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AI for Good Workshop: by Admin — published Jun 05, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Pranav Manjesh Bidare attended a workshop on AI for Good, organised by Swissnex India, and Wadhwani AI in Bangalore on May 22, 2019.
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Central Monitoring System to make government privy to phone calls, text messages and social media conversations: by Prasad Krishna — published May 09, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 09:17 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The government last month quietly began rolling out a project that gives it access to everything that happens over India's telecommunications network—online activities, phone calls, text messages and even social media conversations. Called the Central Monitoring System, it will be the single window from where government arms such as the National Investigation Agency or the tax authorities will be able to monitor every byte of communication.
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India's Rs 400-crore Central Monitoring System to snoop on all communication: by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 10:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Latest reports confirm that the government's longstanding aim of initiating the Central Monitoring System in the country is materialising now.
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Messaging apps find another foe in India’s market regulator: by Prasad Krishna — published May 08, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 10:46 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Paranoid governments and mobile operators aren’t the only one that dislike messaging apps. Regulatory bodies aren’t crazy about them either. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is worried that attempts to pass on confidential information or manipulate markets are originating from within services like WhatsApp and Blackberry Messenger.
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The Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lectures: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — last modified Jun 09, 2013 03:35 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Chinmayi Arun was a speaker at the Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lectures on 'India's Politics of Free Expression' in the University of Oxford on May 31 2013, in the session on 'media and security'.
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Cool Jobs | Parmesh Shahani, Head, Godrej India Culture Lab: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 04, 2013 — last modified Jan 17, 2013 05:55 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The man behind Mumbai’s most original ideas space on being a cross-pollinator
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Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence and Women’s Political Participation in India: A Position Paper: by Yesha Tshering Paul, Amrita Sengupta — published Dec 17, 2024 — last modified Dec 18, 2024 07:12 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Gender, Internet Governance
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Privacy Policy Framework for Indian Mental Health Apps: by Chakshu Sang and Shweta Mohandas — published Jan 10, 2025 — filed under: Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
This report analyses the privacy policies of mental health apps in India and provides recommendations for making the policies not only legally compliant but also user-centric
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Learn It Yourself: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 03, 2011 — last modified Dec 23, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.
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Netizen Report: Transparency Edition: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 08, 2011 — last modified Nov 09, 2011 04:31 AM — filed under: RTI, Internet Governance
Global Voices Online has carried a feature story, "Netizen Report: Transparency Edition". We at CIS had filed an RTI application about website blocking. This is reflected in this article by Rebecca MacKinnon which was posted online on 7 November 2011.
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