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TV versus Social Media: The Rights and Wrongs
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 21, 2013 03:09 AMFor most ordinary Netizens, everyday speech on social media has as much impact as graffiti in a toilet, and therefore employing the 'principle of equivalence' will result in overregulation of new media.
Web of Sameness
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 18, 2013 06:17 AMThe social Web has been an ominous space at the start of 2013. It has been awash with horror, pain and grief. The recent gang rape and death of a medical student in Delhi prevents one from being too optimistic about the year to come. My live feeds on various social networks are filled with rue and rage at the gruesome incident and the seeming depravity of our society.
Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in Bangladesh
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 15, 2013 11:51 AMThis is a statement on the violent attack on blogger Asif Mohiuddin by the participants to the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression that took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 14–15, 2013.
Draft International Principles on Communications Surveillance and Human Rights
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:55 PMThese principles were developed by Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and seek to define an international standard for the surveillance of communications. The Centre for Internet and Society has been contributing feedback to the principles.
7th India Digital Summit 2013
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 15, 2013 08:53 AMThis summitt organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India is held in New Delhi, January 16 - 17, 2013.
No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PMThe Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
Mining the Web Collective
— by Sharath Chandra Ram — last modified Jan 06, 2013 11:48 PMIn March 2012, Dr Bruno Latour and his team from the Sciences Po Media Lab organized a workshop that assembled a selected group of researchers from India to explore methods of Controversy Mapping. It was hosted by Dr J. Srinivasan, Director of the Divecha Centre for Climate Change at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp: Summary
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 04:02 PMOn December 13 and 14, 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation organized the Surveillance and Human Rights Camp held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting examined trends in surveillance, reasons for state surveillance, surveillance tactics that governments are using, and safeguards that can be put in place to protect against unlawful or disproportionate surveillance.
Tomorrow, Today
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 02, 2013 05:00 AMOur present is the future that our past had imagined. Around the same time last year, I remember taking stock of the technologies that we live with and wondering what 2012 would bring in.
The Worldwide Web of Concerns
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 27, 2012 04:31 AMThe International Telecommunication Union’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is currently under way in Dubai, after a gap of 25 years. At this conference, the Inter-national Telecommunication Regulations — a binding treaty containing high-level principles — are to be revised.
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