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Facebook goes out all guns blazing in push for Free Basics, Net neutrality advocates cry foul
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 29, 2015
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance
Facebook's media onslaught to garner support for its controversial Free Basics program is almost inescapable. Multi-page ads in national dailies, outdoor hoardings, television spots and perhaps the most effective of them all - Facebook notifications.
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Benefits and Harms of "Big Data"
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by
Scott Mason
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Big Data
Today the quantity of data being generated is expanding at an exponential rate. From smartphones and televisions, trains and airplanes, sensor-equipped buildings and even the infrastructures of our cities, data now streams constantly from almost every sector and function of daily life.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s India backlash imperils vision for free global web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The growing backlash against Facebook’s Free Basics could threaten the very premise of Internet.org, Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to connect the planet.
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India’s net neutrality debate is unique and complex
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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filed under:
Social Media,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
Connectivity to millions in India is main issue
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Free Basics: Negating net parity
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 03, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
Researchers funded by Facebook were apparently told by 92 per cent of Indians they surveyed from large cities, with Internet connection and college degree, that the Internet “is a human right and that Free Basics can help bring Internet to all of India.” What a strange way to frame the question given that the Internet is not a human right in most jurisdictions.
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Zuckerberg's India Backlash Imperils Free Global Web Vision
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 06, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
When Facebook's co-founder proposed bringing free Web services to India, his stated aim was to help connect millions of impoverished people to unlimited opportunity. Instead, critics have accused him of making a poorly disguised land grab in India's burgeoning Internet sector. The growing backlash could threaten the very premise of Internet.org, his ambitious, two-year-old effort to connect the planet.
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Nasscom against differential pricing for data services
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 06, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Privacy,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression
The National Association of Software and Services Companies says it should be the regulator that decides on such content, not firms.
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Will India win net neutrality battle?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 11, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
There is more than what meets the eye in Facebook’s ‘noble mission’ of providing internet for all.
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A Critique of Consent in Information Privacy
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by
Amber Sinha and Scott Mason
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published
Jan 11, 2016
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last modified
Jan 18, 2016 02:20 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The idea of informed consent in privacy law is supposed to ensure the autonomy of an individual in any exercise which involves sharing of the individual's personal information. Consent is usually taken through a document, a privacy notice, signed or otherwise agreed to by the participant.
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What are People's Rights in Digital World
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 12, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Vanya Rakesh participated in this workshop organized by IT for Change on December 4, 2015 in Bangalore.
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