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India’s ballot battle will also run through Facebook
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — filed under: ,
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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Blog Entry Net Neutrality and Privacy
by Divij Joshi — published Mar 20, 2014 — filed under: ,
The highly contentious and polarising debate on net-neutrality will have a large impact on shaping the future of the internet and ultimately on the users of the internet. One important issue which needs to be prioritized while debating the necessity or desirability of a legal regime which advocates net-neutrality is its implication on privacy.
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Blog Entry Privacy worries cloud Facebook's WhatsApp Deal
by Sunil Abraham — published Mar 20, 2014 — last modified Mar 20, 2014 05:59 AM — filed under: ,
Privacy activists in the United States have asked the competition regulator or the Federal Trade Commission to put on hold Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp. Why have they done this when Facebook has promised to leave WhatsApp untouched as a standalone app?
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Blog Entry Leaked Privacy Bill: 2014 vs. 2011
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 01, 2014 10:52 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society has recently received a leaked version of the draft Privacy Bill 2014 that the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India has drafted.
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Two Indians in Global Commission on Web Governance
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 01, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 09:56 AM — filed under:
Two Indians are among 25 internationally recognised experts named to assist a global body in identifying and prioritising web governance and Internet policy-related issues.
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How to Engage in Broadband Policy and Regulatory Processes
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 09, 2014 — last modified Apr 03, 2014 06:07 AM — filed under: ,
LIRNEasia with the support of the Ford Foundation offered a four-day course in Gurgaon from March 7 to 10, 2014. Sunil Abraham taught on Surveillance and Privacy.
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Twenty-five distinguished experts appointed to Global Commission on Internet Governance’s Research Advisory Network
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 22, 2014 — last modified Apr 03, 2014 07:20 AM — filed under:
Twenty-five distinguished scholars and internationally recognized experts have been appointed to the Global Commission on Internet Governance’s (GCIG) new Research Advisory Network (RAN).
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International Conference on Cyberlaw & Cybercrime
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 12, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 08:56 AM — filed under:
The International Conference on Cyberlaw and Cybercrime will take place on March 13, 2014. The event is organized by Cyberlaws.net and Pawan Duggal Associates. Sunil Abraham is participating in the event as a panelist.
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The Internet Will Be Everywhere In 2025, For Better Or Worse
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 12, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 09:08 AM — filed under:
In 2025, the Internet will enhance our awareness of the world and ourselves while diminishing privacy and allowing abusers to "make life miserable for others," according to a new report by the Pew Research Center and Elon University.
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Blog Entry European Union Draft Report Admonishes Mass Surveillance, Calls for Stricter Data Protection and Privacy Laws
by Divij Joshi — published Mar 20, 2014 — last modified Sep 30, 2014 08:52 AM — filed under: ,
Ever since the release of the “Snowden files”, the secret documents evidencing the massive scale of surveillance undertaken by America’s National Security Agency and publically released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, surveillance in the digital age has come to the fore of the global debate on internet governance and privacy.
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