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4 Popular Myths about UID: by Prashant Iyengar — published Jan 22, 2011 — last modified Jun 20, 2012 04:37 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
By now, there is already a lot of material in the public domain that is critical about the UID/Aadhar project, writes Prashant Iyengar in this blog entry published in Privacy India on January 22, 2011.
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Call for Essays: Offline: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Aug 09, 2018 — last modified Aug 20, 2018 06:58 AM — filed under: Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Call for Essays, Offline, Researchers at Work
Who is offline, and is it a choice? The global project of bringing people online has spurred several commendable initiatives in expanding access to digital devices, networks, and content, and often contentious ones such as Free Basics / internet.org, which illustrate the intersectionalities of scale, privilege, and rights that we need to be mindful of when we imagine the offline. Further, the experience of the internet, for a large section of people is often mediated through prior and ongoing experiences of traditional media, and through cultural metaphors and cognitive frames that transcend more practical registers such as consumption and facilitation. How do we approach, study, and represent this disembodied internet – devoid of its hypertext, platforms, devices, it's nuts and bolts, but still tangible through engagement in myriad, personal and often indiscernible ways. The researchers@work programme invites abstracts for essays that explore dimensions of offline lives.
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Wherever you are, whatever you do: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 25, 2010 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Facebook recently launched a location-based service called Places. Privacy advocates are resenting to this new development. Sunil Abraham identifies the three prime reasons for this outcry against Facebook. The article was published in the Indian Express on 23 August, 2010.
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Why We Should All Worry About The Mandatory Imposition Of Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
It appears that with each passing day, the government is linking an increasing number of benefits and government services to the 12-digit biometric-based Aadhaar number for Indians, despite growing concerns around its data privacy and security.
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US Copyright law faces constitutional challenge: by Anubha Sinha — published Aug 11, 2016 — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
In a major international development, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit to strike down the provisions on Digital Rights Management(DRM) in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In this post, I discuss DRMs, the EFF lawsuit, and then draw upon the differences between the US and Indian copyright regime on DRM protection.
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Draft bill proposes Rs 1 crore fine, 3 year jail for data privacy violation: by Admin — published Jun 29, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The move comes at a time when user data of Indians is under threat from social media firms accused of data mining and sharing information with private companies for advertising and marketing purposes. There has also been a growing concern over Aadhaar.
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Internet Freedom: by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — published Feb 15, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Free Basics, TRAI, Net Neutrality, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
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I don't want my fingerprints taken: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 11, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:41 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Through this article published in Down to Earth, Nishant Shah looks at the role of the state as arbiter of our privacy.
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February 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
Welcome to the February 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS).
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Views | Why the Left may for once be right: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
On the opening day of the upcoming parliamentary session on Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha is set to vote on an annulment motion against the IT rules, moved by P. Rajeeve of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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