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Cyberscholars Working Group at MIT: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2013 — last modified Jan 09, 2014 06:41 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance
Malavika Jayaram is giving a talk on Biometrics or Bust - India’s Identity Crisis at this event organised by Berkman Center for Internet & Society on December 12 at 6.00 p.m.
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"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism Conference: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 08, 2013 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 05:56 AM — 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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India for UN body to resolve internet governance issues: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 05, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 08:51 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Multi-stakeholder or multi-lateral - two words encapsulating diametrically opposite views on internet governance stands at the heart of a raging debate across the globe.
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International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice (IV): by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 05, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 09:05 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Building on the workshop in Dagstuhl in June-July 2011 (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice), Beijing (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice II), and Athens (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice III) that set the stage for discussions on cryptography among a group of key researchers from Europe, Asia, and North America, the one day workshop in Bangalore, following AsiaCrypt 2013 will again bring together internationally recognized scientists to discuss direction and development in theoretical and applied cryptography and surrounding societal issues.
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Card transactions with Aadhaar validation need more time: experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 05, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 06:25 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance
Cost and supply implications are seen by experts as the main hurdles in implementing the RBI directive.
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INSAF National Convention on Crisis of Capitalism and brazen onslaught on DEMOCRACY: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 05, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 10:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Snehashish Ghosh is participating in this event as a speaker.
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A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to Vote: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 04, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 07:03 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
The polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in the state assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission decided to extend the voting until 6:30 p.m. Then to 7:30 p.m.
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When the virtual world wakes up the real one: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2013 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
The unprecedented wave of voices speaking up against sexual harassment in recent times has as much to do with technology as the determination to seek justice. From Twitter to Tumblr, and blogs to pastebin, the internet's anonymity, reach and speed allow small, personal stories of abuse to swell into big stories.
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I Just Pinged to Say Hello: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 30, 2013 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
A host of social networks find us more connected than ever before, but leave us groping for words in the digital space.
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November 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2013 — last modified Jan 04, 2014 04:38 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
Our newsletter for the month of November 2013 can be accessed below.
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