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Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 05:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
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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: Internet Governance
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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Governing Identity on the Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 04, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 09:06 AM — filed under: Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance
Security, openness and privacy will be discussed at this workshop to be held at the IGF 2012 on November 8, 2012 from 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Malavika Jayaram, a fellow at CIS is one of the panelists confirmed for participation.
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Government: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 22, 2014 11:38 AM
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Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respond: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:24 PM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
A standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on India's requests to block some of the fake 'PMO India' accounts.
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Government blocks 32 websites to check ISIS propaganda: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
The Centre has blocked 32 websites, including vimeo.com, dailymotion.com, pastebin.com and github.com, in an effort to curb ISIS propaganda, prompting a wave of online protests.
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Government blocks over 60 websites including github & sourceforge on anti-terror advisory: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
Over 60 websites and links, including popular online tools like Github and Sourceforge used by thousands of programmers have been blocked in India, triggering angry protests by Internet users.
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Government invites comments on Draft National Encryption Policy, attracts controversy: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2015
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) has posted a Draft National Encryption Policy on its website inviting comments from the public. The purpose of the policy is to frame rules under Section 84A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, regarding use of encryption methods.
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Government keeps experts out of cyber security discussions: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
Anja Kovacs of the Internet Democracy project feels that India has given away too much, and that India's multi-stakeholder approach in the context of the role of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is not too clear.
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Government may tieup with global police, Interpol to fight child pornography: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2015 — filed under: Obscenity, Pornography, Internet Governance, Censorship
International partnerships, including with the global police network Interpol, could be the basis for India's strategy to counter child pornography after the government's move to ban websites peddling smut backfired last month.
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