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When revolutions go viral
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 01, 2011 — filed under:
Thanks to Facebook and Twitter, the urban Indian youth, famously detached from the goings-on in the country, came out on the streets to support the anti-corruption movement - not only here but abroad as well. TOI-Crest looks at the anatomy of a modern protest movement.
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Digital divide: Why Irom Sharmila can’t do an Anna
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 01, 2011 — filed under:
Irom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world’s longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India’s digital divide.
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Blog Entry Moving Towards a Surveillance State
by Srinivas Atreya published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: , ,
The cyberspace is a modern construct of communication and today, a large part of human activity takes place in cyberspace. It has become the universal platform where business is executed, discourse is conducted and personal information is exchanged. However, the underbelly of the internet is also seen to host activities and persons who are motivated by nefarious intent.
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dna exclusive: Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: Cryptography
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 07, 2013 last modified Jul 15, 2013 06:24 AM — filed under: ,
While you were thinking of what next to post on Twitter, the government has stealthily put an ambitious surveillance programme in place that tracks your every move in the digital world — through voice calls, SMS and MMS, GPRS, fax communications on landlines, video calls and emails.
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How the world’s largest democracy is preparing to snoop on its citizens
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: ,
Monitoring system will allow govt to snoop on voice calls, SMSes, and access Internet data.
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Blog Entry How Surveillance Works in India
by Pranesh Prakash published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: , ,
When the Indian government announced it would start a Centralized Monitoring System in 2009 to monitor telecommunications in the country, the public seemed unconcerned. When the government announced that the system, also known as C.M.S., commenced in April, the news didn’t receive much attention.
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Blog Entry Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?
by Pranesh Prakash published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
In response to criticisms of the Centralized Monitoring System, India’s new surveillance program, the government could contend that merely having the capability to engage in mass surveillance won’t mean that it will. Officials will argue that they will still abide by the law and will ensure that each instance of interception will be authorized.
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Guilty until Proven Innocent: Pirates, Pornographers, Terrorists and the IT Act in India
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 28, 2013 last modified Aug 28, 2013 10:19 AM — filed under: ,
The Research Center of Media and Communication at the University of Hamburg organized the Summer School 2013 at Hamburg, Germany from July 29 to August 2, 2013. Dr. Nishant Shah was a panelist in the session on "Guilty until Proven Innocent: Pirates, Pornographers, Terrorists and the IT Act in India".
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International Summer School: "Digitization and its Impact on Society"
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 28, 2013 last modified Nov 20, 2013 10:00 AM — filed under:
Dr. Nishant Shah will be the key note speaker in the session "Social Networks and the Revolution of Political Communication". The event is being hosted by the Dresden Center for Digital Linguistics from September 29 to October 5, 2013.
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Syllabus: “Policy and regulation conducive to rapid ICT sector growth in Myanmar: An introductory course”
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 03, 2013 last modified Oct 24, 2013 03:56 AM — filed under: ,
A five-day course is being offered by LIRNEasia in collaboration with Myanmar ICT Development Organization, with support from the Open Society Foundation and the International Development Research Centre of Canada in Myanmar from September 28 to October 5, 2013.
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