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Supreme Court provides partial relief for Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 18, 2015 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
In a small but significant win for the government, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the use of the Aadhaar number for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, pensions by central and state governments, and the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, in addition to its current use in the public distribution system (PDS) and the distribution of cooking gas and kerosene.
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Zuckerberg: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 18, 2015 11:54 AM
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Ahead of hosting Modi, Facebook rebrands internet.org as Free Basics: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 26, 2015 — last modified Oct 18, 2015 02:21 PM — filed under: Social Media, Facebook, Internet Governance
Hinting at what could be vital points of discussion when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday, the social media giant has rebranded its internet access enabling platform Internet.org as Free Basics.
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T20 Regional Consultation Meeting: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 19, 2015
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Seminar on "Hate Speech and Social Media": by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 05, 2014 — last modified Feb 13, 2014 06:22 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
NALSAR University of Law, in collaboration with the British Deputy High Commission organized a seminar on Hate Speech and Social Media in Hyderabad on January 4 and 5, 2014. Chinmayi Arun was one of the speakers at the seminar.
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First Meeting of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group for India Internet Governance Forum: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 04, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 05:28 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Department of Electronics and Information Technology organized a meeting of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) for India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) at Electronics Niketan in New Delhi on February 10, 2014. Sunil Abraham participated in this meeting.
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Dark days for the creative class in India: Siddiqui: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 17, 2014 — last modified Feb 17, 2014 09:14 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
As India’s literacy rate improves, governments, courts, media, publishers and big business are all stifling free speech.
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Jammu and Kashmir: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2014
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Pranesh Prakash: Influencing India's IP Laws: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 25, 2014 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Pranesh Prakash believes intellectual property laws need to evolve and change with time.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — November 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2014 01:41 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of November 2013:
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