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India's cyber cafes going porn-free: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 04:53 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Pornography fans in India who like to indulge in the sexual eye candy at public cyber cafes may be in for a forced intervention as a new government ruling bans porn websites, requires cafe owners to keep a one-year log of all sites accessed by customers and forces customers to produce an ID card prior to use. This news was published on msnbc.com on April 28, 2011.
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De facebook: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:41 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Facebook used to be our playground but privacy concerns are now souring that fantasy. Why do we trust a clutch of new corporations with such phenomenal amounts of personal data?
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More Debate on UID Project Needed: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A press conference on UID was held at the Press Club in Bangalore on 26 July, 2010. It was co-organised by Citizen's Action Forum, Alternate Law Forum and the Centre for Internet and Society. Mathew Thomas and Vinay Baindur spoke about the UID. Proceedings from the conference was covered in the Hindu on 27 July, 2010.
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Deconstructing ‘Internet addiction’: by Radha Rao — published Aug 31, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:09 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
An article by Sruthi Krishnan and Shyam Ranganathan in The Hindu on August 30th,'09
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Digital Empowerment Foundation--Internet Governance Forum Workshop, 5 December 2008, Hyderabad: by Sanchia de Souza — published Dec 03, 2008 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:16 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
CIS Director (Policy) Sunil Abraham will be a panelist at a workshop on Low Cost Sustainability Access to be held at the Internet Governance Forum 2008.
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DOC 2.0: A Resources Sharing Mela by NGO Documentation Centres: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A Resource Sharing Mela and Meet of DCM (Document Centres Meet) at the Centre for Education & Documentation in Domlur, Bangalore.
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Drawing maps for change: by Radha Rao — published Jan 04, 2010 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:49 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Digital maps can hold immense academic value – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 3rd Jan, 2010.
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NGOs say eG8 report must stress internet rights: by Prasad Krishna — published May 26, 2011 — last modified Jun 22, 2011 04:17 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
More than 35 NGOs from around the world signed a joint declaration requesting that issues concerning freedom of speech be included in the report set to be presented to G8 heads of government by the organisers and participants of the eG8 Forum held in Paris. The news was published in TELECOMPAPER on May 26, 2011.
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IGF 2009 - Main Session: Emerging Issues: Social Networks: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 18, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Current laws don't seem to scale well to handle Web 2.0 issues
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Expel or not? That is the question: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 05, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:48 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The decision of an international school to expel 14 students for their alleged ‘promiscuous’ behaviour has led to much debate and discussion.
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