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Online Interest in Advani Rises: by Sanchia de Souza — published May 15, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:58 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Article by Sruthi Krishnan in the Hindu, 15 May 2009, quoting CIS Research Director Nishant Shah
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India Chills Online Speech: by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2011 — last modified May 05, 2011 03:19 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
While most governments try to control online freedom of speech in a somewhat restrictive manner, either as a collaborator or as a regulator, rarely do they formulate a law to curb online speech. Rarer still does a government provide sweeping powers to intermediaries like an ISP and administrators of Internet sites to control content based on a long list of criteria. This news was published in 'digital communities' on May 3, 2011.
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Peeping Toms In Your Inbox: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:42 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Nothing’s safe any more—not your mobile number, nor your e-mail—as they’re put on offer for the benefit of telemarketers, writes Namrata Joshi and Neha Bhatt in an article published in the Outlook.
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Point By Point Rebuttal Of Indian Government’s Statement On Internet Control Rules: by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2011 — last modified May 25, 2011 12:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society has published a point-by-point rebuttal of the statement issued by India’s Department of Information Technology on India’s Internet Control Rules. The text below is reproduced from CIS India’s website, under a CC-BY license (which means anyone can re-publish it, with attribution. You can, too). We’ve highlighted (in bold) certain statements in the rebuttal. This article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in Medianama on May 13, 2011.
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'Pakistan' hackers target India's top police agency: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 16, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:26 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Cyber-attackers who identified themselves as the "Pakistan Cyber Army" have hacked the website of India's top police agency, officials said on Saturday. The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by programmers who left a message saying that the attack was in revenge for similar Indian assaults on Pakistani sites, Press Trust of India said. The hackers signed their message on the Indian police website: "Long Live Pakistan."
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Portal augurs well for transparency: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2011 — last modified Jul 26, 2011 03:16 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Data.gov.in will have meta-data, which will facilitate discovery of data and access from portals of ministries, says T Ramachandra. The article was published in the Hindu on 25 July 2011.
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Activists welcome privacy Bill, but point out concerns: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 25, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:42 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Experts have welcomed the government's move to bring in a law for protecting individual privacy, amid concerns about the potential misuse of personal data it is collecting to execute social welfare and security schemes.
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Public data on the Web leaves much to be desired: by Prasad Krishna — published May 28, 2011 — last modified May 30, 2011 07:38 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Making government data accessible to all is a vital challenge, says Deepa Kurup in her article published in the Hindu on May 28, 2011.
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Reading a closed book: by Radha Rao — published Sep 30, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
With the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
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Bangalore-based NGO files RTI query asking list of websites blocked by Indian govt: by Prasad Krishna — published May 18, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 08:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. This article by R Krishna was published in the Daily News & Analysis on May 18, 2011.
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