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Blog Entry Privacy worries cloud Facebook's WhatsApp Deal
by Sunil Abraham — published Mar 20, 2014 — last modified Mar 20, 2014 05:59 AM — filed under: ,
Privacy activists in the United States have asked the competition regulator or the Federal Trade Commission to put on hold Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp. Why have they done this when Facebook has promised to leave WhatsApp untouched as a standalone app?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Net Freedom Campaign Loses its Way
by Sunil Abraham — published May 10, 2014 — last modified May 27, 2014 11:07 AM — filed under: , ,
A recent global meet was a victory for governments and the private sector over civil society interests.
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Blog Entry A trust deficit between advertisers and publishers is leading to fake news
by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 24, 2018 — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:44 AM — filed under: , ,
Transparency regulations is need of the hour. And urgently for election and political advertising. What do the ads look like? Who paid for them? Who was the target? How many people saw these advertisements? How many times? Transparency around viral content is also required.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Registering for Aadhaar in 2019
by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 03, 2019 — last modified Jan 03, 2019 02:59 PM — filed under: , ,
It is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
India’s dreams of web censorship
by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 06, 2011 — last modified Mar 26, 2012 06:59 AM — filed under: ,
If you are offended by this post, please contact Kapil Sibal, India’s telecoms and IT minister, and he will make sure it is promptly taken down.
Blog Entry Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham
by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 28, 2013 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 07:05 AM — filed under: , ,
The 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, African Information Research and Training and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in this event. Sunil Abraham made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies on the opening day, December 15, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry The Fight for Digital Sovereignty
by Sunil Abraham — published Oct 25, 2013 — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:29 AM — filed under: ,
It is time to incorporate free software principles to address the issue of privacy. Thanks to the revelations of Edward Snowden, a former contractor to the United States (US) National Security Agency (NSA) who leaked secrets about the agency’s surveillance programmes, a 24-year-old movement aimed at protecting the rights of software users and developers has got some fresh attention from policymakers.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 11, 2016 — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM — filed under: , , ,
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Privacy Law Must Fit the Bill
by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 09, 2013 — last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:25 AM — filed under: ,
The process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department of Personnel and Training has lead the drafting of privacy bill for the last three years. This bill will ideally articulate privacy principles and establish the office of the privacy commissioner and most importantly have an over-riding effect over 50 odd existing laws, rules and policies with privacy implications.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Internet censorship will continue in opaque fashion
by Sunil Abraham — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: , , , ,
A division bench of the Supreme Court has ruled on three sections of the Information Technology Act 2000 - Section 66A, Section 79 and Section 69A. The draconian Section 66A was originally meant to tackle spam and cyber-stalking but was used by the powerful elite to crack down on online dissent and criticism.
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