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Facebook launches India tech scholars programme for law students
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 26, 2021
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filed under:
Technological Protection Measures,
Internet Governance
Facebook India on Friday announced a new initiative - the Facebook India Tech Scholars (FITS) programme - for law students in the country.
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Facebook launches Internet.org in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 11, 2015
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last modified
Mar 13, 2015 02:27 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Joins hands with Reliance Communications. Move spurs neutrality concerns.
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Facebook offers free but limited access to the Internet in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 10, 2015
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 07:42 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Facebook-backed Internet.org is extending its offer of free but limited Internet access to India via a mobile app.
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Facebook Privacy Design Sprint
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 30, 2018
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last modified
Dec 04, 2018 04:28 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Pranav Bidare and Saumyaa Naidu participated in the Facebook Privacy Design Sprint on Friday, November 30, 2018.
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Facebook Shares 10 Key Facts about Free Basics. Here's What's Wrong with All 10 of Them.
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 25, 2015
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last modified
Dec 25, 2015 02:59 PM
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Featured,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Homepage
Shweta Sengar of Catch News spoke to Sunil Abraham about the recent advertisement by Facebook titled "What Net Neutrality Activists won't Tell You or, the Top 10 Facts about Free Basics". Sunil argued against the validity of all the 'top 10 facts'.
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Facebook to pay Indians to give up privacy: Experts raise questions
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by
Geetika Mantri
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published
Jun 22, 2019
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Facebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
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Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On Censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 03, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
At the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when then PM Indira Gandhi determined democracy an inconvenience.
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Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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last modified
Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
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Facebook, Google deny spying access
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 09, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
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Facebook, Google face censorship in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 09, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Religious leaders in India are on a collision course with social media websites including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Two Indian courts recently asked these American companies as well as 19 other websites to take down “anti-religious” material. They are now required to report their compliance by February. Betwa Sharma's blog post was published in SmartPlanet on 5 January 2012. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in it extensively.
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