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Second Freedom Online Conference in Nairobi
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 08, 2012
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last modified
Oct 04, 2012 06:23 AM
The second freedom online conference organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Kenya in partnership with the government of Netherlands was held at the UN complex in Gigiri, Nairobi on September 6 and 7, 2012. Pranesh Prakash was a panelist in the session on Access to Internet: Challenges and Opportunities.
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News & Media
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August 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 07, 2012
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last modified
Sep 11, 2012 02:53 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Welcome to the newsletter issue of August 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, the India Report for Consumers International IP Watchlist 2012, and press coverage related to the recent North East exodus.
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Newsletters
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China outranks India in world’s first ever web index
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 07, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
India has been ranked 33rd on a list of 61 countries in a brand new web index that seeks to measure how effectively countries are using the Internet to improve people’s lives. And Indian Internet activists say that given the increasing level of control the government seeks to exercise over the net, that is no great surprise.
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News & Media
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Bangalore's new champions for culture
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 07, 2012
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filed under:
City,
Internet Governance
The hundred and ninth imprint of TimeOut Bengaluru edition is dedicated to a group of people who TimeOut believes are playing critical roles in determining the cultural contours of this city, and are the new champions for the arts and culture in Bangalore. Lawrence Liang, founder of Alternative Law Forum is one of them.
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UK DNA Database and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons that India can Learn from Its Mistakes
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 06, 2012
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last modified
Sep 17, 2012 03:40 AM
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Event Type,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On September 24, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with the Alternative Law Forum invites the public to a talk with international experts, Helen Wallace from GeneWatch, UK and Jeremy Gruber from the Council for Responsible Genetics in the United States. The meeting will be held at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore from 5.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
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Internet Governance
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Overview and Concerns Regarding the Indian Draft DNA Profiling Act
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 06, 2012
Indian Draft DNA Profiling Act
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Internet Governance
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Need a standard strategy to deal with Web issues: Chandrasekhar
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 05, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The government has been facing allegations of Internet censorship for over a year now.
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News & Media
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Thinking with Data@CIS
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 05, 2012
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filed under:
Event Type,
Internet Governance
The Thinking with Data course offered at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) will be screened at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. The screening will be followed by online discussions with the faculty through Skype or Google+ Hangouts.
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Internet Governance
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Political war on the web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 05, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Twitter is not only the ‘people’s voice’. It is also a forum for orchestrated propaganda.Kunal Majumder tracks the BJP-Congress online duel.
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News & Media
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Cartonama Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 05, 2012
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last modified
Sep 17, 2012 01:59 PM
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filed under:
Event Type,
Internet Governance
HasGeek is organising a Cartonama Conference on September 22, 2012 at the TERI Complex in Bangalore, from 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
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Internet Governance