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Networking? Not working
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 15, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:12 AM — filed under:
Concerns about privacy, wastage of time and trivialized communication are some reasons ‘refuseniks’ are going off sites such as Facebook and MySpace, writes Shreya Ray in Livemint.
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Blog Entry Networks: What You Don’t See is What You (for)Get
by Nishant Shah published May 06, 2014 last modified May 28, 2014 09:30 AM — filed under: ,
When I start thinking about DML (digital media and learning) and other such “networks” that I am plugged into, I often get a little confused about what to call them.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
New $1 Billion RIC Project Casts Doubts on Aadhaar
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 16, 2013 last modified Apr 04, 2013 08:28 AM — filed under: ,
The Indian Government is going ahead with a new project dubbed RIC that will effectively undermine the existing UIDAI – Unique Identification Authority of India project and will cost a whopping $1 billion.
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Blog Entry New Approaches to Information Privacy – Revisiting the Purpose Limitation Principle
by Amber Sinha published Jul 13, 2016 last modified Nov 09, 2016 01:54 PM — filed under: , ,
Article on Aadhaar throwing light on privacy and data protection.
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New Bill to decide on individual’s right to privacy
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 07, 2012 — filed under: ,
A group of experts would identify issues relating to privacy and prepare a report to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. Vishwajoy Mukherjee's article was published in Tehelka on 6 February 2012.
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New Delhi Expands Curbs on Web Content
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 24, 2012 — filed under: , ,
India on Thursday broadened recent efforts to regulate the Internet with moves to block Twitter accounts of some prominent journalists and content from mainstream news organizations, sparking a backlash across social media in the country.
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File New Document on India's Central Monitoring System (CMS) - 2
by Maria Xynou published Jan 30, 2014 — filed under: , ,
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
New Indian Rules May Make Online Censorship Easier
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 07, 2011 last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:57 PM — filed under:
Draft rules proposed by the Indian government for intermediaries such as telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and blogging sites could in effect aid censorship, according to experts. The article by John Ribeiro was published in Yahoo News on March 7, 2011.
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Blog Entry New intermediary guidelines: The good and the bad
by Torsha Sarkar published Feb 26, 2021 last modified Mar 15, 2021 01:52 PM — filed under: , , , ,
In pursuance of the government releasing the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, this blogpost offers a quick rundown of some of the changes brought about the Rules, and how they line up with existing principles of best practices in content moderation, among others.
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New internet rules open to arbitrary interpretation
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 27, 2011 last modified May 06, 2011 04:58 AM — filed under:
Six years after an e-commerce CEO's arrest for a pornographic CD sold from his website, the government has introduced a liability on intermediaries such as Facebook and Google to "act within 36 hours" of receiving information about offensive content. This article by Manoj Mitta & Javed Anwer was published in the Times of India on April 27, 2011.
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