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A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Feb 20, 2016 07:28 AMThis is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
There is No Such Thing as Free Basics
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 14, 2016 11:37 AMIndia would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning the differential pricing without discriminating services.
Agenda: UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2016 10:46 AMConcept Note: UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2016 10:16 AMIndia Electronics Week 2016 & the IoT Show
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Feb 12, 2016 03:12 AMThe India Electronics Week 2016 was held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre from 11th-13th January 2016, along with Bangalore's biggest IoT Exhibition and Conference, bringing the global electronics industry together. The event also had the EFY Expo 2016, supported by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology & the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.
Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:49 PMThe Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PMFacebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Jan 30, 2016 09:17 AMThe introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country like India where access to information is routinely restricted.
CIS's Comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 29, 2016 03:17 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) gave its comments on the failures of the CCWG-Accountability draft proposal as well as the processes that it has followed.
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