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European Union Draft Report Admonishes Mass Surveillance, Calls for Stricter Data Protection and Privacy Laws
— by Divij Joshi — last modified Sep 30, 2014 08:52 AMEver since the release of the “Snowden files”, the secret documents evidencing the massive scale of surveillance undertaken by America’s National Security Agency and publically released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, surveillance in the digital age has come to the fore of the global debate on internet governance and privacy.
Who governs the Internet? (Yojana Article)
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2014 06:11 AMWho Governs the Internet? Implications for Freedom and National Security
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 05, 2014 04:23 PMThe second half of last year has been quite momentous for Internet governance thanks to Edward Snowden. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became aware that they were targets of US surveillance for economic not security reasons. They protested loudly.
The Age of Shame
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 04, 2014 04:05 AMThe ability to capture private images is breeding a dangerous form of digital shaming. Within the online space, where wonderments often run rife, and conspiracy theories travel at the speed of light, there are many dark recesses where netizens half-jokingly, self-referentially, in a spirit of part-truth, part-exaggeration, often wonder on what the real reason is for the internet to exist.
Between the Local and the Global: Notes Towards Thinking the Nature of Internet Policy
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 04, 2014 03:49 AMThis post by Nishant Shah is part of a series related to the 2014 Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy: The Third Man Theme Revisited: Foreign Policies of the Internet in a Time Of Surveillance and Disclosure, which takes place in Vienna, Austria from March 30 – April 1, 2014.
Intermediary Liability Resources
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 03, 2014 06:45 AMWe bring you a list of intermediary resources as part of research on internet governance. This blog post will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Marco Civil da Internet: Brazil’s ‘Internet Constitution’
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Jun 19, 2014 10:38 AMOn March 25, 2014, Brazil's lower house of parliament passed bill no. 2126/2011, popularly known as Marco Civil da Internet. The Marco Civil is a charter of Internet user-rights and service provider responsibilities, committed to freedom of speech and expression, privacy, and accessibility and openness of the Internet. In this post, the author looks at the pros and cons of the bill.
Surveillance and Privacy
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2014 06:02 AMPresented by Sunil Abraham at LirneAsia event on March 9, 2014 in Gurgaon.
Leaked Privacy Bill: 2014 vs. 2011
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Apr 01, 2014 10:52 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society has recently received a leaked version of the draft Privacy Bill 2014 that the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India has drafted.
India's Internet Jam
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 20, 2014 12:41 PMAs authorities continue to clamp down on digital freedom, politicians and corporations are getting a taste for censorship too. Pranesh Prakash reports.
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