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RightsCon 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 04, 2014 — last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:04 AM — 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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RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
RightsCon is the world’s leading event convened around the issues of the internet and human rights. The annual conference convenes business leaders, visionaries, technologists, legal experts, civil society members, activists, and government representatives from across the globe on issues at the intersection of tech and human rights. The event was organized by RightsCon.
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RightsCon Toronto 2018: by Admin — published May 12, 2018 — last modified Jun 07, 2018 02:31 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
RightsCon is organizing the 2018 edition of the event at Beanfield Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto in Canada. A session on Pervasive Technologies project titled "Cheap and chipper: IP in India’s affordable smartphones" is scheduled on May 17, 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. in the International Trade and the Commons track. (Room #203B, Beanfield Centre).
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Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat online: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 05, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:16 AM — filed under: Social Media, Wikipedia, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
In the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise in his online fan following”. The former minister told the police that his Facebook page had received more than 10,000 likes, within a span of 24 hours. While his allegation that the ‘likes’ were “fabricated” may be true, information technology experts believe a bot was at work.
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Risk integration is key to better cybersecurity management: by Dr. R. Seetharaman — published Mar 03, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Digital connectivity plays an anchor role in unlocking innovation and prosperity around the world, but increasing cyber threat is a roadblock to collective path of progress.
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Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse: by Jyoti Panday — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Aug 02, 2015 04:38 PM — filed under: Online Harassment, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Chilling Effect, Online Abuse
The Internet can be a hostile space and protecting users from abuse without curtailing freedom of expression requires a balancing act on the part of online intermediaries.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Role of the Internet in Fostering Freedom of Expression and Strengthening Activism in India - A Workshop in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 22, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society (India) and the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy DEMOS (Guatemala) have the pleasure to invite you to a day-long workshop on the role of the Internet in fostering freedom of expression and strengthening activism in India. The workshop will take place in the Constitution Club in Delhi on 4 March 2011.
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Role of the US Tech Companies in Government Surveillance: A Lecture by Christopher Soghoian: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2012 — last modified Aug 26, 2012 11:03 AM — filed under: Lecture, Event Type, Internet Governance, Privacy
Christopher Soghoian will deliver a lecture on the role US tech companies play in assisting government surveillance at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore on August 27, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance
Rootconf 2018: by Admin — published May 18, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
Rootconf is an annual conference on DevOps and IT Infrastructure and is organised by HasGeek. On May 11 and 12, 2018, Gurshabad Grover, Natallia Khaniejo and Aayush Rathi attended Rootconf 2018.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Round Table on Privacy and Data Protection at NIPFP: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
National Institute of Public Finance & Policy organized a round-table on privacy and data protection on March 24, 2017 in New Delhi.
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