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Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Jul 02, 2014
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last modified
Jul 04, 2014 06:31 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Consumer Rights,
Google,
internet and society,
Privacy,
Transparency and Accountability,
Intermediary Liability,
Accountability,
Facebook,
Data Protection,
Policies,
Safety
This year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities of providers of platforms for user-created content with regard to consumer rights.
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Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checks
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by
[in alphabetical order] Anamika Kundu, Digvijay Singh, Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar
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published
Feb 07, 2022
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last modified
Feb 09, 2022 05:31 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Freedom,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation.
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Tamil Nadu likely to hold Facebook accountable for suicide case
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 13, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
The recent suicide of a 21-year-old woman from Salem district in Tamil Nadu over her morphed pictures being uploaded on Facebook could turn into a flash-point between the state police and the world's most-popular social networking site.
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News & Media
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The (in)Visible Subject: Power, Privacy and Social Networking
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by
Rebecca Schild
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published
Feb 26, 2010
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM
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filed under:
Social Networking,
Attention Economy,
Facebook,
Privacy
In this entry, I will argue that the interplay between privacy and power on social network sites works ultimately to subject individuals to the gaze of others, or to alternatively render them invisible. Individual choices concerning privacy preferences must, therefore, be informed by the intrinsic relationship which exists between publicness/privateness and subjectivity/obscurity.
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Openness
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Blog
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The Competition Law Case Against Whatsapp’s 2021 Privacy Policy Alteration
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by
Aman Nair and Arindrajit Basu
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Mar 24, 2021 04:12 PM
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filed under:
Consumer Rights,
Digital Economy,
Data Protection,
Facebook,
Competition,
WhatsApp,
Competition Law
Having examined the privacy implications of Whatsapp's changes to its privacy policy in 2021, this issue brief is the second output in our series examining the effects of those changes. This brief examines the changes in the context of data sharing between Whatsapp and Facebook as being an anticompetitive action in violation of the Indian Competition Act, 2002.
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There is No Such Thing as Free Basics
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 14, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
India would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning the differential pricing without discriminating services.
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Blog
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We Truly are the Product being Sold
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Sep 01, 2016 02:08 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
WhatsApp,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
WhatsApp has announced it will begin sharing user data such as names, phone numbers, and other analytics with its parent company, Facebook, and with the Facebook family of companies. This change to its terms of service was effected in order to enable users to “communicate with businesses that matter” to them. How does this have anything to do with Facebook?
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What Bengaluru Thinks of the Big Tech Announcements in Silicon Valley
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 29, 2015
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last modified
Oct 18, 2015 01:26 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
There is a split verdict on the big tech announcements made out of California during the Prime Minister's visit, in the desi version of Silicon Valley - Bengaluru.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye Report
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Jun 20, 2014
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last modified
Jun 20, 2014 03:57 PM
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filed under:
WSIS+10,
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Human Rights Online,
Surveillance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Data Protection,
Multi-stakeholder,
ICANN,
Internet Access,
ITU,
Internet Studies,
E-Governance,
ICT
The WSIS+10 High Level was organised by the ITU and collaborative UN entities on June 9-13, 2014. It aimed to evaluate the progress on implementation of WSIS Outcomes from Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, and to envision a post-2015 Development Agenda. Geetha Hariharan attended the event on CIS' behalf.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
Facebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
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News & Media
