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Location Tracking: Why the Govt-Mobile Manufacturer War Won’t End Soon
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 25, 2013
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Union government and mobile operators are at loggerheads on location based services (LBS) – the service through which mobile companies can provide real time location of mobile users to the government.
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Lok sabha polls: Social media companies launch special pages for polls
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 14, 2014
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Internet and social media giants such as Google and Facebook have launched special campaigns, pages and services around the Indian Lok Sabha elections to make the most of the world's largest democratic exercise that kicked off on Monday.
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Look what the state just did to you
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 12, 2011
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last modified
Jun 16, 2011 10:51 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The government's recent introduction of new rules in the IT Act allows 'offensive' material on any website to be removed within 36 hours. Did the state just arm everyone to shoot the messenger, online?Th
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Look Who’s Chasing... The Twitter God
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 10, 2012
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last modified
Apr 10, 2012 09:24 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The celebrity isn’t the known face, it’s the Twitter handle that gets the following, writes Arpita Basu in this article published in Outlook's April 2012 issue. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this article.
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Los internautas indios se oponen a la censura a través de la Red
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 09, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
La idea del Gobierno indio de censurar los contenidos de internet ha chocado con el rechazo de la empresas del sector y de los internautas, que están usando las redes sociales para ridiculizar al ministro
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Lost your phone? Here's how you can make your mobile theft-proof
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 18, 2017
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last modified
Jan 19, 2017 02:40 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Losing a phone has become even more costly after the government's push for a cashless society.
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Majority of top politicians' Twitter followers fake: audit
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 24, 2017
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last modified
Nov 28, 2017 01:10 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
A majority of Twitter users following top Indian politicians, including prime minister Narendra Modi, are fake, according to an audit site.
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News & Media
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Make our digital backyard safe
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by
Nilanjana Bhowmick
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published
Feb 18, 2019
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last modified
Feb 18, 2019 02:37 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
India has been patting itself on the back for being at the forefront of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ driven by digitisation. Reports have gushed about the speed and scale of digitisation. But this speed and scale have come at a cost to our privacy.
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Making Aadhaar Mandatory: Gamechanger For Governance?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 24, 2016
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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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Making the Powerful Accountable
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by
Chinmayi Arun
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published
Jan 30, 2014
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last modified
Jan 30, 2014 06:43 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Transparency and Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Openness
If powerful figures are not subjected to transparent court proceedings, the opacity in the face of a critical issue is likely to undermine public faith in the judiciary.
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