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Transparency and MDGs: the Role of the Media and Technology
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 30, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 10:16 AM
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Internet Governance
Key quotes from sixth panel
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Transparency and Privacy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 10, 2012
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last modified
Feb 28, 2014 04:54 AM
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Internet Governance
The two concepts, transparency and privacy, can be both opposing and inter related. On one level the protection of individual privacy is achieved through institutional and governmental transparency, as transparency of actions taken by the government or private sector, concerning the individuals works to inspire trust. On another level situations of privacy and transparency bring out the question of how the public good should be balanced against public and private interests.
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Transparency in Surveillance
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Jan 23, 2016
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filed under:
Transparency,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance
Transparency is an essential need for any democracy to function effectively. It may not be the only requirement for the effective functioning of a democracy, but it is one of the most important principles which need to be adhered to in a democratic state.
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Transparency Reports — A Glance on What Google and Facebook Tell about Government Data Requests
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by
Prachi Arya
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published
Sep 12, 2013
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last modified
Sep 13, 2013 09:44 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Transparency Reports are a step towards greater accountability but how efficacious are they really?
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Transparent Government, via Webcams in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 20, 2011
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last modified
Jul 21, 2011 05:41 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
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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Trending Hate Against Muslims: Is Twitter Complicit?
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by
Puja Bhattacharjee
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published
Oct 23, 2019
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Twitter claimed that it had ‘prevented’ the Hashtag while it had not.
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Turning off the internet: Chips with Everything podcast
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by
Admin
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published
Sep 26, 2019
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Gurshabad Grover and Ambika Tandon recorded an episode with the Guardian's podcast on digital culture, called Chips with Everything.
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TV versus Social Media: The Rights and Wrongs
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 21, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For most ordinary Netizens, everyday speech on social media has as much impact as graffiti in a toilet, and therefore employing the 'principle of equivalence' will result in overregulation of new media.
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Tweeple say it pithily with hash tags
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Twitter best captures public irreverence to pomposity and the powers-that-be, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on February 11, 2012. Nishant Shah is quoted in this article.
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Tweets and twits
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The orders issued by the Ministry of Communication and IT to block more than 300 items on the Internet, including Twitter handles, Facebook pages, YouTube videos, blogposts, pages of certain websites, and in some cases entire websites, tell a revealing story of a government that has simply not applied its mind to the issue of how to deal with hate speech, both cyber and traditional.
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