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Facebook, Google deny spying access: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 09, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
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Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online surveillance by state agencies without even realizing it. No surprise, several cyber security experts feel that building one's own personal firewall is a good way of fortifying online privacy.
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In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:31 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post.
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April 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2013 — last modified May 31, 2013 08:07 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, CISRAW, Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the fourth issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
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Report on CIS' Workshop at the IGF:'An Evidence Based Framework for Intermediary Liability': by Jyoti Panday — published Sep 22, 2014 — last modified Sep 24, 2014 10:47 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
An evidence based framework for intermediary liability' was organised to present evidence and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition, function and responsibilities of intermediaries across jurisdictions.
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CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in Asia: by Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok — published May 31, 2018 — last modified Jun 03, 2018 03:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, enforcement of foreign judgments and principle of restructuring in Asia.
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Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In India: by Admin — published May 31, 2018 — filed under: Social Media, Facebook, Internet Governance
Much-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
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India Proposes Law to Give Indians Complete Control of their Digital Health Data: by Admin — published May 31, 2018 — last modified Jun 01, 2018 01:57 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
India’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
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Patanjali's Kimbho swiftly retreats over security scare, ripped on Twitter: by Admin — published Jun 01, 2018 — filed under: WhatsApp, Internet Governance
Swadeshi" messaging app targeted at WhatsApp taken off from app stores hours after launch.
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May 2018 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2018 — last modified Jun 12, 2018 02:03 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
CIS newsletter for the month of May 2018.
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