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India’s ballot battle will also run through Facebook: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Facebook on Tuesday launched its widely awaited “election tracker” for the upcoming general elections, a move that signals the growing importance of social media as a political tool in a rapidly urbanizing India.
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India’s Big Bet on Identity: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 07, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The world’s largest biometric authentication system reaches its first major milestone, but lots of challenges remain, writes Joshua J. Romero in ieeespectrum. Sunil Abraham was quoted in this story which was featured in March 2012 edition.
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India’s Biometric Database Is Creating A Perfect Surveillance State — And U.S. Tech Companies Are On Board: by Admin — published Sep 04, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Aadhaar program offers a glimpse of the tech world's latest quest to control our lives, where dystopias are created in the name of helping the impoverished.
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India’s biometric ID scans make sci-fi a reality: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2017 — filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
I have been thinking about my fingerprints and the secrets that may lie within my eyes — and whether I want to share them with the Indian government. I may not however have a choice.
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India’s Central Monitoring System: Security can’t come at cost of privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
During a Google hangout session in June this year, Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, addressed concerns related to the central monitoring system (CMS).
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India’s Civil Liberties Crisis: Of Bans, Blocks, Bullying and Biometrics: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 25, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Malavika Jayaram will be a speaker at this event which is organized by the Center for Global Communication Studies and will be held at Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia, on March 28, 2013, from 12 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.
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India’s Data Protection Regime Must Be Built Through an Inclusive and Truly Co-Regulatory Approach: by Amber Sinha — published Dec 01, 2017 — last modified Jan 01, 2018 04:18 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
We must move India past its existing consultative processes for rule-making, which often prompts stakeholders to take adversarial and extremely one-sided positions.
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India’s dedicated Cryptology centre gets Rs. 115 crore funding: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 29, 2014 — filed under: Cryptography, Internet Governance
Work on India's first dedicated cryptology centre – plans for which were first announced in June 2012 – will likely accelerate as the project has gained initial funding of Rs. 115 crore from the federal government, stepping up the nation's efforts to stay on top of an area critical to its military and financial interests.
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India’s digital check: by Sunil Abraham — published Jul 08, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 02:55 PM — filed under: Digital India, Internet Governance, E-Governance
All nine pillars of Digital India directly correlate with policy research conducted at the Centre for Internet and Society, where I have worked for the last seven years. This allows our research outputs to speak directly to the priorities of the government when it comes to digital transformation.
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India’s Digital ID Rollout Collides With Rickety Reality: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2017 — filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
India’s new digital identification system, years in the making and now being put into widespread use, has yet to deliver the new era of modern efficiency it promised for shop owner Om Prakash and customer Daya Chand.
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