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A dangerous trend: social media adds fire to Muzaffarnagar clashes: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 12, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
As access to the Internet grows, especially in small Indian towns and cities, social media has revealed a darker side as a hatred-mongering tool capable of setting off serious violence.
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Privacy Law Must Fit the Bill: by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 09, 2013 — last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:25 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department of Personnel and Training has lead the drafting of privacy bill for the last three years. This bill will ideally articulate privacy principles and establish the office of the privacy commissioner and most importantly have an over-riding effect over 50 odd existing laws, rules and policies with privacy implications.
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Young Scholar Tutorials: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 09, 2013 — last modified Sep 30, 2013 11:21 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Communication Policy Research South organised this workshop on September 3 and 4, 2013. Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the event organised by CPR South.
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An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
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Indien: Regierung will Nutzung von US-Mailprovidern in Verwaltungen verbieten: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance
Die indische Regierung wird in Kürze all ihre Mitarbeiter auffordern, keine US-amerikanischen Mailprovider, allen voran Gmail, für ihre offizielle Kommunikation zu nutzen.
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Syllabus: “Policy and regulation conducive to rapid ICT sector growth in Myanmar: An introductory course”: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 03, 2013 — last modified Oct 24, 2013 03:56 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, ICT
A five-day course is being offered by LIRNEasia in collaboration with Myanmar ICT Development Organization, with support from the Open Society Foundation and the International Development Research Centre of Canada in Myanmar from September 28 to October 5, 2013.
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Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communication: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 02, 2013 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Surveillance
The government will soon ask all its employees to stop using Google's Gmail for official communication, a move intended to increase security of confidential government information after revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US.
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Gmail ban looms for Indian gov't workers: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 01, 2013 — last modified Sep 19, 2013 07:19 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Government workers in India will soon be banned from using Google’s Gmail service for official communication in a move said to be in response to revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US, a national paper reported.
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Indian government to bar politicians from using Gmail for official business: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 09:52 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Surveillance
US-based email services seen as too risky.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
August 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Sep 13, 2013 06:26 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of August 2013 can be accessed below.
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