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'India wants core internet infrastructure'
India wants "core internet infrastructure" to be part of an international legal system that would accommodate governments, civil society and other stakeholders. In typical Indian diplomatic style, its position can be interpreted to mean everything and nothing.
6th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at the conference organized by Eticas Research and Consulting at the University of Barcelona and CCCB from April 24 to 26, 2014.
Lok sabha polls: Social media companies launch special pages for polls
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.
No party's got a clear stand, Aadhaar's fate hangs in balance
A non-UPA government for sure will review the multi-crore UID programme, but none of the parties have yet talked about scrapping it.
Parties give short shrift to privacy
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.
The Critical Life of Information
Nishant Shah and Malavika Jayaram will be speaking at the event organized by Yale University on April 11, 2014.
The Take Down of Free Speech Online
As part of a study to access rate of compliance, in 2011, the Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore sent frivolous “take down” requests to seven prominent intermediaries. The study showed exactly how easy it is to take down online content.
Should Nandan Nilekani's Aadhaar project, for identity proof and welfare delivery, exist at all?
The foundation of Aadhaar—a Congress flagship project to give every Indian a unique identity number and then use it to deliver services—has been under assault in the past three months.
The politics of Facebook
With the social media becoming an important political battleground, is Facebook affecting friendships and trying to influence our political leanings?
New privacy Bill more refined & has wider ambit, say experts
But creates wide exceptions for government agencies.
Two Indians in Global Commission on Web Governance
Two Indians are among 25 internationally recognised experts named to assist a global body in identifying and prioritising web governance and Internet policy-related issues.
India's social media election battle
Ahead of the general elections, political parties in India are attempting to woo voters on social media for the first time.
Governance issues for private data stores
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.
Cyber Dialogue Conference 2014
The Cyber Dialogue conference, presented by the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, will convene an influential mix of global leaders from government, civil society, academia and private enterprise to participate in a series of facilitated public plenary conversations and working groups around cyberspace security and governance.
Panel Discussion – Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression in India
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.
ICANN and Global Internet Governance: The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond
A conference to be held on Friday 21 March 2014 at the ICANN 49 meeting venue, the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, in the Olivia Room, from 10:00 to 18:00. Organized by the NonCommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, with the generous support of ICANN. Geetha Hariharan participated in this event.
Twenty-five distinguished experts appointed to Global Commission on Internet Governance’s Research Advisory Network
Twenty-five distinguished scholars and internationally recognized experts have been appointed to the Global Commission on Internet Governance’s (GCIG) new Research Advisory Network (RAN).
No to homosexuals, yes to their vote
The ad appears at the bottom of the page. It has BJP’s symbol and Modi’s photograph displayed prominently.
C-DoT's surveillance system making enemies on internet
Reporters Without Boundaries says it gives unbridled power to law- enforcement agencies to snoop on citizens.
When politics gets social
In 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.
