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Game release cancelled over gay character: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 22, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
Electronic Arts stops accepting preorders for Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Learning Forum: Transparency and Human Rights in the Digital Age: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 06, 2014 — last modified Dec 04, 2014 04:14 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
Pranesh Prakash spoke at this event organized by Global Network Initiative on November 6, 2014 in California.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
E-Consultation on Cyber Security, Justice, and Governance Begins!: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 04, 2014 — last modified Dec 04, 2014 11:36 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham facilitated the e-consultation on "Internet access, the freedom of expression online, and development in the Global South" at the event organized by the Hague Institute for Global Justice.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Fourth Discussion Meeting of the Expert Committee to Discuss the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 10, 2014 — last modified Dec 08, 2014 04:07 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The fourth expert committee meeting was held on November 10, 2014 at the Department of Biotechnology to discuss the potential privacy concerns of the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill. Sunil Abraham however was unable to participate because of technical problems.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Several Indian Twitter users' accounts suspended due to tech glitch: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 03, 2014 — last modified Dec 05, 2014 12:17 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
Twitter denies conspiracy theory, blames technical glitch for account suspensions
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Ground Zero Summit 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 12, 2014 — last modified Dec 05, 2014 12:42 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Geeta Hariharan participated in this event organized by India Infosec Consortium on November 13 and 14, 2014 in New Delhi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Leave the Net Alone: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 25, 2014 — last modified Dec 07, 2014 04:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Internet, like the air we breathe, has traditionally been neutral ground. Nobody is allowed to buy preferential treatment on the Internet.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Cyber bullying is a crime, but open to interpretation: Expert: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance
The social media attack on a Doordarshan anchor who made a series of gaffes at the recent Goa film festival would qualify as cyber bullying, experts say, but hasten to add there is not much that can be done to prevent such behaviour online, given the humungous size of the virtual universe.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India sees biggest improvement in Internet freedom, says report: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
Big stride ascribed to removal of restrictions imposed in 2013; globally, Internet freedom sees decline.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Identifying Aspects of Privacy in Islamic Law: by Vidushi Marda and Bhairav Acharya — published Dec 14, 2014 — last modified Jan 01, 2015 02:04 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This white paper seeks to identify aspects of privacy in Islamic Law and demonstrate that the notion of privacy was recognized and protected in traditional Islamic law.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog

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