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Blog Entry The State is Snooping: Can You Escape?
by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Apr 29, 2019 03:09 PM — filed under: ,
Blanket surveillance of the kind envisaged by India's Centralized Monitoring System achieves little, but blatantly violates the citizen's right to privacy; Snehashish Ghosh explores why it may be dangerous and looks at potential safeguards against such intrusion.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Facebook, my boyfriend is lousy
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2011 — last modified Jul 25, 2011 10:07 AM — filed under:
While a sizeable chunk of users do not mind living their life in public, oversharing can have nasty repercussions in real life. This article by Sahana Saran was published in the Bangalore Mirror on 24 July 2011.
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Blog Entry Opinion: Delicensing 6 GHz, 60 GHz bands is crucial to improve Wi-Fi scenario in India
by Abhishek Raj — published Jan 03, 2022 — filed under: , ,
Recently, there has been growing demand from industry bodies and associations to delicense 6 GHz and 60 GHz bands in India.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Blog Entry The Localisation Gambit: Unpacking policy moves for the sovereign control of data in India
by Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Aditya Singh Chawla — published Mar 19, 2019 — last modified May 21, 2019 03:24 PM
Edited by: Pranav M.B., Vipul Kharbanda and Amber Sinha Research Assistance: Anjanaa Aravindan
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Net Neutrality debate in India: Here are all the arguments you need to know
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2015 — last modified May 09, 2015 08:01 AM — filed under:
While online activists and even big Internet companies have come out to support Net Neutrality, the debate isn’t really as simple when it comes to India.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten Year Old Project
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Feb 04, 2014 08:56 AM — filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikipedia has carved its mark as the largest online encyclopedia in Odia language that is edited by a volunteer editor community.
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Blog Entry Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for India
by Jyoti Panday — published Oct 14, 2015 — filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
The European Court of Justice has invalidated a European Commission decision, which had previously concluded that the 'Safe Harbour Privacy Principles' provide adequate protections for European citizens’ privacy rights for the transfer of personal data between European Union and United States. The inadequacies of the framework is not news for the European Commission and action by ECJ has been a long time coming. The ruling raises important questions about how the claims of citizenship are being negotiated in the context of the internet, and how increasingly the contestations of personal data are being employed in the discourse.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Act now to protect yourself against future ransomware attacks
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 10, 2017 — filed under:
There was Wannacry, then Petya, and several other lesser-known ones: With ransomware attacks coming thick and fast, get proactive about protecting yourself.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
File Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 28, 2016
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Blog Entry Digital Native: Delete Facebook?
by Nishant Shah — published Apr 08, 2018 — last modified May 06, 2018 03:08 AM — filed under: , , , ,
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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