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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
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by
Samantha Cassar
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published
Mar 07, 2014
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last modified
Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Researchers at Work,
Wikipedia,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Wikimedia,
Openness,
Homepage
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
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New Standard Operating Procedures for Lawful Interception and Monitoring
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by
Divij Joshi
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published
Mar 13, 2014
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last modified
Mar 20, 2014 05:13 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Government issues new guidelines to TSP’s to assist Lawful Interception and Monitoring.
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RightsCon 2014
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 04, 2014
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last modified
Apr 08, 2014 05:04 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 was an incredible mixture of more than 700 attendees from more than 65 countries and 375 institutions. Pranesh Prakash and Malavika Jayaram were speakers at this event organized by RightsCon at San Francisco on March 3 and 4, 2014.
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India's social media election battle
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 31, 2014
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last modified
Apr 03, 2014 09:37 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Ahead of the general elections, political parties in India are attempting to woo voters on social media for the first time.
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The Age of Shame
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Mar 30, 2014
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last modified
Apr 04, 2014 04:05 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The ability to capture private images is breeding a dangerous form of digital shaming. Within the online space, where wonderments often run rife, and conspiracy theories travel at the speed of light, there are many dark recesses where netizens half-jokingly, self-referentially, in a spirit of part-truth, part-exaggeration, often wonder on what the real reason is for the internet to exist.
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When politics gets social
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 12, 2014
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last modified
Apr 04, 2014 07:52 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
In the run-up to the general election, social media companies explain how the political campaigns this time are very different from what they were five years ago.
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No to homosexuals, yes to their vote
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 21, 2014
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last modified
Apr 04, 2014 09:54 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Social Networking,
Internet Governance
The ad appears at the bottom of the page. It has BJP’s symbol and Modi’s photograph displayed prominently.
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Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy vs. The Leaked 2014 Privacy Bill
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Apr 14, 2014
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Following our previous post comparing the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill with the leaked 2011 Privacy Bill, this post will compare the recommendations provided in the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy by the Justice AP Shah Committee to the text of the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill. Below is an analysis of recommendations from the Report that are incorporated in the text of the Bill, and recommendations in the Report that are not incorporated in the text of the Bill.
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Very Big Brother
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 14, 2014
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society, the organization I work for, currently serves on a committee established by the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology in January 2013. The committee has been charged with preparing a report on the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.
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Banking Policy Guide
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by
Kartik Chawla
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published
Apr 22, 2014
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last modified
Jan 22, 2015 02:54 PM
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filed under:
Banking,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
To gain a practical perspective on the existing banking practices and policies in India in this project, an empirical study of five separate and diverse banks has been conducted. The forms, policy documents, and other relevant and available documents of these banks have been analysed in this project.
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