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Cookies, not the monster you may think: by Sweta Akundi — published Apr 12, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Follow the crumbs to a better understanding of data protection and privacy.
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Roundtable on Consumer Experiences with New Technologies in APAC (Singapore): by Admin — published Mar 26, 2019 — last modified Apr 15, 2019 10:25 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Arindrajit Basu was invited to a Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence:Consumer Experiences with New Technologies (APAC region).
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Reddit, Telegram among websites blocked in India, say internet groups: by Sai Sachin Ravikumar — published Apr 15, 2019 — last modified Apr 15, 2019 10:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Discussion board Reddit, messaging service Telegram and comedy site College Humor have been blocked for intermittent periods, say internet groups.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
TikTok craze a ticking time bomb for city: by Gulam Jeelani — published Apr 17, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Unlike YouTube, where videos take a long time to upload, on TikTok it happens in a matter of seconds. Not just the youth, the trend has captured the imagination of criminals too.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Securing the internet’s future: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
Mike Godwin, who proposed the eponymous law about online discussion threads, speaks about net neutrality, differential pricing and why no government is likely to oppose stricter surveillance measures.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
On Google Maps, JNU top result in search for 'anti-national': by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
"Anti-national" is not a location. But Google Maps seems to have an address for it - Jawaharlal Nehru University in the capital. On Friday, Google Maps pinned other such "locations" in the same place. It yielded the same result for other search terms such as "sedition," "freedom of expression," and "patriotism."
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Debate: Five Aadhaar Myths that Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 23, 2016 — last modified Apr 01, 2016 03:48 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
We need to reboot the Aadhaar debate by asking why we want to create a centralised biometric database of Indian residents in the first place.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 17, 2016 — last modified Apr 02, 2016 05:31 AM — filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
This article by Pratap Vikram Singh, Governance Now, discusses the problems emerging out of the UIDAI project due to its lack of mechanisms for informed and granular consent, and for seeking recourse in the case of denial of service. The article quotes Sumandro Chattapadhyay and mentions Hans Varghese Mathew's work on the biometric basis of UIDAI. It was written before the Aadhaar bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Surveillance Project: by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 05, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Aadhaar: Still Too Many Problems: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 07, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:31 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
While one wishes to welcome govt’s attempt to bring Aadhaar within a legislative framework, the fact is there are too many problems that still remain unaddressed for one to be optimistic.
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