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Internet Freedom
- February 15, 2016
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
Read more →A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?
- February 14, 2016
This is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
Read more →There is No Such Thing as Free Basics
- February 14, 2016
India would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning the differential pricing without discriminating services.
Read more →Agenda: UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection
- February 14, 2016
Concept Note: UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection
- February 14, 2016
India Electronics Week 2016 & the IoT Show
- February 12, 2016
The India Electronics Week 2016 was held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre from 11th-13th January 2016, along with Bangalore's biggest IoT Exhibition and Conference, bringing the global electronics industry together. The event also had the EFY Expo 2016, supported by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology & the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.
Read more →Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards
- February 11, 2016
The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
Read more →Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
- February 11, 2016
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
Read more →The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship
- January 30, 2016
The introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country like India where access to information is routinely restricted.
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