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“The Internet and Controls: A Disturbing Scenario”: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance
Prof. Mohan SundaraRajan, a renowned science writer will give a talk at the Bangalore International Centre in TERI on March 7, 2014 at 6.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham will chair and moderate the session.
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350% surge in Cyber crimes in last 3 years: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 07, 2015 04:13 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
India’s registered cyber crimes leapt 350% in three years but the legal system is struggling to cope with more and more lawbreakers exploiting the anonymity of the internet.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
377 Bites the Dust: Unpacking the long and winding road to the judicial decriminalization of homosexuality in India: by Agnidipto Tarafder and Arindrajit Basu — published Oct 18, 2018 — last modified Oct 18, 2018 12:39 AM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
An informal case comment tracing the journey and assessing the societal implications the recent 377 (Navtej Johar v Union of India).
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2011: The year India began to harness social media: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 04, 2012 — last modified Jan 04, 2012 07:19 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
About half a decade ago, netizens began to expand their online presence by forging new relationships, rediscovering old ones and sharing information and content on what came to be collectively termed as social media. The year gone by marked a new milestone for this social media phenomenon, which saw a paradigm shift from merely being a networking platform to becoming a political tool, writes Satarupa Paul in the Sunday Guardian on 1 January 2012.
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2012 in Review: Biometric ID Systems Grew Internationally...and So Did Concerns about Privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 01, 2013 — last modified Jan 17, 2013 04:40 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy.
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2012: Privacy Highlights in India: by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 12, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In this blog post, Elonnai Hickok summarizes the top privacy moments of 2012 in India. In doing so she lists out the major ones like the Report of Group of Experts on Privacy, the RIM Standoff, the Nira Radia controversy, the Centralized Monitoring System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, NATGRID, CCTNS, the growth of CCTVs, the leaked DNA Profiling Bill, and the UID project.
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2014 showed the power of Twitter, now every Indian politician wants a handle: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 20, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Twitter is fast turning into an effective political tool. As political parties fight another round of electoral battles, a new survey on the 2014 general elections states that those who tweeted well, fared well.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 25, 2016 — filed under: Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
India distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content.
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‘A safe Internet and a free Internet can co-exist’: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 25, 2015 — last modified Mar 25, 2015 03:58 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
Striking down of 66A kicked off celebrations in the IT capital.
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‘Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended’: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 06, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Indian government has asked social media operators to delete information on the Internet that might offend the ‘‘sensibilities’’ of people in India, Kapil Sibal, India’s minister of communications and information technology, said Tuesday, confirming an earlier India Ink report.
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