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Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 28, 2019 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Should Aadhaar be used as KYC for social media accounts? We have recently seen a debate on this question with even the courts hearing arguments in favour and against such a move.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Members: by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 17, 2008 — last modified Jun 19, 2009 02:16 PM
The members of the Society registered under Karnataka Societies Act are Vibodh Parthasarathi, Atul Ramachandra, Achal Prabhala, Lawrence Liang, Subbiah Arunachalam, Nishant Shah, and Sunil Abraham.
Located in About Us / People
MS Format: by admin — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:07 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Publications
Located in Openness / … / Open Standards / Uploads
Multiple Aspects Need to be Addressed as the Clamour Grows for Network Neutrality: by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 16, 2015 — filed under: Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
In the global debate there are four violations of Network Neutrality that are considered particularly egregious.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Net Freedom Campaign Loses its Way: by Sunil Abraham — published May 10, 2014 — last modified May 27, 2014 11:07 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance, NETmundial
A recent global meet was a victory for governments and the private sector over civil society interests.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Newspapers should empower citizen journalism: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 21, 2009 — last modified Oct 23, 2012 08:47 AM
A single content-management system can be used to publish highly-targeted and customised content. Sunil Abraham, director, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS India), believes traditional newspapers should expose their primary research databases such as photos, video and audio recordings, and documents to the public using web technologies.
Located in News & Media
Nishant Shah: by Sunil Abraham — last modified Nov 01, 2008 07:57 AM
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Uploads
Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 05, 2012 — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Why is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Oo.org Format: by admin — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:06 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Publications
Located in Openness / … / Open Standards / Uploads
Open Access Day: by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 18, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:45 AM — filed under: Openness
October 14, 2008 will be the world’s first Open Access Day. The founding partners for this Day are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science.
Located in Openness / Publications / Open Content and Open Access

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