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New privacy Bill more refined & has wider ambit, say experts
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 03, 2014 — filed under: ,
But creates wide exceptions for government agencies.
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The politics of Facebook
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 03, 2014 — filed under: ,
With the social media becoming an important political battleground, is Facebook affecting friendships and trying to influence our political leanings?
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Panel Discussion – Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression in India
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 26, 2014 last modified Apr 04, 2014 10:10 AM — filed under: ,
Bhairav Acharya will participate in a panel discussion on ‘Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression’ on Wednesday evening (26th March 2014) from 6:00 pm onwards at the India International Centre Annex. The event is organized by the Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi in association with the Global Network Initiative, Washington D.C.
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Governance issues for private data stores
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 28, 2014 last modified Apr 04, 2014 10:30 AM — filed under:
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at this event co-hosted by Harvard Faculty Club and Web Science Trust at 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge on March 28, 2014.
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Blog Entry Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution - I
by Gautam Bhatia published Apr 14, 2014 last modified Apr 29, 2014 08:03 AM — filed under: ,
In this post, I will explore net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
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Lok sabha polls: Social media companies launch special pages for polls
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 14, 2014 — filed under: ,
Internet 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.
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Blog Entry NETmundial - Word Clouds of Contributions by Types of Organisation
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay published Apr 23, 2014 last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:51 AM — filed under: ,
This set of analysis of the contributions submitted to NETmundial 2014 is part of the effort by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India, to enable productive discussions of the critical internet governance issues at the meeting and elsewhere.
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Blog Entry Accountability of ICANN
by Smarika Kumar published Apr 23, 2014 last modified May 28, 2014 10:50 AM — filed under: ,
The issue of how to ensure the legitimacy and accountability of ICANN is a concern which finds voice in many of the proposals. Four broad stands can be gleaned from the submissions to NETmundial '14 on this issue.
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Blog Entry NETmundial Day 0
by Achal Prabhala published Apr 23, 2014 — filed under: ,
Day O of NETmundial began at Arena NetMundial, an alternative-ish, Brazilian counterpart to the official "multistakeholder" meeting being organised at the very expensive Grand Hyatt. Arena NETmundial began today and will extend until the last day of NETmundial; it's being organised at the very democratic Centro Cultural São Paulo - free to all, no registration required - and offers space for a whole host of organised and spontaneous activity.
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Parties give short shrift to privacy
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 12, 2014 last modified May 05, 2014 05:54 AM — filed under: ,
Both the Congress and BJP vision documents disappoint, but the real surprise is the CPI-M document that deals with cyber issues in a substantial manner.
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