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Internet services not to be affected as DNS servers undergo update: by Admin — published Oct 16, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
Internet services across the country are unlikely to be impacted over the next 48 hours even as the Domain Name System (DNS) servers undergo a security update coordinated by global regulator, Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
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Internet Shutdown Stories: by Ambika Tandon — published May 17, 2018 — last modified Sep 03, 2019 09:57 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has published a collection of stories of the impact of internet shutdowns on people's lives in the country. This book seeks to give a glimpse into the lives of those directly affected by these internet shutdown experiments. When seen in a larger context, we hope that the stories in this book also demonstrate that access to the internet and freedom of speech is not just about an individual’s rights, but are also required for the collective good. This is a project funded by Facebook and MacArthur Foundation, and the stories were provided by 101 Reporters. Case studies from the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, and Uttar Pradesh have been highlighted in this compilation.
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Internet Shutdowns in 2016: by Japreet Grewal — published Apr 27, 2017 — last modified Apr 28, 2017 01:50 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
An internet shutdown is an intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location, often to exert control over the flow of information.
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Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day Siege: by Ayswarya Murthy — published Dec 19, 2017 — filed under: Internet Shutdown, Internet Governance
Strap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
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Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy: by Akriti Bopanna — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Apr 01, 2019 04:38 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Internet Freedom, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society and the University of Munich (LMU), Germany are jointly organizing an international symposium at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on April 5, 2019
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Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 23, 2011 — last modified Sep 08, 2011 03:19 AM — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to a public lecture by Caspar Bowden*, the Chief Privacy Adviser of Microsoft’s Worldwide Technology Office, on Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?
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Internet Universality Indicators for a Safe, Secure and Inclusive Cyberspace for Sustainable Development: by Admin — published Nov 25, 2017 — last modified Nov 25, 2017 02:04 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Amber Sinha attended an event organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India in the run-up to the 5th Global Conferene on Cyberspace (GCCS 2017) on November 17, 2017 at UNESCO Conference Room in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Internet users enraged over US online spying: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 29, 2013 — last modified Jul 01, 2013 04:10 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
India is the fifth most tracked nation by American intelligence agencies.
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Internet users flay Mumbai girls' arrest over Facebook post: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The arrest of two girls over their Facebook post on shutdown in Mumbai for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Monday again opened a can of worms with netizens calling the move a "social media hijack by the powerful and the fundamentalists". Social media was abuzz with tweets and posts about the arrest, with most referring to the arrest as yet another move to curb freedom of speech on the Internet.
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Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as Dailymotion and Vimeo, reportedly over concerns that they are being misused by Islamic State jihadists.
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