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Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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last modified
Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
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Linking Facebook use to free top-up data
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2016
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
Just before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013.
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News & Media
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A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Feb 14, 2016
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last modified
Feb 20, 2016 07:28 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
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Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
Facebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
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Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
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News & Media
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Internet Freedom
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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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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Caught in the Web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Do we need a cyber Big Brother watching us? A look at both sides of the coin.
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Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Research
The ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements for change around the globe. As more of our environment gets connected to the circuits of the World Wide Web, we witness a significant transformation in the way we understand the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of the world we live in, says Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2010.
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Geekup @ CIS
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 26, 2011
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last modified
Dec 26, 2011 07:39 AM
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filed under:
Event Type,
Internet Governance
CIS is hosting a Geekup tomorrow, December 27, 2011 in its office in Bangalore. Shyam Mani will be giving a talk.
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UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha Ramanathan
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by
Natasha Vaz
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published
Oct 03, 2011
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last modified
Nov 24, 2011 04:41 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
UID enrolment is in full swing, providing an official identification to millions of Indians, yet there are numerous unanswered questions. A public talk on UID was held at the Institute of Science, Bangalore on September 6, 2011. Usha Ramanathan, an independent law researcher on jurisprudence, poverty and rights, discussed the questions that plague the UID project and the veil of silence enveloping the answers.
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