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Beyond Public Squares, Dumb Conduits, and Gatekeepers: The Need for a New Legal Metaphor for Social Media: by Amber Sinha — published May 31, 2021 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
In the past few years, social networking sites have come to play a central role in intermediating the public’s access to and deliberation of information critical to a thriving democracy. In stark contrast to early utopian visions which imagined that the internet would create a more informed public, facilitate citizen-led engagement, and democratize media, what we see now is the growing association of social media platforms with political polarization and the entrenchment of racism, homophobia, and xenophobia.
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Beyond Public Squares, Dumb Conduits, and Gatekeepers: The Need for a New Legal Metaphor for Social Media: by Amber Sinha — published May 31, 2021 — filed under: Internet Governance
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Beyond Scale: How to make your digital development program sustainable: by Admin — published Feb 26, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Digital Governance
A dissemination workshop was organized by BBC Media Action, with support from the Digital Impact Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on February 21, 2018 in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham participated in the workshop.
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Beyond Sharing: Towards our Digital Futures: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 01, 2012 — last modified Jun 01, 2012 04:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The battle is not about file sharing and a petty film producer wanting to rake in the box office earnings. It is about the law’s incapacity to deal with post-analogue practices and processes.
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Beyond the PDP Bill: Governance Choices for the DPA: by Trishi Jindal and S.Vivek — published Dec 31, 2020 — last modified Nov 10, 2021 07:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
This article examines the specific governance choices the Data Protection Authority (DPA) in India must deliberate on vis-à-vis its standard-setting function, which are distinct from those it will encounter as part of its enforcement and supervision functions.
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Beyond the Searchlight: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 23, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Should we be wary of Google’s all-pervasiveness?
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Big Brother is here: Amid snooping row, govt report says monitoring system 'practically complete': by Admin — published Dec 26, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The recently released 2017-18 annual report of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) says that surveillance equipment is being rolled out in 21 service areas across the country.
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Big Brother is watching you: by Chinmayi Arun — published Jan 06, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
India has no requirements of transparency whether in the form of disclosing the quantum of interception or in the form of notification to people whose communication was intercepted.
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Big Brother is Watching You: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 01, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:32 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The government is massively expanding its surveillance power over law-abiding citizens and businesses, says Sunil Abraham in this article published by the Deccan Herald on June 1, 2011.
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Big Data and Governance in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2016 — filed under: Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Smart Cities, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is happy to invite you to a discussion on the role of Big Data in governance in India with a focus on Digital India, UID Scheme and Smart Cities Mission in India on January 23, 2016 at CIS office in Bangalore from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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