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Internet expert criticizes Indian cyber blockades
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2012
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last modified
Aug 28, 2012 10:11 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top Internet expert said Friday.
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Internet expert Pranesh Prakash criticizes Indian cyber blockades
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top internet expert said on Friday.
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Internet firms deny existence of PRISM
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 07:47 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Nothing is private anymore. According to a leak in the US, which revealed the wide reach of a mass surveillance programme by intelligence agencies, messages, posts, chats on your computer or phone are all vulnerable to interception, thanks to direct access to servers of major tech companies.
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Internet Freedom At Home: Governments, Companies Need Accountability, Speakers Say
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 28, 2012
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last modified
Jun 28, 2012 05:27 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The freedom to access the internet does not translate into freedom of expression in many countries of the world, including in western economies, according to speakers at a peer forum organised yesterday by the United States mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
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Internet Freedom Fellows Program Emphasizes Defense of Fundamental Freedoms Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 28, 2012
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last modified
Jul 02, 2012 06:47 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
At the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United States has consistently placed special emphasis on the protection and promotion of the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association, because we understand that these fundamental freedoms are essential to facilitating the exercise of other universal rights.
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Internet Freedom Festival 2017
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Freedom,
Internet Governance
The Global Unconference of the Internet Freedom Communities took place at Valencia in Spain from March 6 to 10, 2017. The event was organized by the IFF. Vidushi Marda on behalf of CIS took part in the event.
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Internet Freedom in India – Open to Debate
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 25, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In the aftermath of an Index on Censorship debate in New Delhi, Kirsty Hughes says India’s web users are standing at a crossroads
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Internet Freedom press conference at the UN Fellows
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 28, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Internet Freedom Fellows Program of the U.S. State funded Department and administered by the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, provides human rights activists around the world in Geneva, Washington, and Silicon Valley to work with other activists, U.S. and international to meet government and members of civil society and the private sector in technology and the human rights involved.
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Internet Governance and Human Rights: Strategies and Collaborations for Empowerment
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 19, 2010
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last modified
Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM
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Internet Governance
Leading up to the 2010 IGF, The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Global Partners, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), IT for Change, and the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles are hosting, on 13 September 2010 in Vilnius, an event on 'Internet Governance and Human Rights: Strategies and Collaborations for Empowerment'.
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Internet Governance and India: The Way Forward
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 22, 2014
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last modified
Feb 03, 2014 10:33 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Snehashish Ghosh is participating in this event organized by the Observer Research Foundation on January 22 in New Delhi.
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