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RightsCon Toronto 2018: by Admin — published May 12, 2018 — last modified Jun 07, 2018 02:31 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
RightsCon is organizing the 2018 edition of the event at Beanfield Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto in Canada. A session on Pervasive Technologies project titled "Cheap and chipper: IP in India’s affordable smartphones" is scheduled on May 17, 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. in the International Trade and the Commons track. (Room #203B, Beanfield Centre).
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Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat online: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 05, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:16 AM — filed under: Social Media, Wikipedia, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
In the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise in his online fan following”. The former minister told the police that his Facebook page had received more than 10,000 likes, within a span of 24 hours. While his allegation that the ‘likes’ were “fabricated” may be true, information technology experts believe a bot was at work.
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Risk integration is key to better cybersecurity management: by Dr. R. Seetharaman — published Mar 03, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Digital connectivity plays an anchor role in unlocking innovation and prosperity around the world, but increasing cyber threat is a roadblock to collective path of progress.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse: by Jyoti Panday — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Aug 02, 2015 04:38 PM — filed under: Online Harassment, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Chilling Effect, Online Abuse
The Internet can be a hostile space and protecting users from abuse without curtailing freedom of expression requires a balancing act on the part of online intermediaries.
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Role of the Internet in Fostering Freedom of Expression and Strengthening Activism in India - A Workshop in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 22, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society (India) and the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy DEMOS (Guatemala) have the pleasure to invite you to a day-long workshop on the role of the Internet in fostering freedom of expression and strengthening activism in India. The workshop will take place in the Constitution Club in Delhi on 4 March 2011.
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Role of the US Tech Companies in Government Surveillance: A Lecture by Christopher Soghoian: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2012 — last modified Aug 26, 2012 11:03 AM — filed under: Lecture, Event Type, Internet Governance, Privacy
Christopher Soghoian will deliver a lecture on the role US tech companies play in assisting government surveillance at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore on August 27, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance
Rootconf 2018: by Admin — published May 18, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
Rootconf is an annual conference on DevOps and IT Infrastructure and is organised by HasGeek. On May 11 and 12, 2018, Gurshabad Grover, Natallia Khaniejo and Aayush Rathi attended Rootconf 2018.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Round Table on Privacy and Data Protection at NIPFP: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
National Institute of Public Finance & Policy organized a round-table on privacy and data protection on March 24, 2017 in New Delhi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Round-table on User Safety on the Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 09:55 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Elonnai Hickok participated in this round-table meeting organized by Consumer Voice in collaboration with Google at Infantry Road, Bangalore on April 24, 2014.
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Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India” @ ICRIER: by Admin — published Jul 10, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Radhika Radhakrishnan, attended a Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India” organized by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in New Delhi on July 1, 2019, to arrive at actionable recommendations for promotion of AI in India.
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