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Submission on India's Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU's ITRs: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 03, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 04:15 AM — filed under: WCIT, ITU, Internet Governance
Given below are the responses from the representatives of civil society in India (The Society for Knowledge Commons, Centre for Internet & Society, The Delhi Science Forum, Free Software Movement of India, Internet Democracy Project and Media for Change) to the Government of India's proposals for the upcoming WCIT meeting, in December 2012, in Dubai.
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The Trouble with Hurried Solutions: by Chinmayi Arun — published Dec 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 20, 2012 04:23 AM — filed under: WCIT, ITU, Internet Governance
The World Conference on International Telecommunication showed that countries are not yet ready to arrive at a consensus on regulation and control of the Internet
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The Worldwide Web of Concerns: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 10, 2012 — last modified Dec 27, 2012 04:31 AM — filed under: WCIT, ITU, Internet Governance
The International Telecommunication Union’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is currently under way in Dubai, after a gap of 25 years. At this conference, the Inter-national Telecommunication Regulations — a binding treaty containing high-level principles — are to be revised.
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The Worldwide Web of Concerns: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 10, 2012 — last modified Dec 10, 2012 05:10 AM — filed under: WCIT, ITU, Internet Governance
The threat of a ‘UN takeover’ of the Internet through the WCIT is non-existent. However, that does not mean that activists have been crying themselves hoarse in vain.
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UN agrees to review agencies governing Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 31, 2012 — filed under: ITU, Internet Governance, Censorship
Although India’s proposal has been criticized as an effort to control the Net, govt says this will ensure it has more say in policymaking.
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Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 10, 2012 04:40 AM — filed under: ITU, Internet Governance
Pranesh Prakash made a presentation at the India Internet Governance Conference (IIGC) held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on October 4 and 5, 2012. The event was organised by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, FICCI and Internet Society. CIS was one of the supporting organisations.
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WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye Report: by Geetha Hariharan — published Jun 20, 2014 — last modified Jun 20, 2014 03:57 PM — filed under: WSIS+10, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Human Rights Online, Surveillance, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Facebook, Data Protection, Multi-stakeholder, ICANN, Internet Access, ITU, Internet Studies, E-Governance, ICT
The WSIS+10 High Level was organised by the ITU and collaborative UN entities on June 9-13, 2014. It aimed to evaluate the progress on implementation of WSIS Outcomes from Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, and to envision a post-2015 Development Agenda. Geetha Hariharan attended the event on CIS' behalf.
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