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2012: Privacy Highlights in India
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Feb 12, 2013
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this blog post, Elonnai Hickok summarizes the top privacy moments of 2012 in India. In doing so she lists out the major ones like the Report of Group of Experts on Privacy, the RIM Standoff, the Nira Radia controversy, the Centralized Monitoring System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, NATGRID, CCTNS, the growth of CCTVs, the leaked DNA Profiling Bill, and the UID project.
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Internet Governance
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2014 showed the power of Twitter, now every Indian politician wants a handle
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 20, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Twitter is fast turning into an effective political tool. As political parties fight another round of electoral battles, a new survey on the 2014 general elections states that those who tweeted well, fared well.
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‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 25, 2016
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
India distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content.
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‘A safe Internet and a free Internet can co-exist’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 25, 2015
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last modified
Mar 25, 2015 03:58 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
Striking down of 66A kicked off celebrations in the IT capital.
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News & Media
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‘Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 06, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Indian government has asked social media operators to delete information on the Internet that might offend the ‘‘sensibilities’’ of people in India, Kapil Sibal, India’s minister of communications and information technology, said Tuesday, confirming an earlier India Ink report.
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‘By weakening our security, govt is putting us at risk of espionage’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 27, 2015
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last modified
Oct 02, 2015 03:09 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Encryption Policy,
Privacy
After the BlackBerry encryption and IT Act fiascos of recent years, the government last week sent yet another cyber policy howler, the Draft National Encryption Policy, only to withdraw it in the face of severe protests. S. Raghotham and Mayukh Mukherjee spoke with Pranesh Prakash, policy director, Centre for Internet & Society, on the government’s continued misadventures with data privacy and encryption.
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‘Chilling’ Impact of India’s April Internet Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Jan 27, 2012 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Kapil Sibal’s demand that Internet companies self-censor users’ content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. This article by Heather Simmons was published in the New York Times on December 7, 2011.
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‘Future of Work’ in India’s IT/IT-es Sector
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by
Aayush Rathi and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Mar 05, 2020
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last modified
Apr 28, 2020 09:52 AM
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filed under:
Future of Work,
internet governance,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society has recently undertaken research into the impact of Industry 4.0 on work in India. Industry 4.0, for the purposes of the research, is conceptualised as the technical integration of cyber physical systems (CPS) into production and logistics and the use of the ‘internet of things’ (connection between everyday objects) and services in (industrial) processes. By undertaking this research, CIS seeks to complement and contribute to the discourse and debates in India around the impact of Industry 4.0. In furtherance of the same, this report seeks to explore several key themes underpinning the impact of Industry 4.0 specifically in the IT/IT-es sector and broadly on the nature of work itself.
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‘Hacking’ sparks row over exam evaluation
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 07, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 08:58 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Over the past two days, Cornell University student Debarghya Das’ blog post on ‘Hacking the Indian Education System’ has kicked off a debate across the country over the security of data published online and the practice of moderation of marks obtained by school students in board examinations.
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News & Media
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‘Hurt sentiments’ cost Udaipur internet access for four days
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by
Shruti Jain
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published
Jan 19, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Shutdown,
Internet Governance
Strap: Authorities suggest it was more than a Facebook post that led to shutdown.
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