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Placements at NUJS: Class of 2017 Scores 100%: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 12, 2017 — filed under: Placement, Internet Governance
The Campus Recruitment Committee of the Class of 2017, NUJS is proud to confirm that NUJS has once again topped the placement tally among the premier national law schools, in terms of number of jobs, for the year 2016-17 with the graduating class having secured offers for all its 78 members who partook in the recruitment process.
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Plug data leak before imposing Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published May 17, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
As the Central government continues to expand the scope and boundaries of the applicability of Aadhaar, the unique identification number, even before the Supreme Court’s verdict on its constitutional validity, reports suggesting that millions of Aadhaar numbers may have been leaked deliberately or inadvertently are a matter of grave concern.
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PM’s app also susceptible: by Admin — published Mar 27, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
Even the Narendra Modi app of PM Modi is susceptible to data theft as a 22-year old Indian hacker established, claiming that privacy of more than 70 lakh users on it is at stake.
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PMA Policy and COAI Recommendations: by Dipankar Das — published Jun 26, 2014 — last modified Jul 02, 2014 06:45 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
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PMO’s no to smart cards, insists on Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 20, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The government has decided to stop issuing new smart cards to beneficiaries of government schemes as Aadhaar is now backed by a law.
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Podcast on 'Abortion rights and privacy' with PI: by Admin — published Dec 14, 2018 — last modified Dec 25, 2018 01:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Ambika Tandon recorded a podcast with Privacy International on abortion rights, bodily autonomy, and privacy in the Indian and Argentinian context, which was released on December 6, 2018.
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Point By Point Rebuttal Of Indian Government’s Statement On Internet Control Rules: by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2011 — last modified May 25, 2011 12:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society has published a point-by-point rebuttal of the statement issued by India’s Department of Information Technology on India’s Internet Control Rules. The text below is reproduced from CIS India’s website, under a CC-BY license (which means anyone can re-publish it, with attribution. You can, too). We’ve highlighted (in bold) certain statements in the rebuttal. This article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in Medianama on May 13, 2011.
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Point of View wins Laadli Media Award: “An encouragement to keep fighting for gender equality”: by Admin — published Sep 14, 2017 — last modified Sep 14, 2017 12:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The first season of Deep Dives - Sexing the Interwebs won the South Asian Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2017 in the “Best web series" /"Special edition” category. Rohini Lakshané was one of ten contributors to the series of long form essays on the intersection of gender, sexuality and the Internet.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Police to counter fake news on WhatsApp: by Admin — published Jun 26, 2018 — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:45 AM — filed under: WhatsApp, Internet Governance
State police across Karnataka, Assam, Telangana and Kerala are designing social media campaigns as an antidote to fake news on messaging apps like WhatsApp following claims that these platforms have been used to incite violence across several locations in recent weeks.
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Policies for the Platform Economy: by Admin — published Aug 27, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Anubha Sinha and Amber Sinha will be panelists in this event being organized by IT for Change at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on August 30, 2019.
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