Centre for Internet & Society

Global Networks, Individual Freedoms: A Peer Forum on Internet Freedom and Human Rights

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 28, 2012 09:12 AM

In Connection with the 2012 Internet Freedom Fellows Program, the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is pleased to invite Pranesh Prakash to a peer forum at the United States Mission to the United Nations on Thursday, June 21, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Cos spying on competitors, staff: Study

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 20, 2012 08:46 AM

Most companies are spying on their competitors and their own employees, according to a recent survey conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

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Internet At Liberty 2012

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 05, 2012 05:24 AM

Activists and experts from all over the world came together for this event organised by Google on May 23 and 24, 2012 to explore free expression in the digital age.

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Recruitment Tracker: 21 students placed out of the 49 who sat for recruitment in Christ University’s School of Law, Class of 2012

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 08:45 AM

The Class of 2012 at the School of Law, Christ University saw 21 students placed out of the 49 who sat for recruitment. The graduating class has a batch strength of 77 students. The batch saw 8 pre-placement offers, 4 students being accepted for LLM’s abroad and 3 students opting for litigation while 1 student opted to appear for the civil services examination.

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PPOs save placement-record as Christ Law’s 2nd graduating batch hosts fewer law firms

PPOs save placement-record as Christ Law’s 2nd graduating batch hosts fewer law firms

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 08:33 AM

The number of recruiting law firms visiting Christ College of Law Bangalore slumped to two this year, but the second batch graduating from the college made it up in terms of pre placement offers (PPOs) to secure 21 total jobs, one short of the college’s debut recruitment record.

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India: The New Front Line in the Global Struggle for Internet Freedom

India: The New Front Line in the Global Struggle for Internet Freedom

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 07:10 AM

The government tussles with Internet freedom activists in the world's largest democracy.

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India's struggle for online freedom

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 06:39 AM

"65 years since your independence," a new battle for freedom is under way in India — according to a YouTube video uploaded by an Indian member of Anonymous, the global "hacktivist" movement.

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'Anonymous' hackers to protest Indian Internet laws

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 04:55 AM

Global hacking movement Anonymous has called for protesters to take to the streets in 16 cities around India on Saturday over what it considers growing government censorship of the Internet, writes Pratap Chakravarty.

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Hackers Take Protest to Indian Streets and Cyberspace

Hackers Take Protest to Indian Streets and Cyberspace

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 04:02 AM

First there was self-styled Gandhian activist Anna Hazare who took to the streets to protest corruption. Now a group agitating against censorship on the Internet has arrived in India.

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The new Internet watchdogs

The new Internet watchdogs

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 17, 2012 08:18 AM

The Government has taken a series of measures to control the Internet, but should it be doing so? This article by Ronendra Singh was published in the Hindu Business Line on June 12, 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.

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'Attempts to censor the web ill-advised'

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 17, 2012 07:11 AM

Amid concerted government attempts to censor the internet and the recent blocking of file-sharing websites due to a court order based on a petition by producers of a Tamil film, speakers at a discussion on Saturday felt that there was a fear of freedom of expression among those affected by it, primarily the powerful.

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Poor Guarantee of Online Freedom in India

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 17, 2012 04:18 AM

The debate over the "Intermediaries Guidelines" as part of the Information Technology Act, 2000 in Parliament brought focus to the issue of censorship and lack of accountability of governing bodies vis-à-vis the internet in the country. This cannot be divorced from the larger questions related to the threats to freedom of expression from both the state and various societal actors today.

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Connecting People Apart - Events Series

Connecting People Apart - Events Series

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2012 11:32 AM

Post-Media Lab is organising an event series at Lüneburg/Berlin from June 20 to June 23, 2012. Nishant Shah will be speaking at this event.

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Tata Communications embraces the change to IPv6

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2012 05:56 AM

The Internet was operational since 1983 and at the time there was no way that one could image as to what extent it will reach. With a rapid growth and after serving nearly 2.5 billion people and 11 billion devices, the Internet is apparently running out of space. This has prompted many global organizations to embrace the change from IPv4 to IPv6 and one of these companies is Tata Communications.

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Window on the World

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2012 05:49 AM

Subsequent to the publishing of a peer reviewed essay titled Resisting Revolutions: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen Action, the Centre for Internet & Society has been listed as one of the global organisations working on issues of participation, citizenship and new technologies along with a list of partner organisations.

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The War for India's Internet

The War for India's Internet

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 14, 2012 09:12 AM

Why is the world's biggest democracy cracking down on Facebook and Google? Rebecca Mackinnon's article was published in Foreign Policy on June 6, 2012.

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Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah in Delhi

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 14, 2012 08:31 AM

The next meeting of the two Sub-Groups on privacy issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is scheduled to be held on June 27, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. in the Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Planning Commission.

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Internet opens doors to trillions more Net addresses with IPv6

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 14, 2012 05:12 AM

The global Internet industry reached a key milestone on June 6 when a group of Web sites, Internet service providers (ISPs) and router manufacturers banded together to participate in the World IPv6 Launch.

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Biz moving to IPv6 but lower costs, support needed

Biz moving to IPv6 but lower costs, support needed

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 14, 2012 05:01 AM

Organisations such as Cisco Systems, Equinix and Singapore Internet Exchange are all gearing up for migration to IPv6 in time for the World IPv6 Launch day slated on Jun. 6,which involved everything from redesigning their backend infrastructure to assessing their systems’ readiness.

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An Interview with Nishant Shah

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 06, 2012 05:05 AM

Jamillah Knowles from BBC Radio interviewed Nishant Shah about Indian Internet issues.

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