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Press freedom rank for India drops from 105 in 2009 to 131 last year

Following are excerpts from a Washington Post article titled “India debates limits to freedom of expression”   From Google to Facebook, from world-famous author Salman Rushdie to a little-known political cartoonist, it has become increasingly easy in recent months to offend the Indian government, and to incur the wrath of the censor or even the Read more…


Transcript of Isoc Chennai IGF Vilnius Workshop on International Trade and Internet Governance

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Proposed and organized by Isoc India Chennai, this workshop was conducted at the IGF Vilnius by Sebastien Bachollet of Isoc France (who is a Honarary Director of Isoc India Chennai) and Olivier Crepin LeBlond of Isoc England as the Remote Coordinator. A brief report and a Video Recording has already been posted in this blog Read more…


Transcript of Isoc Chennai IGF Vilnius Workshop on International Trade and Internet Governance

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Proposed and organized by Isoc India Chennai, this workshop was conducted at the IGF Vilnius by Sebastien Bachollet of Isoc France (who is a Honarary Director of Isoc India Chennai) and Olivier Crepin LeBlond of Isoc England as the Remote Coordinator. A brief report and a Video Recording has already been posted in this blog Read more…


Remote Participation in the Internet Governance Forum

Posted in chennai, igf, igf2010, india, internet, isoc, News | Posted on: August 3rd, 2010 by | 1 Comment

The internet Governance Forum (IGF) The IGF takes place once a year and aims to discuss issues related to Internet governance that touch directly upon the lives of Internet users, such as: privacy, freedom of expression, access to the Internet and content diversity, to name just a few. The IGF is a multistakeholder forum. This Read more…


India to introduce IPv6 from 2012

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India will start using IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) from March 2012, according to a new roadmap released by the Indian government.All telecom and ISPs will have to be IPv6-compliant by the end of next year and offer IPv6 services thereafter, the government said in a statement issued on Wednesday by the country’s Press Information Read more…