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Communication Rights in the Age of Digital Technology
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) invites you to a conference to discuss the evolution of privacy and surveillance in India on Friday, October 30, 2015 ... by rakesh last modified Oct 24, 2015 07:45 AM — Filed under: , , ,
The rise and rise of slacktivism
Can we change the world with the click of a mouse? Or is it just another feel-good phenomenon? The writer explores the growing penchant for online petitions ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 25, 2015 02:49 PM — Filed under:
Blocking Twitter: How Internet Service Providers & telcos were caught between tweets and tall egos
Long derided as 'dumb pipes' to the Web, Internet service providers (ISPs) are discovering these days that insult is being increasingly followed up by injury. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 25, 2012 07:36 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Twitter handles: How and why govt erred and what it can do to be smarter & more effective
Here's a weekend reading recommendation for the mandarins who run the Government of India: it's a freely downloadable, a 145-page long document called "After ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 07, 2012 09:22 AM — Filed under: , ,
Some ISPs block Wordpress domain across India
Latest reports confirm that Tata Photon has blocked access to the Wordpress.com domain across India, following a government order to block web pages containing ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 26, 2012 03:16 PM — Filed under: , , ,
India Blocks News Website Pages for 'Spreading Fear' over Assam Violence
Access to more than 300 internet web pages including some published by Telegraph, Times of India and Al-Jazeera blocked. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 27, 2012 04:53 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
India faces Twitter backlash over Internet clampdown
The Indian government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 27, 2012 06:56 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Indian mobiles go quiet amid SMS curbs
India’s 900m-plus mobile telephones have fallen unusually quiet since Saturday, when the government curbed text and multimedia messages for 15 days in an ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 27, 2012 07:15 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Details emerge on government blockade of websites
Facebook pages, Twitter handles among 300 unique web addresses blocked by ISPs. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 28, 2012 09:51 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
India faces Twitter backlash over Internet clampdown
The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 28, 2012 09:56 AM — Filed under: , ,
Social media, SMS are not why NE students left Bangalore
I woke up one morning to find that I was living in a city of crisis. Bangalore, where the largest public preoccupations to date have been about bad roads, ... by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 28, 2012 10:48 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On Censorship
At the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 03, 2012 04:39 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
The state. And the rage of the cyber demon
The Internet might be a Pandora’s box. But should the government be wasting time regulating the cacophony? by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 03, 2012 11:03 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Government to hold talks with stakeholders on Internet censorship
In an unprecedented move, the government, through the Department of Telecommunications and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, has agreed ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 04, 2012 03:39 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respond
A standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:24 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
UK DNA Database and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons that India can Learn from Its Mistakes
On September 24, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with the Alternative Law Forum invites the public to a talk with international ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 17, 2012 03:40 AM — Filed under: , ,
Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression — Executive Summary
This document provides a critique of “The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 and proposes an alternate set of Rules. by Rishabh Dara last modified Apr 24, 2016 11:54 AM — Filed under: , ,
Burma to host first Internet freedom forum
Myanmar ICT Development Organisation (MIDO) will host “Myanmar Internet Freedom Forum” in Yangon from June 1-2. In the first forum of its kind in Burma, MIDO ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 05, 2013 07:10 AM — Filed under:
Towards a Global Network of Internet and Society Centres
This event was held in Istanbul by Bilgi University as part of the collaboration on Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet and Society Research Centres. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 05, 2013 07:29 AM — Filed under: ,
Online privacy should not come at the cost of security: Sunil Abraham
Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society’s executive director, on privacy laws and Internet penetration. by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 02, 2014 02:27 AM — Filed under: ,
Sex on-the-go
After a freak fire in 2011 reduced the cubbyholes trading in electronic goods inside a Crawford Market shopping plaza to ashes, Junaid has gone alfresco. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 05, 2013 09:08 AM — Filed under:
Is India's government becoming Big Brother?
India's new Central Monitoring System will give officials unprecedented access to calls, texts, and online activity. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 05, 2013 09:39 AM — Filed under:
WORLD WIDE PLAYGROUND
The Delhi High Court recently asked the central government to explain why minors are allowed to create online accounts on social networking sites such as ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 05, 2013 09:47 AM — Filed under:
INET Bangkok to Explore Internet’s Impact on Thailand’s Economy and Society
The Internet Society, in collaboration with the Thailand Internet community, the National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and the Ministry of ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 06, 2013 06:18 AM — Filed under:
The Geopolitics of Information Controls: A Presentation by Masashi Crete-Nishihata
Masashi Crete-Nishihata will give a talk on Citizen Lab's activities and present its approach to the study of information controls through recent research and ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 26, 2013 09:56 AM — Filed under: ,
Section 43 of the Information Technology Act
Given below is the text of section 43 of the IT Act: by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jun 07, 2013 10:37 AM — Filed under: ,
Computer Related Offences
If any person, dishonestly or fraudulently, does any act referred to in section 43, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jun 07, 2013 10:47 AM — Filed under: ,
John Doe order in Viacom 18 Motion Pictures v. Jyoti Cable Network and Ors.(movie Bloody Money)
This is the case filed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, producer of movie 'Blood Money' against Jyoti Cable Network and other unknown cable operators restraining ... by Jai Anand last modified May 26, 2012 09:00 PM — Filed under:
Inventions that will make a difference
In an increasingly tech-driven world, what does 2014 have to offer? Geeta Padmanabhan turns the spotlight on some life-changing gadgets. by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 12, 2014 11:07 AM — Filed under: ,
The Internet Way
Dr. Nishant Shah's review of the book “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Bantam Press/Random House Group, London was published in ... by Nishant Shah last modified Feb 14, 2014 06:59 AM — Filed under: