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Social Media
233 items.
2 Jul 2014
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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 …
24 Jun 2014
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FOEX Live: June 16-23, 2014A weekly selection of news on online freedom of expression and digital technology from across India (and some parts of the world).
19 Jun 2014
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UN Human Rights Council urged to protect human rights online63 civil society groups urged the UN Human Rights Council to address global challenges to freedom of expression, privacy and other human rights on the Internet. Centre for Internet & Society joined in the statement, delivered on behalf of …
16 Jun 2014
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Vodafone Report Explains Government Access to Customer DataVodafone Group PLC, the world’s second largest mobile carrier, released a report on Friday, June 6 2014 disclosing to what extent governments can request their customers’ data.
16 Jun 2014
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FOEX Live: June 8-15, 2014A weekly selection of news on online freedom of expression and digital technology from across India (and some parts of the world). Please email relevant news/cases/incidents to geetha[at]cis-india.org.
12 Jun 2014
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Stay connected even when you go undergroundCMRL may soon start making arrangements to ensure good mobile connectivity on the underground stretch.
7 Jun 2014
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FOEX Live: June 1-7, 2014A weekly selection of news on online freedom of expression and digital technology from across India (and some parts of the world).
29 May 2014
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FOEX Live: May 28-29, 2014A selection of news from across India with a bearing on online freedom of expression and use of digital technology
27 May 2014
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FOEX Live: May 26-27, 2014A selection of news from across India implicating online freedom of expression and use of digital technology
21 May 2014
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Students lead the way with apps for ideasAt 1am, the lights are still on in 15-year-old Pratik's room at his house on 80 Feet Road, Indiranagar. The NPS-Koramangala student is busy typing code on his laptop for his latest app called Resolve.
14 May 2014
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European Court of Justice rules Internet Search Engine Operator responsible for Processing Personal Data Published by Third PartiesThe Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that an "an internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on web pages published by third parties.” The decision adds …
6 May 2014
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Networks: What You Don’t See is What You (for)GetWhen I start thinking about DML (digital media and learning) and other such “networks” that I am plugged into, I often get a little confused about what to call them.
26 Apr 2014
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Facebook launches FB Newswire for journalists; loses part of its immunity under IT Act 2000A bus accident in California, a fire in New Jersey and another in Vasant Kunj, NASA's successful test flight of its vertical take-off and landing craft, a ceremony to honour the sherpas who died during an avalanche at the Everest last week, …
14 Apr 2014
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Lok sabha polls: Social media companies launch special pages for pollsInternet and social media giants such as Google and Facebook have launched special campaigns, pages and services around the Indian Lok Sabha elections to make the most of the world's largest democratic exercise that kicked off on Monday.
3 Apr 2014
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The politics of FacebookWith the social media becoming an important political battleground, is Facebook affecting friendships and trying to influence our political leanings?
31 Mar 2014
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India's social media election battleAhead of the general elections, political parties in India are attempting to woo voters on social media for the first time.
30 Mar 2014
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The Age of ShameThe ability to capture private images is breeding a dangerous form of digital shaming. Within the online space, where wonderments often run rife, and conspiracy theories travel at the speed of light, there are many dark recesses where …
21 Mar 2014
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No to homosexuals, yes to their voteThe ad appears at the bottom of the page. It has BJP’s symbol and Modi’s photograph displayed prominently.
12 Mar 2014
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When politics gets socialIn the run-up to the general election, social media companies explain how the political campaigns this time are very different from what they were five years ago.
8 Mar 2014
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Girls just wanna have... a voiceMany Indian women have taken to Twitter, the micro-blogging site, to air their views. And some of them have become social media celebrities by virtue of their wise and witty tweets. Prasun Chaudhuri looks at the women who matter in India’s …
5 Mar 2014
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India’s ballot battle will also run through FacebookFacebook on Tuesday launched its widely awaited “election tracker” for the upcoming general elections, a move that signals the growing importance of social media as a political tool in a rapidly urbanizing India.
5 Mar 2014
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‘Mobile’ voters may sway pollsBABALAL Patel’s tiny tea stall in Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
27 Feb 2014
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India ‘tea parties’ enable politicians to woo urban youth with technologyBabalal Patel’s tiny tea stall in southern Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
18 Feb 2014
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Will You be Paid to Post a Picture?The wave of free information production on the web is on the wane.
4 Feb 2014
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The Dangers Of BirdsongInstant gratification? Social media can quickly turn the game into checkmate if you don’t keep your emotions in check.
30 Jan 2014
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Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education ClassroomGetting students to create and edit Wikipedia entries in English and Indian languages can be a comprehensive assessment tool at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Both levels of higher education require the demonstration of the ability to …
24 Jan 2014
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The net is taking overFor many days to come, people will speculate what caused Sunanda Pushkar's death last week in a New Delhi hotel. Did Union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife die of poisoning or a drug overdose? Wasn't she unwell? Was it suicide? Or was it …
19 Jan 2014
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Social Notworking - 'Murder by Twitter'Suketu Mehta (@suketumehta) - terrible news about sunanda tharoor. this is murder by twitter.
5 Jan 2014
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Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat onlineIn the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise in his online fan following”. The former minister told the police that his …
27 Dec 2013
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Indian government wakes up to risk of Hotmail, GmailWorried by US spying revelations, India has begun drawing up a new email policy to help secure government communications, but the man responsible for drafting the rules still regularly uses Hotmail.