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Internet Governance
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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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Unique ID System: Pros and ConsOn September 16, 2011, the Citizen’s Voluntary Initiative for the City and Centre for Advocacy and Research organized a public consultation titled “Unique ID System: Pros and Cons” in Bangalore. The consultation was on the utility and …
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.
29 Feb 2012
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Privacy in India — An Early DraftPrivacy India in partnership with Privacy International, UK, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to bring you the draft chapters of its book on privacy in India. These include the …
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 …
22 Feb 2012
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The High Level Privacy ConclaveIndia in dire need of privacy law; experts say government is ironically creating huge national security risks in attempts to prevent crime and terrorism.
22 Feb 2012
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All India Privacy SymposiumAre we citizens or subjects? Experts gather in Delhi for public symposium on privacy, transparency, e-governance and national security in India.
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 …
14 Feb 2012
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Personal Data, Public ProfileWhether we like it or not, we live in a world that is rapidly being Googlised, writes Nishant Shah in an article published by the Financial Express on February 13, 2012.
13 Feb 2012
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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.
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.
3 Feb 2012
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Do we need the Aadhar scheme?"Decentralisation and privacy are preconditions for security. Digital signatures don’t require centralised storage and are much more resilient in terms of security", Sunil Abraham in the Business Standard on 1 February 2012.
31 Jan 2012
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Sense and CensorshipThe Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills, at the US House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, appear to enforce property rights, but are, in fact, trade bills. This article by Sunil Abraham was …
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 …
29 Jan 2012
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Our Internet and the LawNishant Shah was interviewed by the BBC Channel 5 (Radio) for its Outriders section. Jamillah Knowles reports this through this blog post published by BBC Radio on 24 January 2012.
28 Jan 2012
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Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill"On January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in the series of regional consultations held as “Privacy Matters”. The present …
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 …