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Blog Entry Misuse of Surveillance Powers in India (Case 1)
by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 06, 2013 — filed under: ,
In this series of blog posts, Pranesh Prakash looks at a brief history of misuse of surveillance powers in India. He notes that the government's surveillance powers have been freqently misused, very often without any kind of judicial or political redressal. This, he argues, should lead us as concerned citizens to demand a scaling down of the government's surveillance powers and pass laws to put it place more robust oversight mechanisms.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Tweets from Bali IGF 2013
by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Oct 28, 2013 09:09 AM
CIS is logging all tweets with the words "igf2013", "igf13", "igf", "bestbits", and "genderit" during the Intenet Governance Forum going on in the Bali this week, and making it available in downloadable files.
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File Tweets with "BestBits"
by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Oct 28, 2013 08:46 AM
Tweets with "BestBits".
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File Tweets with "IGF13"
by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Oct 28, 2013 06:29 AM — filed under: , ,
Tweets with "IGF13".
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File Tweets with "IGF2013"
by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Oct 28, 2013 06:37 AM
Tweets with "IGF2013".
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File Tweets with "IGF"
by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Oct 28, 2013 06:55 AM
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Blog Entry Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain
by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 21, 2013 — last modified Sep 06, 2013 04:56 AM — filed under: ,
Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
In response to criticisms of the Centralized Monitoring System, India’s new surveillance program, the government could contend that merely having the capability to engage in mass surveillance won’t mean that it will. Officials will argue that they will still abide by the law and will ensure that each instance of interception will be authorized.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry How Surveillance Works in India
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: , ,
When the Indian government announced it would start a Centralized Monitoring System in 2009 to monitor telecommunications in the country, the public seemed unconcerned. When the government announced that the system, also known as C.M.S., commenced in April, the news didn’t receive much attention.
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Blog Entry India's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 11:42 AM
This was the statement that the Government of India made at the closing of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (17-28 June 2013), after the Marrakesh Treaty (the "Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for the Blind, Visually Impaired and otherwise Print Disabled") was adopted.
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