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Net advocacy body probing linkages between telcos and Facebook’s auto-play video option
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 29, 2015
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India’s leading internet advocacy body, which has often been critical of Facebook’s Internet.org — now called Free Basics — initiative, has said that it is looking into the possibility of Facebook helping telecom companies through its auto-play video option.
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Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked URLs by Department of Telecommunications (IIPM Edition)
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Feb 16, 2013
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last modified
Feb 17, 2013 07:35 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship,
Homepage
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in its order dated February 14, 2013 has issued directions to the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block seventy eight URLs. The block order has been issued as a result of a court order. Snehashish Ghosh does a preliminary analysis of the list of websites blocked as per the DoT order.
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A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to Vote
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 04, 2013
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last modified
Dec 26, 2013 07:03 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in the state assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission decided to extend the voting until 6:30 p.m. Then to 7:30 p.m.
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International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice (IV)
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 05, 2013
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last modified
Dec 26, 2013 09:05 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Building on the workshop in Dagstuhl in June-July 2011 (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice), Beijing (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice II), and Athens (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice III) that set the stage for discussions on cryptography among a group of key researchers from Europe, Asia, and North America, the one day workshop in Bangalore, following AsiaCrypt 2013 will again bring together internationally recognized scientists to discuss direction and development in theoretical and applied cryptography and surrounding societal issues.
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Digital Citizens: Why Cyber Security and Online Privacy are Vital to the Success of Democracy and Freedom of Expression
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 07, 2014
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last modified
Jan 08, 2014 04:59 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security,
Event
Michael Oghia will give a presentation which will show why cyber security and online privacy are vital for democracy and freedom of expression.
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Is Facebook too powerful without legal safeguards?
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 25, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The absence of a data protection law and a competition watchdog to oversee Internet companies are key shortcomings, according to some experts.
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Data Breach: How will the biggest scandal that Facebook is mired in affect its credibility in India?
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 27, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Facebook has not been able to catch a break lately.
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?
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by
Admin
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published
Apr 17, 2018
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last modified
Apr 17, 2018 02:44 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
After two days of congressional hearings that collectively lasted over ten hours, there are many questions about Facebook, its policies and its future that experts are debating.
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jul 22, 2013
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last modified
Jul 22, 2013 06:59 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
Reflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website narendramodiplans.com.
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Blog
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Start-up India turns the heat on Facebook Free Basics
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 29, 2015
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Facebook launched its "Save Free Basics" campaign last week, asking users to support "digital equality" in India.
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