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- A new domain name, but concerns remain the same — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 06, 2012 08:40 AM
- It seemed like an innocuous enough change — from this week, all visitors from India to blogs hosted on Google's Blogger saw the URLs read [blogname].blogspot.in rather than the .blogspot.com they were used to. Karunya Keshav's article was published in the Hindu on 5 February 2012.
- Digital Futures: Internet Freedom and Millennials — by Nishant Shah — last modified Feb 15, 2012 04:25 AM
- Last year was a turbulent year for freedom of speech and online expression in India. Early in 2011 we saw the introduction of an Intermediaries Liability amendment to the existing Information Technologies Law in the country, which allowed intermediaries like internet service providers (ISPs), digital content platforms (like Facebook and Twitter) and other actors managing online content, to remove material that is deemed objectionable without routing it through a court of law. Effectively, this was an attempt at crowdsourcing censorship, where at the whim or fancy of any person who flags information as offensive, it could be removed from digital platforms, writes Nishant Shah in DMLcentral on 3 February 2012.
- Common man as crusader — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 06, 2012 04:13 AM
- Tamil Nadu saw its highest poll turn out in 44 years when 75% of its adults exercised their franchise in the 2011 assembly elections. There were 48 lakh Google searches for ‘Anna Hazare’ on June 8 2011 (when he began his fast) compared to a negligible number on any day in 2010. A 42-year-old man immolated himself in Kutch last year when he was told to bribe officials to access his own ancestral land records.
- 5 things you need to know about online privacy policies — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 30, 2012 12:02 PM
- Ever since Google tweaked it's privacy policy on January 24, online confidentiality and its future has been the topic of a raging public debate, making it hard for an average Internet user to decide what he should and should not share on an online platform. Experts say that the key here is to understand each of the terms and policies before you sign in. Indu Nandakumar writes in the Economic Times on 2 February 2012.
- India needs an independent privacy law, says NGO Privacy India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 03, 2012 11:46 AM
- India needs an independent privacy law though there are a number of provisions in existing legislations that protect a citizen's privacy, according to an NGO that is lobbying for the cause. The story was published in the Economic Times on 2 February 2012.
- Privacy, speech at stake in cyberspace — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 03, 2012 11:27 AM
- Internet censorship is becoming a trend, with many countries around the world filtering the Web in varying degrees, writes Leslie D’Monte in Livemint on February 3, 2012.
- Freedom of Expression in Community Media and on the Internet Understanding Connections, Finding Common Ground — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 03, 2012 11:00 AM
- A meeting co-organised by the Internet Democracy Project (Delhi) and Maraa (Bangalore) with the support of the Community Radio Forum in New Delhi on 3 February 2012. Pranesh Prakash is participating in this event.
- Do we need the Aadhar scheme? — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 03, 2012 10:11 AM
- "Decentralisation and privacy are preconditions for security. Digital signatures don’t require centralised storage and are much more resilient in terms of security", Sunil Abraham in the Business Standard on 1 February 2012.
- Google move is not good for netizens, say experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 03, 2012 10:03 AM
- Google's plan to merge data across 60 of its properties, which was announced last week, has drawn criticism from experts on the Internet, who are saying that this is detrimental to privacy. Balaji Narasimhan wrote this in the Hindu Business Line. The article was published on 31 January 2012.
- Sense and Censorship — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 31, 2012 06:15 AM
- The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills, at the US House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, appear to enforce property rights, but are, in fact, trade bills. This article by Sunil Abraham was published in the Indian Express on 20 January 2012.
- Summary of the Minutes of the Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 04:24 PM
- The Western Ghats Portal team had organized a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state of biodiversity informatics as expressed in three spheres: technology behind biodiversity informatics, scientific commons and policy and biodiversity portals in India. It hoped to provide an opportunity to interact and learn from similar endeavors in this emerging discipline. The workshop was held at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore on 25 November 2011.
- Alternative Approaches to Social Change — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 06:04 AM
- Review of Maesy Angelina’s essay, "Digital Natives’ Alternative Approach to Social Change", in Digital Alternatives with a Cause Book 2: To Think, pp.64-76 by Nuraini Juliastuti.
- Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 04:54 AM
- Twitter, the popular social networking site for micro-blogging, has announced it is open to content censorship and region-based filtering, if required by law. The service boasts nearly 300 million users from across the world. Vinod Yalburgi writes this in the International Business Times.
- Google’s privacy policy raises hackles — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 03:58 AM
- Have you ever used Google to search for a restaurant while you were logged in its network using your Google id? Or shared information about your trip to Goa with your friends on Google +? Or watched belly dance on YouTube? Or looked for Sunny Leone pictures on Google images? If yes, Google knows about it. Javed Anwer wrote on article on this. It is published in the Times of India on 26 January 2012.
- Technology for Accessibility in Higher Education — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jan 31, 2012 06:29 AM
- Education for students with disabilities has long been a serious cause of concern in India, as also in other countries around the world. A person with a disability studying in mainstream educational institutions in India experiences many difficulties in navigating through the obstacle course of the Indian educational system, writes Nirmita Narasimhan in this IIMB Journal brought out on the occasion of the conference 'never-the-less - Enabling Access for Persons with Disabilities to Higher Education and Workplace - Role of ICT and Assistive Technologies.
- Our Internet and the Law — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 26, 2012 09:28 AM
- Nishant Shah was interviewed by the BBC Channel 5 (Radio) for its Outriders section. Jamillah Knowles reports this through this blog post published by BBC Radio on 24 January 2012.
- Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill" — by Natasha Vaz — last modified Feb 15, 2012 04:27 AM
- On January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in the series of regional consultations held as “Privacy Matters”. The present conference analyzed the Draft Privacy Bill and the participants discussed the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.
- Google to change privacy policy to use personal info of users — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 05:03 AM
- It is a warning for users of Google and other Social Networking sites. Who are using these sites for searching anything they want to know and sharing their personal life with friends, colleagues and relatives. If you have ever used Google for searching any place, restaurant or shared information about your personal life with your friends on Google and other social networking sites, or you have watched adult stuff on YouTube, if your answer is yes, Google knows about it. And according to its new privacy policy Google is going to put this information to some use. Sheetal Ranga's article was published in Punjab Newsline on 27 January 2012.
- Section 79 of the Information Technology Act — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 19, 2012 02:55 PM
- How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That) — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM
- Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
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