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Girl's arrest draws flak on social media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 20, 2012
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last modified
Nov 20, 2012 11:04 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The arrest of a 21-year-old girl by Mumbai police for criticizing the shutting down of the city following the death of Bal Thackeray come under fire from netizens.
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Girls arrested for Facebook post on Thackeray get bail
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Nov 30, 2012 05:18 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Two girls who were arrested for making a Facebook comment protesting the closure of shops in the wake of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray‘s death, have been released on bail bonds of Rs 15,000 each.
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News & Media
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Girls just wanna have... a voice
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 08, 2014
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last modified
Apr 01, 2014 11:21 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Many Indian women have taken to Twitter, the micro-blogging site, to air their views. And some of them have become social media celebrities by virtue of their wise and witty tweets. Prasun Chaudhuri looks at the women who matter in India’s Twitterverse.
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News & Media
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Girls' schools, women's PGs: The shocking results when you Google 'bitches near me'
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 28, 2018
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filed under:
Gender,
Internet Governance
Considering the monopoly and clout that Google enjoys, it must be held accountable for promoting such stereotypes and values, experts say.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Giving out your fingerprint for Aadhar payments is as bad as telling the seller your banking password
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 07, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
PRS India recently released a report card enlisting the status of all the major policy announcements made by the President on India in his address to the Parliament on 23 February 2016. The policies cover all the major sectors including economy and finance, industry and manufacturing, governance and legal reform, skill development, science and innovation among others.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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last modified
Sep 18, 2016 03:22 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This response note by Pranesh Prakash questions Unique Identification Authority of India’s reply to Hans Verghese Mathews' article titled “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW, March 12, 2016), which found “serious mathematical errors” in the article.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Global Censorship Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School is holding a conference on global censorship from March 30 to April 1, 2012, at Yale Law School. The programme is sponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and Thomson Reuters.
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Internet Governance
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Global Challenges to Freedom of Expression
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 24, 2011
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last modified
Apr 04, 2011 07:17 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, Human Rights Law Network, Delhi and the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Mr. Frank La Rue, President of the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy and UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression on March 4, 2011, 6 pm at the Constitutional Club in New Delhi.
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Events
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Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 23, 2017
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance
The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace organized a meeting on November 21, 2017 in New Delhi. The meeting took place at Taj Diplomatic Enclave Hotel on the sidelines of the 5th Global Conference on Cyberspace. Pranesh Prakash participated in the event.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Global Governance Futures 2027 - Session 3, New Delhi
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 15, 2017
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
E-Governance,
Digital Rights
The Global Governance Futures program (GGF) initiated by Global Public Policy Institute and supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung brings together young professionals to look ahead ten years and recommend ways to address global challenges. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will join Ankhi Das (Facebook) and Arun Mohan Sukumar (Observer Research Foundation) on Tuesday, January 17, to discuss the "data governance" scenarios developed by the GGF 2027 Fellows.
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News & Media