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Chidambaram to Talk Budget on Google+ Hangout: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 04, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 04:14 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Indian politicians are slowly warming up to social media.
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Child-lifting rumours caused 69 mob attacks, 33 deaths in last 18 months: by Admin — published Jul 13, 2018 — last modified Jul 13, 2018 02:53 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
45 persons were killed in 40 cases of mob lynching across nine states between 2014 and 3 March 2018 according to data.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Chilling Effects and Frozen Words: by Lawrence Liang — published Apr 30, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
What if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in the Hindu on April 30, 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
China outranks India in world’s first ever web index: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 07, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
India has been ranked 33rd on a list of 61 countries in a brand new web index that seeks to measure how effectively countries are using the Internet to improve people’s lives. And Indian Internet activists say that given the increasing level of control the government seeks to exercise over the net, that is no great surprise.
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Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: report: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:31 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Hackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.
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Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack: by Prasad Krishna — published May 21, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
"WannaCry is far and away the most severe malware attack so far in 2017, and the spread of this troubling ransomware is far from over". Since the global attack was launched on Friday, several thousand more computers were discovered to be infected, particularly in Asia as the work day began on Monday. "We've seen that the slowdown of the infection rate over Friday night, after a temporary fix around it, has now been overcome by a second variation the criminals have released".
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
CII Conference on "ACT": Achieve Cyber Security Together": by Kovey Coles — published Jul 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 08:17 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) organized a conference on facing cyber threats and challenges at Hotel Hilton in Chennai on July 13, 2013. Kovey Coles attended this conference and shares a summary of the event in this blog post.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CII Digital India Summit: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 21, 2015 — last modified May 02, 2015 03:56 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Digital India Summit was organized at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on April 21 and 24, 2015. Pranesh Prakash participated in it.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
CIS and International Coalition Calls upon Governments to Protect Privacy: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 07:21 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) along with the International Coalition has called upon governments across the globe to protect privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CIS anniversary: by Prasad Krishna — published May 06, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet and Society will celebrate five years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its works and accomplishments.
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