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Internet Society: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 22, 2012 06:52 AM
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Internet Surfing: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 15, 2013 10:09 AM
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Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 23, 2011 — last modified Sep 08, 2011 03:19 AM — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to a public lecture by Caspar Bowden*, the Chief Privacy Adviser of Microsoft’s Worldwide Technology Office, on Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?
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Internet Usage: by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 06, 2013 08:41 AM
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Internet users: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 03, 2011 01:37 PM
Internet users at a cybercafe in Bengaluru
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Internet users enraged over US online spying: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 29, 2013 — last modified Jul 01, 2013 04:10 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
India is the fifth most tracked nation by American intelligence agencies.
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Internet users flay Mumbai girls' arrest over Facebook post: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The arrest of two girls over their Facebook post on shutdown in Mumbai for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Monday again opened a can of worms with netizens calling the move a "social media hijack by the powerful and the fundamentalists". Social media was abuzz with tweets and posts about the arrest, with most referring to the arrest as yet another move to curb freedom of speech on the Internet.
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Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as Dailymotion and Vimeo, reportedly over concerns that they are being misused by Islamic State jihadists.
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Internet, Mobile & Digital Economy Conference (IMDEC) 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 16, 2013 — last modified Oct 25, 2013 06:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
FICCI, in association with the Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India is organizing Internet, Mobile & Digital Economy Conference (IMDEC) 2013 on 17th October 2013 at Federation House, FICCI, New Delhi. The theme for this year’s conference is “Internet to Equinet: Empowering a Billion Online”. Sunil Abraham is a speaker in the session on "The Internet We Want: A Multistakeholder Approach".
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Internet, social media access should not be blocked: Ban: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Amidst a raging controversy over the federal government’s proposal to monitor content in cyber space, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said access to the Internet and various social media must not be blocked as a way to prevent criticism and public debate.

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