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UN agrees to review agencies governing Internet
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 31, 2012
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ITU,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Although India’s proposal has been criticized as an effort to control the Net, govt says this will ensure it has more say in policymaking.
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No fear of losing internet freedom till Jan 15: Experts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 31, 2012
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filed under:
ITU,
Internet Governance
There is no need to get scared about losing internet freedom, at least till January 2015.
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Delhi gang rape: What Facebook, Twitter expose about govt
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 31, 2012
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last modified
Dec 31, 2012 01:02 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
When constable Subhash Tomar collapsed during the anti-rape agitation in New Delhi, the government was keen to say he suffered injuries inflicted by the protesters. But the administration's version of events was challenged soon on social media, and the mainstream media latched onto the mystery and started pressurising the government to come clean.
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WIPO To Negotiate Treaty For The Blind In June; ‘Still Some Distance To Travel’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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last modified
Dec 21, 2012 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In a swift 15 minute session this morning delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization extraordinary assembly agreed to convene a high-level meeting in Morocco in June to finalise a treaty on international exceptions to copyrights on books in special formats for visually impaired people.
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International treaty to make books accessible to the blind
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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filed under:
Access to Medicine,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
It would make it legal to send accessible books across borders.
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Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind persons
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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last modified
Dec 31, 2012 01:40 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility,
WIPO
Four years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation have agreed to conclude a treaty for visually-impaired and print disabled persons by June 2013.
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‘The IT Act is fine, but its interpretation is not’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Information Technology
Several organisations such as the Alternate Law Forum and Centre for Internet and Society are campaigning to amend the IT Act 2000. However, SV Raghavan, scientific secretary, office of PSA to the government of India, stated that the law in place is fine but the stakeholders need to be educated on implementing it better.
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Rupee Trail
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Dec 21, 2012 08:16 AM
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Presentation on MLATS
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A two-day conference was held in Rio on December 13 and 14 at Sheraton Rio Hotel & Resort. Elonnai Hickok participated in the event and made a presentation on MLATS and International Cooperation for Law Enforcement Purposes.
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