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Making Aadhaar Mandatory: Gamechanger For Governance?: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 24, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Why a programme that both the Congress and the BJP have hailed as transformational has divided Parliament this week? The Aadhaar Bill which was passed this week aims at facilitating government benefits and subsidies to citizens said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
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Blockchain: A primer for India: by Anusha Madhusudhan — published Nov 18, 2019 — last modified Mar 30, 2020 01:32 PM — filed under: Blockchain, Internet Governance, Cryptocurrencies
This report is presently being updated.
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Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook: Launch Event: by Saumyaa Naidu — published Nov 28, 2019 — last modified Dec 06, 2019 09:27 AM — filed under: Cybersecurity, Cyber Security, Event, Internet Governance
6th December | 6 pm | Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore
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Cyber security tips for small businesses: by Theres Sudeep — published Dec 05, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
It is important to have good cyber security practices, experts recommend.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public Space: by Torsha Sarkar — published Dec 12, 2019 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
A discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
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WhatsApp spy attack and after: by Theres Sudeep — published Dec 15, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Bengaluru experts analyse the Pegasus snooping scandal, and provide advice on what you can do about the gaping holes in your mobile phone security.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Power over privacy: New Personal Data Protection Bill fails to really protect the citizen’s right to privacy: by Nikhil Pahwa — published Dec 15, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Nikhil Pahwa throws light on the new personal data protection bill.
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ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitments: by Akriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito — published Dec 17, 2019 — last modified Dec 19, 2019 11:35 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, ICANN, IANA, Internet Governance
Akriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights at ICANN and Ephraim works on Human Rights and Business for Article 19, leading their ICANN engagement.
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Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?: by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — published Feb 14, 2019 — last modified Dec 30, 2019 04:44 PM — filed under: Big Data, Data Systems, Privacy, Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Research, BD4D, Healthcare, Surveillance, Big Data for Development
In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” Casting a critical feminist lens, the historicity of surveillance practices unveils the gendered power differentials wedded into taken-for-granted “benign” monitoring processes. The unpacking of the Mother and Child Tracking System and the National Health Stack reveals the neo-liberal aspirations of the Indian state.
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Extra-Territorial Surveillance and the Incapacitation of Human Rights: by Arindrajit Basu — published Dec 31, 2019 — last modified Jan 02, 2020 11:02 AM — filed under: Cybersecurity, Cyber Security, Internet Governance
This paper was published in Volume 12 (2) of the NUJS Law Review.
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