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Beyond Access as Inclusion
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Aug 31, 2010
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:29 AM
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filed under:
Development,
Digital Access,
Internet Governance,
human rights
On 13 September, the day before the fifth Internet Governance Forum opens, CIS is coorganising in Vilnius a meeting on Internet governance and human rights. One of the main aims of this meeting is to call attention to the crucial, yet in Internet governance often neglected, indivisibility of rights. In this blog post, Anja Kovacs uses this lens to illustrate how it can broaden as well reinvigorate our understanding of what remains one of the most pressing issues in Internet governance in developing countries to this day: that of access to the Internet.
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 19, 2011
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:55 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
human rights,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India has a long history of censorship that it justifies in the name of national security. But new laws governing the Internet are unreasonable and — given the multitude of online voices — poorly thought out, argues Anja Kovacs in this article published in the Sunday Guardian on 17 April 2011.
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What's in a Name? Or Why Clicktivism May Not Be Ruining Left Activism in India, At Least For Now
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Sep 10, 2010
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 09:25 AM
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filed under:
histories of internet in India,
Digital Activism,
movements,
Research
In a recent piece in the Guardian titled “Clicktivism Is Ruining Leftist Activism”, Micah White expressed severe concern that, in drawing on tactics of advertising and marketing research, digital activism is undermining “the passionate, ideological and total critique of consumer society”. His concerns are certainly shared by some in India: White's piece has been circulating on activist email lists where people noted with concern that e-activism may be replacing “the real thing” even in this country. But is the situation in India really this dire?
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