disclosures?Snowden’s Xkeyscore expose makes a mockery of Twitter’s transparency revelations.
7 Aug 2013
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Ethical Issues in Open DataOn August 1, 2013, I took part in a web meeting, organized and hosted by Tim Davies of the World Wide Web foundation. The meeting, titled “Ethical issues in Open Data,” had an agenda focused around privacy considerations in the context of …
6 Aug 2013
5 Aug 2013
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'Ethical Hacker' Saket Modi Calls for Stronger Cyber Security DiscussionsTwenty-two year old Saket Modi is the CEO and co-founder of Lucideus, a leading cyber security company in India which claims to have worked with 4 out of 5 top global e-commerce companies, 4 out of 10 top IT companies in the world, and 3 …
31 Jul 2013
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The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’There has long been speculation over the permanency of our online presence. Posting about excessively-personal details, commenting in a way which is later embarrassing, being caught in unflattering public photos; to our chagrin, all of …
31 Jul 2013
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More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against SurveillanceFor some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
31 Jul 2013
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India's National Cyber Security Policy in ReviewEarlier this month, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology released India’s first National Cyber Security Policy. Years in the making, the Policy sets high goals for cyber security in India and covers a wide range of …
31 Jul 2013
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Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation?July has been a busy month for cyber security in India. Beginning with the release of the country’s first National Cyber Security Policy on July 2 and followed just this past week by a set of guidelines for the protection of national …
30 Jul 2013
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Your telco could help spy on youTelecom minister gives approval to changes in rules for mobile licences to enable such mass surveillance.
30 Jul 2013
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Google brings tabs to sneak advertisements into your inboxThe shift away from desktop browsing to mobile web has put the squeeze on Google's advertising revenues from traditional payper-click . But the tech giant is trying to set things right by sneaking ads into the user's inbox.
28 Jul 2013
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Guilty until Proven Innocent: Pirates, Pornographers, Terrorists and the IT Act in IndiaThe Research Center of Media and Communication at the University of Hamburg organized the Summer School 2013 at Hamburg, Germany from July 29 to August 2, 2013. Dr. Nishant Shah was a panelist in the session on "Guilty until Proven …