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India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 15, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
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SpaceX Explosion Slows Facebook & Israeli Efforts To Control Online Content
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 14, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance
In their ‘space race’ to expand internet access to remote, impoverished areas of the world, Facebook and Google are actually vying for control o fthe online experiences of millions of people.
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How does the government track all its legal cases?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 14, 2016
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance
The Legal Information Management and Briefing System , an integral part of the digital India initiative, aims to be a database of all the ongoing cases with the government.
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CYFY 2016 - The India Conference on Cyber Security and Internet Governance
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 13, 2016
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last modified
Sep 13, 2016 03:23 PM
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham will participate as a panelist at CYFY 2016 event organized by Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi from September 28 to 30, 2016.
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The DigiLocker was supposed to cut down paperwork but less than 0.1% of Indians are using it
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 12, 2016
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filed under:
DIGILocker,
Internet Governance
The official data shows that the platform has not enthused as many users as the government expected.
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Despite SC order, thousands booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 07, 2016
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
College student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception.
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Indians Ask: Is Visiting a Torrent Site Really A Crime?
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 06, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
India has banned various large-scale torrent sites for a long time — this is old news. But under a new federal policy in India, one can be jailed for three years and fined 300,000 Indian Rupees (~US $4464) for downloading content on any of these blocked websites.
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Talking Point: Futile Battle Against Torrents
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 01, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Video,
Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham spoke to Deccan Herald to clear the air about rumours surrounding a jail threat for those logging on to Torrent sites.
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Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
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by
Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
UID
The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and other individuals and organisations to organise a two day workshop on “Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges” at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU on May 26 and 27, 2016. The objective of the workshop was to bring together experts from various fields, who have been rigorously following the developments in the Unique Identification (UID) Project and align their perspectives and develop a shared understanding of the status of the UID Project and its impact. Through this exercise, it was also sought to develop a plan of action to address the welfare exclusion issues that have arisen due to implementation of the UID Project.
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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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