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Look what the state just did to you
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 12, 2011 — last modified Jun 16, 2011 10:51 AM — filed under:
The government's recent introduction of new rules in the IT Act allows 'offensive' material on any website to be removed within 36 hours. Did the state just arm everyone to shoot the messenger, online?Th
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Stiff Resistance Dogs India's ID Plan
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:59 AM — filed under:
An article about the UID project by Indrajit Basu in Asia Times Online.
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Lives suspended in the Web
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:45 PM — filed under:
When 14-year-old Manish sits behind his laptop, punching away at keys, his facial expressions reflecting his various online interactions, his parents stand in the doorway, watching curiously. Their son is physically at home, but to all purposes, lost in the limbo of the Internet. By all standards, Manish is a good, responsible young adult but his parents worry because they don’t seem to have any control over Manish’s online life. They find it difficult to understand the digital realms that he seamlessly integrates into his life.
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Take charge of Facebook
by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2011 — last modified Jun 06, 2011 08:16 AM — filed under:
Want to take control of your data and the way you use your Facebook account? Then try these tricks, writes Shweta Taneja.
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India Proposes Restrictions on Tapping Telephone Calls
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 05:53 AM — filed under:
An Indian government report has recommended that interception of telephone calls by government agencies should be limited to situations when there is a "public emergency" or "public safety" is at stake. John Riberio's article appeared in the PC World, TechWorld and CIO. Pranesh Prakash, program manager from the Centre for Internet and Society has been quoted in these articles.
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Tired of tele-marketing calls? Act on privacy right: Experts
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2011 — filed under:
Annoyed with unsolicited calls from insurance and banking companies? Under the proposed Right to Privacy Act, such calls would be considered a violation and the company responsible penalised up to Rs 5 lakh. The draft Right to Privacy Bill says that no person with a business in the country can collect or disclose any data relating to any individual without his/her consent.
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Transparency and MDGs: the Role of the Media and Technology
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:16 AM — filed under:
Key quotes from sixth panel
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Transparent Government, via Webcams in India
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2011 — last modified Jul 21, 2011 05:41 AM — filed under:
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India — Little Brother is watching you. That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber are viewable to the public, 24/7.
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A Tweet and a poke from the CEO
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 03, 2011 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:30 AM — filed under:
The official grapevine has moved online, and Twitter is the new water-cooler.
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Can the twitterati change the world?
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 16, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:30 PM — filed under:
Whether it is the Ganapati immersion in Mumbai or a labour union dharna at Jantar Mantar or a hunger strike in Kolkata, India has had a rich history of people coming out on the streets. However, as cities are reshaped in the image of a 'world-class city', public spaces are being steadily appropriated into gated communities which cater to an elite section of the population.
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