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The new Internet watchdogs: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 17, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Government has taken a series of measures to control the Internet, but should it be doing so? This article by Ronendra Singh was published in the Hindu Business Line on June 12, 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
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'Attempts to censor the web ill-advised': by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 17, 2012 — 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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Poor Guarantee of Online Freedom in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 17, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Privacy
The debate over the "Intermediaries Guidelines" as part of the Information Technology Act, 2000 in Parliament brought focus to the issue of censorship and lack of accountability of governing bodies vis-à-vis the internet in the country. This cannot be divorced from the larger questions related to the threats to freedom of expression from both the state and various societal actors today.
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Medical Privacy: by Natasha Vaz — published Jun 15, 2012 — filed under: Event Type, Internet Governance, Privacy
Privacy India in partnership with the Indian Network for People living with HIV/AIDS, Centre for Internet & Society, IDRC, Society in Action Group and Privacy International is organising an event on Medical Privacy at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Rajbhavan Complex, Baner Road, Pune on June 30, 2012, from 9 a.m to 5 p.m.
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Connecting People Apart - Events Series: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 15, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
Post-Media Lab is organising an event series at Lüneburg/Berlin from June 20 to June 23, 2012. Nishant Shah will be speaking at this event.
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Tata Communications embraces the change to IPv6: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 15, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Internet was operational since 1983 and at the time there was no way that one could image as to what extent it will reach. With a rapid growth and after serving nearly 2.5 billion people and 11 billion devices, the Internet is apparently running out of space. This has prompted many global organizations to embrace the change from IPv4 to IPv6 and one of these companies is Tata Communications.
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Window on the World: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 15, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
Subsequent to the publishing of a peer reviewed essay titled Resisting Revolutions: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen Action, the Centre for Internet & Society has been listed as one of the global organisations working on issues of participation, citizenship and new technologies along with a list of partner organisations.
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The War for India's Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
Why is the world's biggest democracy cracking down on Facebook and Google? Rebecca Mackinnon's article was published in Foreign Policy on June 6, 2012.
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Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The next meeting of the two Sub-Groups on privacy issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is scheduled to be held on June 27, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. in the Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Planning Commission.
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Internet opens doors to trillions more Net addresses with IPv6: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — 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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