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Digital illusions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 16, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Watal Committee’s report presents the government with an impossible road map to a cashless nirvana.
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No Genie At Your Fingertips
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 16, 2017
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last modified
Feb 16, 2017 04:02 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar biometrics will now enable cashless shopping sans card and smartphone. A look at the hopes and fears.
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Future of Integrated Science Education in Higher Education in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 15, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Higher Education Innovation and Research Application (HEIRA) at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) and the Centre for Contemporary Studies (CCS) at the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) hosted a two day workshop on 2 and 3 January 2012 on the Future of Integrated Science Education in Higher Education in India at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, IISc, where they invited a core group of academics and researchers from the leading technology and science studies institutes in the country, to look at the possibility of designing innovative and new curricula for undergraduate students in India.
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"ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಜೊತೆ ಜೊತೆಗೆ..."
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
ನಾನು ಏನಾದರು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದುಕೊಂಡರೆ ಸಾಲದು, ಬನ್ನಿ, ಕಾರ್ಯೋನ್ಮುಖರಾಗಿ...
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India: obscene pics of gods require massive human censorship of Google, Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 17, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
It's hardly the sort of Internet policy statement one hopes to hear from judges in major democracies. "Like China, we can block all such websites [who don't comply]," Justice Suresh Cait told Facebook and Google lawyers in India yesterday. "But let us not go to that situation."
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POV: Should user-generated content be monitored?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 19, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
After being in the dock for carrying 'objectionable' content, Google and Facebook, along with15 other websites, are fighting for what they call internet freedom. Wikipedia went dark to protest the Web Piracy Bill being introduced in the US. afaqs! speaks to industry experts to find out if a move to monitor content can backfire.
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Cordon tightens: Rajya Sabha nod to harsh IT rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The draconian intermediaries rules of the Information Technology Act that allows the government to aggressively police the internet and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will continue for some more time as a motion to annul them in the Rajya Sabha was defeated by the treasury benches on Thursday.
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Vimeo Ban: More Web Censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
When Indian users logged on to Vimeo and some other video-sharing websites Thursday morning, they were greeted by a rather unusual message: "Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders."
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Kapil Sibal & Co shoot down motion to kill IT Rules: cite terrorism, drugs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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last modified
May 24, 2012 09:45 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Information Technology
The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 (The Rules) continue to breathe after the statutory motion to annul them moved by member of parliament (MP) from Kerala P Rajeeve was defeated by voice vote in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
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Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Twitter, the popular social networking site for micro-blogging, has announced it is open to content censorship and region-based filtering, if required by law. The service boasts nearly 300 million users from across the world. Vinod Yalburgi writes this in the International Business Times.
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