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Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of Aadhaar
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by
Shruti Trikanad and Vrinda Bhandari
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published
Aug 09, 2022
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Biometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of security. As a result, these systems being encouraged in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
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Blog
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Internet opens doors to trillions more Net addresses with IPv6
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 14, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The global Internet industry reached a key milestone on June 6 when a group of Web sites, Internet service providers (ISPs) and router manufacturers banded together to participate in the World IPv6 Launch.
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IPv6: The First Steps
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 05, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society has entered into a small collaboration with Tata Telecommunications in India to celebrate the IPv6 day on June 6th. We will write 5500 word vignettes, which will be sent to their global database consisting of more than 900,000 users in the Asia-Pacific.
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Towards a Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 31, 2012
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last modified
May 31, 2012 07:14 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
This event was organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation, National Internet Exchange of India and Association for Progressive Communications at Mirza Ghalib Hall, SCOPE Complex, New Delhi from 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on May 3, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated as a speaker in the session on Access to Internet: Right to Information.
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Prime Security: The Mathematics of RSA Encryption
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by
elonnai hickok
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published
Aug 29, 2011
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 07:13 AM
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filed under:
Event Type,
Internet Governance
Based on simple properties of prime numbers, RSA encryption protects our money and digital identity. But how does it actually work? The Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a one-day workshop by Rohit Gupta on 9 September 2011.
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Events
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Indian net service providers too play censorship tricks
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The study by a Canadian university has found that some major Indian ISPs have deployed web-censorship and filtering technology.
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Hate speech: ban or ignore?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Social Network discusses the hate speeches: whether they should be banned or ignored. Why does the state take action against some and not against some others. This on a day when Togadia and Owaisi were simultaneously trending on the social media.
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Freedom of Expression Gagged
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by
Chinmayi Arun
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published
Feb 18, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The use of law to bully people into silence, called ‘heckler’s veto’, is not unique to India, writes Chinmayi Arun in this op-ed published in Business Line on February 15, 2013.
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Blog
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Unique Identity Number (UID), National Population Register (NPR), and Governance
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 24, 2013
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last modified
Mar 01, 2013 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Event,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign invite you to a workshop to discuss and learn about the present state of the UID and the NPR schemes. The event will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at TERI, Bangalore, from 10.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
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Events
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Foreign Funding of NGOs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 02, 2013
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last modified
Mar 04, 2013 11:52 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Internet Governance
Should FDI in India’s thinktank sector worry us? It is a debate long overdue.
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