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World Wide Rule
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 14, 2013
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last modified
Jul 01, 2013 10:26 AM
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Internet Governance
Nishant Shah's review of Schmidt and Cohen's book was published in the Indian Express on June 14, 2013.
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Blog
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Internet firms deny existence of PRISM
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 07:47 AM
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Internet Governance
Nothing is private anymore. According to a leak in the US, which revealed the wide reach of a mass surveillance programme by intelligence agencies, messages, posts, chats on your computer or phone are all vulnerable to interception, thanks to direct access to servers of major tech companies.
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News & Media
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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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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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Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the usual excuse of combatting terrorism and/or child pornography.
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News & Media
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Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: Nilekani
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 29, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 10:13 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Nandan Nilekani says UIDAI system almost completely accurate, duplication of identities virtually negligible.
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News & Media
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Facebook, Google deny spying access
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 09, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM
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Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
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News & Media
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Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 22, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online surveillance by state agencies without even realizing it. No surprise, several cyber security experts feel that building one's own personal firewall is a good way of fortifying online privacy.
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News & Media
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In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 09:31 AM
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Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post.
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News & Media
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April 2013 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 30, 2013
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last modified
May 31, 2013 08:07 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Digital Humanities,
CISRAW,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the fourth issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Report on CIS' Workshop at the IGF:'An Evidence Based Framework for Intermediary Liability'
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Sep 22, 2014
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last modified
Sep 24, 2014 10:47 AM
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Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
An evidence based framework for intermediary liability' was organised to present evidence and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition, function and responsibilities of intermediaries across jurisdictions.
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Internet Governance