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Is freedom of expression under threat in the digital age?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 18, 2013 — last modified Feb 03, 2013 10:50 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
This week Index held a high level panel debate in partnership with the Editors Guild of India and the India International Centre to discuss the question “Is freedom of expression under threat in the digital age?” Mahima Kaul reports
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Is India Ignoring its own Internet Protections?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
India’s information technology law of 2008 limits the liability of Internet companies for material posted on their Web sites by users, including anything government regulators deem objectionable. The firms are supposed to be notified of offensive content — by users or the authorities — and then remove it when legally warranted.
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Is India Prepared for a Cyber Attack? Suckfly And Other Past Responses Say No: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2016 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
From mandatory disclosures to improving CERT-IN’s functioning and transparency, there is much to be done in the event of future cyber attacks.
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Is India the next frontier for Facebook?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 09, 2014 — last modified Nov 05, 2014 12:43 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Pushing to bring hundreds of millions of Indians into the online world, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday called for expanding his pet project to provide free mobile Internet for developing countries into India.
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Is India's government becoming Big Brother?: by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 09:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
India's new Central Monitoring System will give officials unprecedented access to calls, texts, and online activity.
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Is That a Friend on Your Wall?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 10, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:36 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Before you start reading today’s column, have a look at the person sitting next to you. It might be a family member if you are at home, a friend in the club, a stranger in a cafe or a fellow commuter on the bus. Now take a moment to figure out how much you trust that person. The intensity of your trust would depend upon your familiarity, your social relationship and the time you’ve known that person.
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Is the govt bid to regulate content on the Internet a good thing?: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 08, 2011 — last modified Dec 08, 2011 07:12 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The recent move by Union Minister Kapil Sibal to engage leading Internet platform providers like Google, Facebook, etc in regulating content has seen netizens react in different manners. The question of freedom of expression vis-a-vis objectionable content has come to the fore. Pranesh Prakash who deals with such issues on a regular basis at the Centre for Internet and Society was answering questions (more like comments) live on CNN-IBN's chat feature on December 7, 2011.
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Is the govt caught in the 'censorship' web?: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 04, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 06:54 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
NDTV aired a one-hour debate on censorship in "We the People" episode hosted by Barkha Dutt on August 26, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in the discussions as a speaker.
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Is the WIPO Treaty for Broadcasters Moving Forward at SCCR 27?: by Prasad Krishna — published May 02, 2014 — last modified May 02, 2014 11:58 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The WIPO treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organization: The Way Forward?
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Is Your Aadhar Biometrics Safe? Firms Accused Of Storing Biometrics And Using Them Illegally: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 27, 2017 — filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Fears of Aadhar biometric security have been compounded as the government is sprinting towards the next phase of ‘cashless India’ and digitization
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