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New privacy Bill more refined & has wider ambit, say experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 03, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
But creates wide exceptions for government agencies.
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The politics of Facebook: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 03, 2014 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
With the social media becoming an important political battleground, is Facebook affecting friendships and trying to influence our political leanings?
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Panel Discussion – Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 10:10 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Bhairav Acharya will participate in a panel discussion on ‘Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression’ on Wednesday evening (26th March 2014) from 6:00 pm onwards at the India International Centre Annex. The event is organized by the Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi in association with the Global Network Initiative, Washington D.C.
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Governance issues for private data stores: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 10:30 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at this event co-hosted by Harvard Faculty Club and Web Science Trust at 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge on March 28, 2014.
Located in News & Media
Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution - I: by Gautam Bhatia — published Apr 14, 2014 — last modified Apr 29, 2014 08:03 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
In this post, I will explore net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
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Lok sabha polls: Social media companies launch special pages for polls: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 14, 2014 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Internet and social media giants such as Google and Facebook have launched special campaigns, pages and services around the Indian Lok Sabha elections to make the most of the world's largest democratic exercise that kicked off on Monday.
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NETmundial - Word Clouds of Contributions by Types of Organisation: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Apr 23, 2014 — last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:51 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, NETmundial
This set of analysis of the contributions submitted to NETmundial 2014 is part of the effort by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India, to enable productive discussions of the critical internet governance issues at the meeting and elsewhere.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Accountability of ICANN: by Smarika Kumar — published Apr 23, 2014 — last modified May 28, 2014 10:50 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, NETmundial
The issue of how to ensure the legitimacy and accountability of ICANN is a concern which finds voice in many of the proposals. Four broad stands can be gleaned from the submissions to NETmundial '14 on this issue.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
NETmundial Day 0: by Achal Prabhala — published Apr 23, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, NETmundial
Day O of NETmundial began at Arena NetMundial, an alternative-ish, Brazilian counterpart to the official "multistakeholder" meeting being organised at the very expensive Grand Hyatt. Arena NETmundial began today and will extend until the last day of NETmundial; it's being organised at the very democratic Centro Cultural São Paulo - free to all, no registration required - and offers space for a whole host of organised and spontaneous activity.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Parties give short shrift to privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 12, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 05:54 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Both the Congress and BJP vision documents disappoint, but the real surprise is the CPI-M document that deals with cyber issues in a substantial manner.
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