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                                      India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from Facebook
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 03, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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ALWAR, India — Connecting people to the Internet is not easy in this impoverished farming district of wheat and millet fields, where working camels can be glimpsed along roads that curve through the low-slung Aravalli Hills.
                                      
                                          
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                                      A Megacorp’s Basic Instinct 
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 04, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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Bolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.
                                      
                                          
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                                      India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 10, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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India’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
                                      
                                          
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                                      India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 11, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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In India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards 
                                     
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                                              Vanya Rakesh
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 11, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection 
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 14, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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Jyoti Panday attended UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection (COP) held on 8 February 2016 at Hotel Claridges in New Delhi. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      Net neutrality advocates hail Trai verdict
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 14, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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Facebook 'disappointed' with the ruling on differential pricing.
                                      
                                          
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                                      There is No Such Thing as Free Basics
                                     
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                                              Subhashish Panigrahi
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 14, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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India would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning the differential pricing without discriminating services.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Trai upholds Net Neutrality in setback to Facebook’s Free Basics
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 15, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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Trai says Internet service providers will not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
                                     
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 17, 2016
                                            
                                            
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash contributed to Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter. The book was edited by Courtney C. Radsch.
                                      
                                          
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