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Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 15, 2016 — filed under: , , , ,
Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Internet Freedom
by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — published Feb 15, 2016 — filed under: , , , , ,
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Caught in the Web
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: ,
Do we need a cyber Big Brother watching us? A look at both sides of the coin.
Blog Entry Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
by Nishant Shah — published Dec 23, 2011 — filed under: ,
The ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements for change around the globe. As more of our environment gets connected to the circuits of the World Wide Web, we witness a significant transformation in the way we understand the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of the world we live in, says Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2010.
Located in Internet Governance
Geekup @ CIS
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 26, 2011 — last modified Dec 26, 2011 07:39 AM — filed under: ,
CIS is hosting a Geekup tomorrow, December 27, 2011 in its office in Bangalore. Shyam Mani will be giving a talk.
Located in Internet Governance
Blog Entry UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha Ramanathan
by Natasha Vaz — published Oct 03, 2011 — last modified Nov 24, 2011 04:41 AM — filed under: ,
UID enrolment is in full swing, providing an official identification to millions of Indians, yet there are numerous unanswered questions. A public talk on UID was held at the Institute of Science, Bangalore on September 6, 2011. Usha Ramanathan, an independent law researcher on jurisprudence, poverty and rights, discussed the questions that plague the UID project and the veil of silence enveloping the answers.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The Truth
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:38 AM — filed under: , ,
Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician.
Located in News & Media
India's Internet Privacy Woes
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 11:09 AM — filed under: ,
“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ organisation on data protection and privacy in India, in a blog post dated August 13.
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Blog Entry Out of the Bedroom
by Nishant Shah — published Aug 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 06, 2013 08:32 AM — filed under: ,
We have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked "Miscellaneous". It is in our cellphones and tablets, protected under passwords. It is the biggest reason why people have learned to clean their browsing history and cookies from their browsers.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian
by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: , ,
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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