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Point By Point Rebuttal Of Indian Government’s Statement On Internet Control Rules
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Prasad Krishna
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May 13, 2011
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May 25, 2011 12:46 PM
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The Centre for Internet and Society has published a point-by-point rebuttal of the statement issued by India’s Department of Information Technology on India’s Internet Control Rules. The text below is reproduced from CIS India’s website, under a CC-BY license (which means anyone can re-publish it, with attribution. You can, too). We’ve highlighted (in bold) certain statements in the rebuttal. This article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in Medianama on May 13, 2011.
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'Pakistan' hackers target India's top police agency
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 16, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 01:26 AM
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Cyber-attackers who identified themselves as the "Pakistan Cyber Army" have hacked the website of India's top police agency, officials said on Saturday. The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by programmers who left a message saying that the attack was in revenge for similar Indian assaults on Pakistani sites, Press Trust of India said. The hackers signed their message on the Indian police website: "Long Live Pakistan."
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Portal augurs well for transparency
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Prasad Krishna
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Jul 25, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011 03:16 PM
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Data.gov.in will have meta-data, which will facilitate discovery of data and access from portals of ministries, says T Ramachandra. The article was published in the Hindu on 25 July 2011.
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Activists welcome privacy Bill, but point out concerns
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Prasad Krishna
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Jun 25, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 11:42 AM
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Experts have welcomed the government's move to bring in a law for protecting individual privacy, amid concerns about the potential misuse of personal data it is collecting to execute social welfare and security schemes.
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Public data on the Web leaves much to be desired
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Prasad Krishna
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May 28, 2011
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May 30, 2011 07:38 AM
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Making government data accessible to all is a vital challenge, says Deepa Kurup in her article published in the Hindu on May 28, 2011.
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Reading a closed book
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Radha Rao
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Sep 30, 2009
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Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM
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With the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
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Bangalore-based NGO files RTI query asking list of websites blocked by Indian govt
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Prasad Krishna
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May 18, 2011
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May 23, 2011 08:39 AM
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The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. This article by R Krishna was published in the Daily News & Analysis on May 18, 2011.
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Information Security Summit 2010
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Prasad Krishna
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Nov 30, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 06:33 AM
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The Information Security Summit 2010 will be held between 2-3 December 2010 in Chennai. The following is the agenda for the event.
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Self-regulation in media and society meet to gain legal perspectives
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 16, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 01:22 AM
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With electronic media generally expressing its opposition to government imposed regulations, a two-day workshop is being organised here from tomorrow on 'Comparative Perspectives on Media Self-Regulation and Society'.
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Shanty home
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Radha Rao
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Dec 01, 2009
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Apr 04, 2011 06:53 AM
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A nationwide initiative is imploring that you look closely at the greyed-out areas on your GPS maps, says Jaideep Sen in an article in the Time Out Bengaluru Magazine, November 13-26 2009 [Vol 2 Issue 9]
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