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- Did He, Didn’t He? — by Rahul Bhatia — last modified Mar 26, 2012 07:03 AM
- During a recent cyber security event, Gulshan Rai, DG, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)—the man charged with protecting India’s cyberspace—allegedly made startling claims about two organisations that have relentlessly spoken up against draconian new additions to the country’s infotech laws that could limit free speech, laws that Rai’s organisation, CERT-In, is seen to support.
- Technological beasts like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube & Google impossible to control — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 13, 2011 03:25 AM
- They were places that let you be: to chat with buddies, exchange photos and plan parties. The rules of engagement were loose, voyeurism passed off as curiosity, vanity as sharing and gibes as friendly banter.
- Caught in the Web — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2011 03:32 PM
- Do we need a cyber Big Brother watching us? A look at both sides of the coin.
- Much at stake for tech sector in UID project — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2011 01:10 PM
- With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance raising a red flag against the National Identification Authority of India ( NIAI) Bill to grant the UID (or Aadhar) project legal status, the project looks set for a slowdown. That could have broad implications for the tech sector that had laid substantial hope on it, especially when global markets are slowing down.
- Online @ India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2011 07:48 AM
- I haven't yet heard of anybody in India going on a rampage because somebody in Pakistan started an 'India hate' page. However, I have seen people kill and destroy because they got incited to violence and hatred through offline religious propaganda, cinema and cricket.
- Online gag:Existing rules give little freedom — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:42 AM
- Even as the controversy over Kapil Sibal's attempt to get internet giants such as Google and Facebook to prescreen user-generated content to weed out 'offensive' material rages, a yet-to-be-published study by Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society reveals that rules already in place can have "chilling effects on free expression on the internet".
- That’s the unkindest cut, Mr Sibal — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 12, 2011 04:59 AM
- There’s Kolaveri-di on the Internet over Kapil Sibal’s diktat to social media sites to prescreen users’ posts. That diktat goes far beyond the restrictions placed on our freedom of expression by the IT Act. But, says Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society, India is not going to be silenced online.
- Internet, social media access should not be blocked: Ban — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2011 04:16 AM
- Amidst a raging controversy over the federal government’s proposal to monitor content in cyber space, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said access to the Internet and various social media must not be blocked as a way to prevent criticism and public debate.
- India entering the Minority Report age? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 10, 2011 06:40 AM
- Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.
- Nirmita receives NIVH Award — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 29, 2011 05:53 AM
- Nirmita Narasimhan received the NIVH Excellence Award from Justice AS Anand (retd), former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped in Dehradun on Saturday, 3 December 2011.
- Google V/s Kapil Sibal — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 09, 2011 11:12 AM
- Mr Kapil Sibal was quoted by the Hindu* today as saying that "he had been left with no choice" because the internet companies "refused to delete incendiary hate-speech."
- India bid to censor Internet draws flak — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 09, 2011 10:36 AM
- Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.
- Los internautas indios se oponen a la censura a través de la Red — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 09, 2011 12:25 AM
- La idea del Gobierno indio de censurar los contenidos de internet ha chocado con el rechazo de la empresas del sector y de los internautas, que están usando las redes sociales para ridiculizar al ministro
- Phishing Attacks on the Rise — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 13, 2011 04:15 PM
- It is very difficult to spot a fake website from the real one these days...with all the new technologies to clearly deceive the eyes. However, there are some ways to make the real from the fake ones with the help of two visual cues. Sunil Abraham was on News 9 on December 2, 2011 speaking about two visual cues to distinguish between the fake and the real websites.
- Social media sites refuse Indian censorship request — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 08, 2011 08:26 AM
- The Indian government's proposal to crack down on offensive internet content has sparked anger among the population.
- Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 08, 2011 11:31 AM
- We are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology to pre-screen user-generated Internet content.
- Is the govt bid to regulate content on the Internet a good thing? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 08, 2011 07:12 AM
- The recent move by Union Minister Kapil Sibal to engage leading Internet platform providers like Google, Facebook, etc in regulating content has seen netizens react in different manners. The question of freedom of expression vis-a-vis objectionable content has come to the fore. Pranesh Prakash who deals with such issues on a regular basis at the Centre for Internet and Society was answering questions (more like comments) live on CNN-IBN's chat feature on December 7, 2011.
- ‘Chilling’ Impact of India’s April Internet Rules — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 27, 2012 04:32 AM
- 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.
- Twitter, Facebook take the lead in blogosphere as blog searches fall by half — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2011 03:43 PM
- Blogging is old hat. A prominent trend-tracking tool shows that blog searches around the globe have halved, while micro-blogging platforms Twitter and Facebook have grown, suggesting a seminal shift in online communication.
- The Business Case for Web Accessibility — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Dec 07, 2011 09:56 AM
- NASSCOM Foundation has published a handbook on web accessibility titled "Understanding WebAccessibility — A Guide to create Accessible Work Environments". Nirmita Narasimhan authored a chapter "The Business Case for Web Accessibility".
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