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Rational Internet laws essential to fulfil India’s digital goals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 15, 2016
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last modified
Aug 15, 2016 04:13 AM
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance
India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws.
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Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 17, 2016
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filed under:
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
Trai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this month.
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Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social Change
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 19, 2016
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in Bangalore on August 22, 2016.
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UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Bangalore, August 27)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 22, 2016
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last modified
Aug 22, 2016 01:25 PM
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filed under:
Exclusion,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
UID
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a one day workshop, on Saturday, August 27, 2016, to discuss, raise awareness of, and devise countermeasures to exclusion due to implementation of UID-based verification for and distribution of welfare services. We look forward to making this a forum for knowledge exchange and a learning opportunity for our friends and colleagues.
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Events
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Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2016
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Information Technology,
Copyright
India puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals.
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Policy Brief on the Report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on ICT
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by
Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Aug 23, 2016
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
ICT
In light of the complex challenges and threats posed to, and by, the field of information telecommunications in cyberspace, in 1998 the draft resolution in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly was introduced and adopted without a vote (A/RES/53/70) ]. Since then, the Secretary General to the General Assembly has invited annual reports on the issue.
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Blog
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Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be dropped
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
News reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has identified 20 new areas for which Aadhaar can be made mandatory. This includes registration of companies and NGOs, insurance, competitive examinations and property and vehicle registration.
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Festival scan on social media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Authorities in a south Karnataka district have started keeping tighter watch on rumour-mongering and hate messages on social media platforms ahead of religious festivals.
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News & Media
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Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
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by
Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
UID
The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and other individuals and organisations to organise a two day workshop on “Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges” at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU on May 26 and 27, 2016. The objective of the workshop was to bring together experts from various fields, who have been rigorously following the developments in the Unique Identification (UID) Project and align their perspectives and develop a shared understanding of the status of the UID Project and its impact. Through this exercise, it was also sought to develop a plan of action to address the welfare exclusion issues that have arisen due to implementation of the UID Project.
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Blog
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We Truly are the Product being Sold
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Sep 01, 2016 02:08 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
WhatsApp,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
WhatsApp has announced it will begin sharing user data such as names, phone numbers, and other analytics with its parent company, Facebook, and with the Facebook family of companies. This change to its terms of service was effected in order to enable users to “communicate with businesses that matter” to them. How does this have anything to do with Facebook?
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