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India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 03, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook
ALWAR, India — Connecting people to the Internet is not easy in this impoverished farming district of wheat and millet fields, where working camels can be glimpsed along roads that curve through the low-slung Aravalli Hills.
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Facebook’s Fight to Be Free
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 31, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
In India, Mark Zuckerberg can’t give Internet access away.
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Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 30, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
Who could possibly be against free internet access? This is the question that Mark Zuckerberg asks in a piece for the Times of India in which he claims Facebook’s Free Basics service “protects net neutrality”.
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#NetNeutrality, Data Protection Laws among topics at ITechLaw Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 30, 2016
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
The who’s-who of the technology law sector convened at the ITechLaw India International Conference held from January 27-29 in Bangalore.
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The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Jan 30, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
The introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country like India where access to information is routinely restricted.
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Blog
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Data Privacy Day 2016
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Bangalore chapter of Data Privacy Day was organized by Data Security Council of India on January 28, 2016 at Electronic City in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham was a panelist.
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CIS's Comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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last modified
Jan 29, 2016 03:17 PM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) gave its comments on the failures of the CCWG-Accountability draft proposal as well as the processes that it has followed.
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Summary of the Public Consultation by Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Jan 28, 2016
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filed under:
Smart Cities,
Internet Governance
On December 22nd and 23rd a public consultation was organized by the Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad at the GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad to discuss the issues related to making Allahabad into a Smart City under the Smart On December 22nd and 23rd a public consultation was organized by the Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad at the GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad to discuss the issues related to making Allahabad into a Smart City under the Smart City scheme of the Central Government. An agenda for the same is attached herewith. City scheme of the Central Government.
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Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 3
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Jan 27, 2016
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 01:53 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Telecom,
Event,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi. The third public debate will be held at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road near Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi on February 5, 2016.
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Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 2
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Jan 27, 2016
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 01:51 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Telecom,
Event,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi. The second public debate will be held at Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Kalina, Mumbai on February 3, 2016.
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