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Facebook, privacy and India
Does Facebook's decision to open out user information and data to third party websites amount to an invasion of privacy and should users' seriously consider ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Sep 26, 2013 11:40 AM — Filed under:
‘Learn from failed UK NIR project’
The new government in the UK recently scrapped its decade-long work spending millions of pounds on establishing the National Identity Registration (NIR) number ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:12 PM — Filed under:
I don't want my fingerprints taken
Through this article published in Down to Earth, Nishant Shah looks at the role of the state as arbiter of our privacy. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:41 AM — Filed under:
Free expression
Free speech and spirited public debate will be the casualties of new rules issued by India restricting Internet content. This news was published in Watertown ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 23, 2011 08:48 AM — Filed under:
Google now stalks your street
Bangalore is the first city in the country to be mapped for Street View. This news was published by the Hindu on May 27, 2011. by Prasad Krishna last modified May 31, 2011 06:20 AM — Filed under:
Google Unveils Controversial Street View Mapping in B’lore
Mapping service, under criticism in Europe because of security reasons, allows users to view pedestrian-level photos of streets, houses. This news was ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 30, 2011 09:48 AM — Filed under:
Govt proposal to muzzle bloggers sparks outcry
A government proposal seeking to police blogs has come in for severe criticism from legal experts and outraged the online community. The draft rules, drawn up ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:46 PM — Filed under:
Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook". by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 09, 2011 09:21 AM — Filed under:
International Communication Association Pre-Conference on 'India and Communication Studies'
Sunil Abraham, Director-Policy, CIS, is to take part in a panel discussion on 'Media, Technology, and Governance' at the International Communication ... by Sanchia de Souza last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:56 PM — Filed under:
ID programme faces first challenge over privacy, data
The government is looking to the ID programme to help ensure that various welfare programmes reach the poor by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:20 PM — Filed under:
Crisis for identity or identity crisis?
The hurry with which the government is pushing its most ambitious project to assign a number (UID) to every citizen without any feasibility study or public ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:16 AM — Filed under:
India Can Restrict 'Objectionable' Web Content under New Rules
Internet sites and service providers in India now have the authority to order the quick deletion of offensive online content – in a move that is causing great ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 23, 2011 09:48 AM — Filed under:
India curbs on Bloggers and Internet
The Information Technology Rules 2011 (due diligence observed by intermediaries guidelines) by the Indian government could lead to online censorship, feel ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 13, 2011 11:59 AM — Filed under:
Tough neighbourhood tests India's e-tolerance
The combination of having restrictive neighbours as well as security threats could make freedom on the web in India a casualty, writes Anahita Mukherji in this ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2011 10:51 AM — Filed under:
INDIA Fears of Privacy Loss Pursue Ambitious ID Project
Fears about loss of privacy are being voiced as India gears up to launch an ambitious scheme to biometrically identify and number each of its 1.2 billion ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:00 AM — Filed under:
Indians Get Particular about Online Marriage
The article quotes Nishant Shah's views on online behaviour of people seen elsewhere in the world. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:48 AM — Filed under:
Information is Beautiful hacks in India with David Cameron
The Prime Minister took some of the UK's top hackers and data experts with him to India this week. David McCandless was with them. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:22 AM — Filed under:
Conference: Internet at Liberty 2010
This conference is being held in Budapest from 20 to 22 September 2010. It is co-sponsored by Google and Central European University. Sunil Abraham and Anja ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:00 AM — Filed under:
India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech
Free speech advocates and Internet users are protesting new Indian regulations restricting Web content that, among other things, can be considered ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 01, 2011 02:20 AM — Filed under:
The internet’s new billion
New web users — in countries like Brazil and China — are changing the culture of the internet. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:31 AM — Filed under:
New internet rules open to arbitrary interpretation
Six years after an e-commerce CEO's arrest for a pornographic CD sold from his website, the government has introduced a liability on intermediaries such as ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 06, 2011 04:58 AM — Filed under:
Internet sceptic? Go get a life
Fifty years down the line, generations will laugh off the paranoia about the Internet - an article by Nishant Shah in the magazine Down To Earth by Radha Rao last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:49 PM — Filed under:
Internet, szabadon
A polgárjogi aktivisták konfrontálódtak és panaszkodtak, a Google és a Facebook hárított és panaszkodott az Internet at Liberty konferencián, amelyet kedden és ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:25 AM — Filed under:
India Should Watch Its Internet Watchmen
The month after terrorists attacked Mumbai in 2008, India's government initiated legislation enabling it to eavesdrop on electronic communication and block ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 06, 2011 05:08 AM — Filed under:
Thousands queue for iPad 2 across Asia
The iPad 2 went on sale in countries across Asia and beyond Friday as Apple's updated gadget entered an ever more crowded market. This article written by Joyce ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 23, 2011 07:10 AM — Filed under:
Iraqi Minister meets Secretary, Indian Ministry of Panchayat Raj
His Excellency Mr. Abdul Kareem El-Samarai, the Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology was among 15 other senior bureaucrats from Iraq who met with Mr. ANP ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 01, 2011 03:52 AM — Filed under:
Iraqi delegation in Bangalore to study e-governance projects
A 20-member delegation from Iraq, led by its Science and Technology Minister Abdul Kareem El-Samarai, is in this tech hub for a firsthand account of the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 21, 2011 09:41 AM — Filed under:
Mothers discuss kids, music, fashions, on Net
Among the many conversations about behavioural problems seen among teenage children and the benefits of organic foods, there is one that raves about a ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:25 AM — Filed under:
India Weighing Looser Web Rules
Indian authorities are considering revisions to new Internet regulations after criticism from free-speech advocates and companies like Google Inc. that fear ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 31, 2011 12:23 PM — Filed under:
Measuring the effectiveness of online activism
Article by Sruthi Krishnan in The Hindu, 21 June 2009 by Sanchia de Souza last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:56 PM — Filed under: