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UNESCO's Open Forum: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:58 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
As UNESCO organized Freedom of Expression related workshops, this Open Forum will be dedicated to other key IGF topics, notably multilingualism in cyberspace, open access to scientific information, open educational resources, and accessibility for marginalized groups. In addition, UNESCO will take this opportunity to announce new initiatives and share experiences with participants. The interactive panel format will start with brief presentations from experts, followed by a moderated discussion with participants.
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Unique Identity (UID) Project: A Debate on Fundamental Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:08 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A half day workshop on unique identity number and fundamental rights is being held on Friday, 16 April, 2010 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists in Bangalore. The event is being co-organised by Citizen Action Forum, People's Union for Civil Liberties - Karnataka, Slum Janandolana – Karnataka, Alternative Law Forum and the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Using Social Media for Mobilisation: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jun 09, 2009 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:33 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Panel discussion with Dina Mehta and Peter Griffin
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Technology, Transparency and Accountability: A Bar-Camp in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 06, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
Accountability Initiative (AI) held a bar-camp on “Technology, Transparency and Accountability” on 5th June at Google office in Gurgaon. Pranesh Prakash participated in this bar-camp.
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Second Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2011 — last modified Jun 08, 2011 10:01 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The second expert meeting on human rights and the Internet is being organised by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression on 30 and 31 March 2011 in Stockholm (Sweden). Anja Kovacs will participate in this meeting.
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The Fundamental Right to Privacy - A Visual Guide: by Amber Sinha — published Feb 16, 2018 — filed under: Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Data Governance, Data Protection
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. This visual guide to the story of privacy law in India and the recent judgement of the Puttaswamy v. Union of India case is developed by Amber Sinha (research and content) and Pooja Saxena (design and conceptualisation).
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A Series of Op-eds on Data Protection: by Amber Sinha — published Feb 19, 2018 — filed under: Data Governance, Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
I wrote a short series of three op-eds for Asia Times this week.
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CCI leaves Google searching for answers: by Admin — published Feb 19, 2018 — last modified Feb 19, 2018 02:26 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
If you go to the Google search box and type "nuance", the first result that shows up is "CCIBSE 0.00 % Judgement on Google". No, we just made that up.
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The mystery of the website which published the ‘scoop’ on BJP’s Ram Madhav: by Admin — published Feb 22, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
The website has since been taken down, but the identity of its creators may not be very easy to find.
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From 1 March, only registered devices to be used to authenticate Aadhaar: by Admin — published Feb 24, 2018 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
UIDAI directive to Aadhaar authentication agencies aims to avoid putting citizens’ biometric data at risk
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