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Surveillance and Privacy Law Roundtable: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2014 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society, COAI and Vahura invite you to a privacy roundtable at the India International Centre in New Delhi on September 1, 2014.
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2011: The year India began to harness social media: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 04, 2012 — last modified Jan 04, 2012 07:19 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
About half a decade ago, netizens began to expand their online presence by forging new relationships, rediscovering old ones and sharing information and content on what came to be collectively termed as social media. The year gone by marked a new milestone for this social media phenomenon, which saw a paradigm shift from merely being a networking platform to becoming a political tool, writes Satarupa Paul in the Sunday Guardian on 1 January 2012.
Located in News & Media
Activists cry foul against Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — last modified Jan 31, 2012 04:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Biometric experts, jurists and social activists today urged the state government to immediately snap ties with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and stop offering Aadhaar numbers to residents.
Located in News & Media
India internet: clean-up or censorship?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
Is India going the way of China? Not when it comes to development indicators. Or enhanced infrastructure. Or economic power. But in another category at which Beijing excels: web censorship.
Located in News & Media
Janhit Manch & Ors. v. The Union of India: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 18, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
The petition sought a blanket ban on pornographic websites. The NGO had argued that websites displaying sexually explicit content had an adverse influence, leading youth on a delinquent path.
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Seventh Open Letter to the Finance Committee: A Note on the Deduplication of Unique Identifiers: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 12, 2011 — last modified Nov 22, 2011 07:28 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Sahana Sarkar on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent in a Right to Information application on 30 June 2011 to Ashish Kumar, Central Public Information Officer, UIDAI. The UIDAI sent in its reply. Through the seventh open letter, Hans attempts to characterize in an abstract way the replies that CIS managed to elicit and makes some elementary observations.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Online @ India: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
I haven't yet heard of anybody in India going on a rampage because somebody in Pakistan started an 'India hate' page. However, I have seen people kill and destroy because they got incited to violence and hatred through offline religious propaganda, cinema and cricket.
Located in News & Media
When the digital spills into the physical: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 22, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
Nishant Shah, Director-Research, Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru, tells us why flash mobs are an interesting sign of our times, and not just a passing fad.
Spy in the Web: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 22, 2011 — last modified Mar 26, 2012 06:38 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
The government’s proposed pre-censorship rules undermine the intelligence of an online user and endanger democracy.
Located in Internet Governance
Of Surrogate Futures and Scattered Temporalities: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 28, 2011 — last modified Dec 30, 2011 10:15 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
There can be no refuting Michael Edwards’ claim that the world we live in is not only thick with problems, but that the problems that we are collectively trying to address are ‘thick...complex, politicized and unpredictable...complicated and contested’.
Located in Internet Governance

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