Source: Sudhi Ranjan Sen, NDTV
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today raised alarm over the use of new tools – bulk SMS, social media, and internet – to stir an old problem – communal violence.
Tag Archives: Cyberspace
Use of social media to instigate communal tension worrying: PM
September 8, 2012 – 8:04 am
Analysing latest list of blocked sites
August 22, 2012 – 7:38 am
Source: Pranesh Prakash, CIS India
Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
Russia’s top cyber sleuth foils US spies, helps Kremlin pals
July 23, 2012 – 7:18 am
Kaspersky Lab isn’t just an antivirus company; it’s also a leader in uncovering cyber-espionage.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert on the politics of Big Data
June 19, 2012 – 12:57 pm
In the June 19 2012 issue of the World Politics Review, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert explores the role of Big Data and the growing political importance of the corporate giants that own and operate cyberspace.
The U.N.’s Internet power grab
June 17, 2012 – 8:43 am
Source: L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal
It’s easy to understand why countries like Russia, China and Iran would want to rewire the Internet, cutting off access to their citizens and undermining the idea of a World Wide Web.
McCain promotes offensive cyber capabilities
June 8, 2012 – 8:52 am
Source: Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
The U.S. military is placing too much emphasis on defense against cyber attacks when it should be developing offensive cyber capabilities, according to Sen. John McCain.
Chinese censors accidentally block Shanghai Index
June 4, 2012 – 3:21 pm
Source: Slashdot
Today is the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Naturally, the Chinese Censors were working overtime to block anything that made remote or oblique references to that event.
Access announces Innovation prize
May 31, 2012 – 2:49 pm
Source: Access
The Access Innovation Prize is a new initiative that will award 5 lots of US$20,000 to individuals, organizations or networks that have the best actionable ideas of how to use information technology to promote and enable human rights or deliver a social good outcome.
New resource for tracking corporate censorship
May 23, 2012 – 6:35 am
Source: online censorship.org
OnlineCensorship.org is a space where communities crowdsource instances of censorship enacted by private online platforms.
CJFE’s Review of Free Expression in Canada includes piece by Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert
May 3, 2012 – 3:16 pm
In his piece, Professor Deibert writes about Canada’s role in securing cyberspace, quasi-national cyber armies such as the Syrian Electronic Army and the challenges faced by global civil society in cyberspace.
