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Asian Regional Consultation on the WSIS+10 Review: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Asian Regional Consultation on the WSIS+10 Review was held in Pattaya, Thailand from September 3 to 5, 2015. The event was organized by The Internet Democracy Project, Bytes for All, APNIC, the Association for Progressive Communications, ISOC, Global Partners Digital and ICT Watch. Jyoti Panday participated in the meeting.
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Faking a stand: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance
A 'Like' here, a forward there, new-age India's patriotism is confined to social media
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Some Key Words Are Missing: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance
Google manipulating search results? The Competition Commission is on its case.
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Indian PM Narendra Modi’s digital dream gets bad reception: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 29, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship, Surveillance
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Silicon Valley’s most powerful chief executives this week how his government “attacked poverty by using the power of networks and mobile phones’’, the entire population of the state of Kashmir remained offline — by order of the state.
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Huge outcry forces India to backtrack on social media data proposal: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 24, 2015 — last modified Oct 01, 2015 01:31 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Govt retracts move after strongly negative reaction to 90-day message-saving policy
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Bowing to public pressure, govt withdraws draft encryption policy: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2015 — last modified Oct 01, 2015 02:15 AM — filed under: Encryption, Internet Governance, Encryption Policy
Bowing to pressure from the public, the government on Tuesday withdrew a draft policy that sought to control secured online communication, including through mass-use social media and web applications such as WhatsApp and Twitter.
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Do you agree with our fee hike? Press 1 to answer Yes; or 2 for Yes: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
It has long been a concern that domain-name overseer ICANN is largely funded by companies reliant on the organization to make money.
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ভারতে পাঁচশোরও বেশি স্টেশনে ফ্রি ওয়াই-ফাই চালু হবে: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 28, 2015 — last modified Oct 02, 2015 02:19 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
"তবে ভারতে সেন্টার ফর ইন্টারনেট অ্যান্ড সোসাইটির গবেষণা-প্রধান সুমন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় মনে করেন এই পদক্ষেপগুলো মসৃণভাবে রূপায়ণ করাটাই হবে প্রধান চ্যালেঞ্জ।
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Cyber 360: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2015 — last modified Oct 14, 2015 02:22 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
Synergy Foundation organized the Cyber 360 conference in Bangalore on September 29 and 30, 2015. Sunil Abraham participated in the event.
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Open Governance and Privacy in a Post-Snowden World : Webinar: by Vanya Rakesh — published Sep 26, 2015 — last modified Oct 04, 2015 11:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On 10th September 2015, the OGP Support Unit, the Open Government Guide, and the World Bank held a webinar on “Open Governance and Privacy in a Post-Snowden World” presented by Carly Nyst, Independent consultant and former Legal Director of Privacy International and Javier Ruiz, Policy Director of Open Rights Group. This is a summary of the key issues that were discussed by the speakers and the participants.
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