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Smart Cities in India: An Overview: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 21, 2015 — last modified Jan 11, 2016 01:30 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance
The Government of India is in the process of developing 100 smart cities in India which it sees as the key to the country's economic and social growth. This blog post gives an overview of the Smart Cities project currently underway in India. The smart cities mission in India is at a nascent stage and an evolving area for research. The Centre for Internet and Society will continue work in this area.
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Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities: by Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh — published Jun 08, 2016 — last modified Jun 11, 2016 01:29 PM — filed under: Big Data, Internet Governance, Featured, Smart Cities, Policies, Homepage
This blog post aims to review five Smart Cities across the globe, namely Singapore, Dubai, New York City, London and Seoul, the Data Policies and Standards adopted. Also, the research seeks to point the similarities, differences and best practices in the development of smart cities across jurisdictions.
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Smart City Standardization - ICT Perspective: by Admin — published Oct 30, 2018 — last modified Dec 10, 2018 04:00 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
An event on Smart City standardization – ICT Perspective was organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards in Bangalore on October 30, 2018. Gurshabad Grover attended the event.
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Smartphone rumours spark series of mob killings in India: by Admin — published Jul 31, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
Nation reels from killings blamed on fake reports of kidnappers spread on WhatsApp
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Smriti Irani brings back focus on voyeurism prevailing in our country: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2015 — last modified May 08, 2015 12:59 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The case of Union minister Smriti Irani finding a CCTV camera at Goa's Fab India has again brought back the focus on digital voyeurism and how a critical issue like surveillance can be exploited. Irani's case comes days after a woman found a mobile phone strapped to a changing room door of a Van Heusen store in Lajpat Nagar's Central market, a popular shopping hub.
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SMS Block as Threat to Free Speech: by Chinmayi Arun — published Sep 02, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
If you could text just one or two people in a day, who would you choose? Many of us have had to make this choice thanks to the order limiting us to five texts a day. Short Message Service (SMS) is not used primarily to send staccato messages like the telegraph was.
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Snooping Can Lead to Data Abuse: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 09, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
THE NATGRID, aiming to link databases of 21 departments and ministries for better counter-terror measures, adopts blunt policy approach, subjecting every citizen to the same level of blanket surveillance, instead of a targeted approach that intelligently focuses on geographic or demographic areas that are currently important, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published by Mail Today on June 9, 2011.
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Snooping technology: Will CMS work in India?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 22, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Indian government plans to spend $132 million on setting up its brand new Central Monitoring System this year.
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So Much to Lose: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 02, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 04:39 PM — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you have been a witness to the maelstrom of events that accompanied the death of the political leader Bal Thackeray.
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Social Activist Alleges Threat By Police Officer Over Possession of Aadhaar: by Admin — published Jul 20, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Social activist Shabnam Hashmi recorded a policeman telling her those without address proof and Aadhaar could be “eliminated”.
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