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"Aadhaar Reduced Agency in Citizens and Empowered Those in Positions of Authority"
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by
Martin Moore
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published
May 21, 2019
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance
In the space of one election cycle, authoritarian governments, moneyed elites and fringe hackers figured out how to game elections, bypass democratic processes, and turn social networks into battlefields. Facebook, Google and Twitter – where our politics now takes place – have lost control and are struggling to claw it back. As our lives migrate online, we are gradually moving into a world of datafied citizens and real-time surveillance. The entire political landscape has changed, with profound consequences for democracy.
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News & Media
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"All Indian Enterprises should Be Very Worried": Centre for Internet and Society
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Feb 28, 2013 09:21 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
The DoT’s CERT team has successfully censored more than 70 URLs that didn’t particularly contain praises of IIPM. Amusingly, a URL containing a public notice issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in July 2012 was also blocked.
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"Decoding the Digital"- Winter School at IIIT Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 17, 2016
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filed under:
Smart Cities,
Internet Governance
The Centre for IT and Public Policy at IIIT Bangalore organized a winter school from December 12 to 14, 2016 at the IIIT campus on Decoding the Digital, where the theme for the same was Smart Cities and Social Media. Vanya Rakesh participated in it.
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News & Media
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"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 08, 2013
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last modified
Feb 03, 2014 05:56 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Maria Xynou gave a keynote speech and participated as a panelist on the "Suspect Societies" panel. The event was organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin on December 5 and 6, 2013.
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'Attempts to censor the web ill-advised'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 17, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Amid concerted government attempts to censor the internet and the recent blocking of file-sharing websites due to a court order based on a petition by producers of a Tamil film, speakers at a discussion on Saturday felt that there was a fear of freedom of expression among those affected by it, primarily the powerful.
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'Free Speech and Media in South Asia: Human Rights Concerns in a Globalizing World'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 24, 2013
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last modified
Nov 08, 2013 05:33 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
A seminar organized by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Centre for Media and Governance, National Law University, Delhi. Chinmayi Arun is one of the speakers.
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'I feel the pain of having nowhere to go': A Manipuri Trans Woman Recounts Her Ongoing Lockdown Ordeal
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by
Santa Khurai
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published
Jun 22, 2020
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last modified
Jun 22, 2020 11:42 AM
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filed under:
Gender,
Covid19,
Research,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
"My life and work in Bengaluru came to an abrupt halt with the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown this March. We no longer had jobs and were forced to plan our departure from the city." -- As told to Santa Khurai, Manipur-based queer and Nupi Manbi activist, artist and writer. Compiled by Aayush Rathi, a cisgender, heterosexual man, and researcher with Centre for Internet and Society, India. This account is part of an ongoing CIS research project on gender, welfare and surveillance in India, and is supported by Privacy International, UK.
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'India wants core internet infrastructure'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 24, 2014
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last modified
May 05, 2014 10:29 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
NETmundial
India wants "core internet infrastructure" to be part of an international legal system that would accommodate governments, civil society and other stakeholders. In typical Indian diplomatic style, its position can be interpreted to mean everything and nothing.
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'Privacy Matters', Ahmedabad: Conference Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 31, 2011
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last modified
Apr 04, 2011 04:45 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Privacy
On 26 March 2011, civil society, lawyers, judges, students and NGO’s, gathered together at the Ahmedabad Management Association to take part in 'Privacy Matters' – a public conference organised by Privacy India in partnership with IDRC and Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI) — to discuss the challenges of privacy in India, with an emphasis on national security and privacy. The conference was opened by Prashant Iyengar, head researcher at Privacy India and Kanan Drhu, director of RFGI. Mr. Iyengar explained Privacy India’s mandate to raise awareness of privacy, spark civil action, and promote democratic dialogue around privacy challenges and violations in India. RFGI is a think tank established in 2009 which aims to research, promote, and implement various reforms to improve the legal and political process in Gujarat and across India. ‘Privacy Matters – Ahmedabad’ is the third conference out of the eight that Privacy India will be hosting across India. The next conference will take place in Hyderabad on 9 April 2011. It will focus on human rights and privacy.
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Blog
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Privacy
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'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
Aug 23, 2015
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last modified
Sep 27, 2015 11:51 AM
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filed under:
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Innovation,
FOSS,
Patents
Rohini Lakshané attended “Open Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Our Digital Culture” in Bangalore on August 13, 2015. Major takeaways from the event are documented in this post.
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