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WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye Report
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Geetha Hariharan
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published
Jun 20, 2014
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last modified
Jun 20, 2014 03:57 PM
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filed under:
WSIS+10,
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Human Rights Online,
Surveillance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Data Protection,
Multi-stakeholder,
ICANN,
Internet Access,
ITU,
Internet Studies,
E-Governance,
ICT
The WSIS+10 High Level was organised by the ITU and collaborative UN entities on June 9-13, 2014. It aimed to evaluate the progress on implementation of WSIS Outcomes from Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, and to envision a post-2015 Development Agenda. Geetha Hariharan attended the event on CIS' behalf.
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 19, 2011
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:55 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
human rights,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India has a long history of censorship that it justifies in the name of national security. But new laws governing the Internet are unreasonable and — given the multitude of online voices — poorly thought out, argues Anja Kovacs in this article published in the Sunday Guardian on 17 April 2011.
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jul 22, 2013
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last modified
Jul 22, 2013 06:59 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
Reflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website narendramodiplans.com.
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Your cyber space is a hackers paradise
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 06, 2011
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 12:58 AM
It Looks like hackers are having a ball targeting all kinds of websites — gaming, news, government, personal email and even those run by terror networks, writes Shayan Ghosh. The article was published in Mail Today on June 6, 2011.
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Your phone is a surveillance device, your ISP a surveillance provider…: Pranesh Prakash
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 27, 2015
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last modified
Jun 17, 2015 02:53 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
“In India there is no special privilege for journalists over ordinary citizens,” Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director at the Centre for Internet and Society began at the workshop entitled ‘Digital Security for Journalists’ organised by the Mumbai Press Club and the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Your Privacy is Public Property
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 15, 2011
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last modified
May 18, 2011 02:28 AM
Rules issued by a control-obsessed government have armed officials with widespread powers to pry into your private life. This article was published in Mail Today on Sunday, May 15, 2011.
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Your telco could help spy on you
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 30, 2013
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filed under:
Telecom,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Privacy
Telecom minister gives approval to changes in rules for mobile licences to enable such mass surveillance.
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‘Learn from failed UK NIR project’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 23, 2011
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last modified
Apr 01, 2011 03:12 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The new government in the UK recently scrapped its decade-long work spending millions of pounds on establishing the National Identity Registration (NIR) number simply because it realised it wasn't workable. This article by Madhumita was published in the Deccan Chronicle on March 22, 2011.
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