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11th India Knowledge Summit 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 26, 2013 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India (ASSOCHAM) is organizing the 11th Knowledge Summit 2013 in Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi on October 14 and 15, 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
Located in News & Media
11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
13 crore Aadhaar numbers on four government websites compromised: Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 03, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The lack of information security practices in key government websites which hosts Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has left citizens of the country more vulnerable to identity theft and financial fraud, a research paper has argued.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
20 years of Google: Privacy, fake news and the future: by Admin — published Aug 30, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Google once directed you to information. Today, it’s often the source of information, using data you and others have shared, often without you realising it. Public knowledge goes where Google takes it. And 20 years on, not everyone’s happy with the journey.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
22 companies join Partnership on AI, begin to study AI's impact on work and society: by Prasad Krishna — published May 19, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance
The non-profit artificial intelligence organization added new groups into its fold, and announced initiatives on developing AI best practices and harnessing the technology for social good.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
22 nieuwe leden voor Partnership on AI: by Prasad Krishna — published May 19, 2017 — last modified May 19, 2017 06:54 AM — filed under: Telecom, Internet Governance
Partnership on AI, een non-profit organisatie ter bevordering van het algemeen begrip van kunstmatige intelligentie en de ontwikkeling van best practices, heeft 22 nieuwe leden aangekondigd.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
25 Indians to watch: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
From a political scion and an attacking batsman to a crusading web entrepreneur and a ‘Potato Prince’, these are India’s rising stars.
Located in News & Media
26th AMIC Annual Conference – India 2018: by Admin — published Jun 26, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
The 26th AMIC annual conference on the theme Disturbing Asian Millennials: Some Creative Responses was organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) at Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal in Karnataka from June 7 - 9, 2018. Swaraj Paul Barooah was a speaker.
Located in Internet Governance
66A ‘cut & paste job’: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 11, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has borrowed words out of context from British and American laws, according to lawyers here who are calling it a “poor cut-and-paste job”.
Located in News & Media
66A DEAD. LONG LIVE 66A!: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2015 — last modified Apr 01, 2015 02:11 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Last Tuesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo walked into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office. India's most compulsive and most-followed tweeter, Modi, as Gujarat chief minister, had protested when the Manmohan Singh government blocked the micro-blogging site of a few journalists. Modi had blacked out his own Twitter profile and tweeted: “May God give good sense to everyone.”
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

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