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An innovative concept comes to the fore
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 30, 2013 last modified Jan 30, 2013 06:04 AM — filed under:
There’s very little awareness about Bitcoin — a new digital currency and payment system, designed for the voting process of ‘Bitfilm 13’ — in the City. Aaron Koenig, the managing director at Bitfilm Networks Hamburg, addressed this issue recently, during a talk held at The Centre for Internet and Society. The talk was based on the creation of Bitcoin and its various uses.
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Blog Entry An Interview with Activist Shubha Chacko: Privacy and Sex Workers
by Elonnai Hickok published Apr 25, 2011 last modified Mar 28, 2012 06:26 AM — filed under: ,
On February 20th I had the opportunity to speak with Shubha Chacko on privacy and sex workers. Ms. Chacko is an activist who works for Aneka, an NGO based in Bangalore, which fights for the human rights of sexual minorities. In my interview with Ms. Chacko I tried to understand how privacy impacts the lives of sex workers in India. The below is an account of our conversation.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Blog Entry An Interview with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada
by Elonnai Hickok published Dec 02, 2011 last modified Dec 03, 2011 01:26 AM — filed under: ,
Elonnai Hickok interviewed Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada. The full interview is reproduced below.
Located in Internet Governance
Blog Entry An Interview with Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch Data Protection Authority and Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party
by Elonnai Hickok published Oct 25, 2013 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society interviewed Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch Data Protection Authority and Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
An Interview with Nishant Shah
by Prasad Krishna published Jun 13, 2012 last modified Jul 06, 2012 05:05 AM — filed under: ,
Jamillah Knowles from BBC Radio interviewed Nishant Shah about Indian Internet issues.
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Blog Entry An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian
by Elonnai Hickok published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: , ,
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry An Introduction to Bitfilm & Bitcoin in Bangalore, India
by Benson Samuel published Mar 12, 2013 — filed under: ,
An event at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was organized on January 23, 2013. The all star team at CIS was awesome at organizing this event for Bitcoin. Live streaming, mainstream newspaper coverage and Twitter based Q&A made this the first Bitcoin event in India that leveraged these mediums of information transfer.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
An Introduction to Bitfilm and Bitcoin – A Discussion by Aaron Koenig
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 16, 2013 last modified Feb 05, 2013 10:14 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore invites you to a talk by Aaron Koenig, Managing Director, Bitfilm Networks of Hamburg, Germany on January 23, 2013, from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Blog Entry An Introduction to the Issues in Internet Governance
by Smarika Kumar published Sep 26, 2012 last modified Apr 22, 2014 02:47 AM — filed under:
That the internet cannot be governed was a central conviction of the early architects of the internet. In many ways it proved true when a majority of nation-States were kept off interference with the functioning of the internet. However with growing popularity of the internet, countries of the world are increasingly vying for control over it. This has become especially significant with the involvement of developing nations into the power struggle.
Located in Internet Governance
An Open Digital Global South: Risks and Rewards
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 12, 2017 — filed under: ,
Pranesh Prakash will be speaking at a conference to be organized by UC Davis Law School on May 25 and 26, 2017, in California, USA.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media