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ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 18, 2016 — filed under: Open Standards, Openness, Access to Knowledge
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the philosophy of software freedom, and how free and open source software is making a significant social change. I have also shared how anyone can contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD.
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An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
War Driving in Lhasa Vegas: by Oxblood Ruffin — published Aug 17, 2015 — last modified Aug 17, 2015 08:19 AM — filed under: Histories of Internet, RAW Blog
This post by Oxblood Ruffin is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Oxblood Ruffin is a hacktivist and film maker. He joined the CULT OF THE DEAD COW in 1996 as its Foreign Minister. Colonel Ruffin is co-author of the Hacktivismo Enhanced Source Software Licencse Agreement (HESSLA), network curmudgeon, and line cook. He will publish a book on information warfare in 2016. In this essay, Colonel Ruffin traces the history of Internet access in Dharamsala, and the factors at play in shaping it - mundane and maverick, familiar and outlier.
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 17, 2016 — last modified Feb 17, 2016 05:03 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash contributed to Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter. The book was edited by Courtney C. Radsch.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
WIPO SCCR 27 Text (May 1, 2014): by Prasad Krishna — published May 02, 2014
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Aadhaar assurances fail to assuage privacy concerns: by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
While Aadhaar may be secure from external attacks, a failsafe system hasn’t been developed to protect it from Edward Snowden-style leakages and hacks.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
WIP SCCR 27 (May 1, 2014): by Prasad Krishna — published May 05, 2014
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
European E-Evidence Proposal and Indian Law: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Dec 23, 2018 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
In April of 2018, the European Union issued the proposal for a new regime dealing with cross border sharing of data and information by issuing two draft instruments, an E-evidence Regulation (“Regulation”) and an E-evidence Directive (“Directive”), (together the “E-evidence Proposal”). The Regulation is a direction to states to put in place the proper legislative and regulatory machinery for the implementation of this regime while the Directive requires the states to enact laws governing service providers so that they would comply with the proposed regime.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Document 2 Literature Review on Competition Law + IPR + Access to < $100 Mobile Devices: by Amulya Purushothama and Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jan 01, 2015 — last modified Sep 03, 2015 02:02 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This note is the second document in the series of Working Documents that I will be creating for my research under the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace (“PT Project”).
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
India's Data Protection Framework Will Need to Treat Privacy as a Social and Not Just an Individual Good: by Amber Sinha — published May 18, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The idea that technological innovations may compete with privacy of individuals assumes that there is social and/or economic good in allowing unrestricted access to data. However, it must be remembered that data is potentially a toxic asset, if it is not collected, processed, secured and shared in the appropriate way.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog

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