Right to Access the Internet: Upholding a Human Right

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 RightsCon, Manila, Philippines Manila, Philippines—DEF team member, Ms. Ritu Srivastava, participated in the interactive session on Right to Access the Internet:  Upholding a Human Right at the RightsCon conference in Manila, Philippines.  The interactive session explored interlinkages between access to internet as a basic human rights in Asia—particularly Indonesia, India, Pakistan,…

“Not Too Inaccessible for Broadband: Connecting Remote Communities with Wireless Spectrum”

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 RightsCon, Manila, Philippines Manila, Philippines—DEF team, Mr. Shahid Ahmed and Ms. Ritu Srivastava, participated in the interactive session on Broadband For All at the RightsCon conference in Manila, Philippines.  The interactive session explored how broadband services and access can be utilized by all populations across world.  Mr. Shahid Ahmed offered perspective…

A victory for freedom of expression

Court Judgment on 66 A: A victory for freedom of expression “Freedom of expression can be defined in three aspects: Discussion, Advocacy and Incitement.” This historic statement was made today by Justice Nariman, declaring the complete victory of freedom of speech in India. Today – 24 March 2015 – we got a landmark decision from…

New digital age and importance of privacy of data

Privacy should not be limited to headline grabbing revelations about surveillance, Snowden and Sony; these conversations need to be mainstreamed to every citizen-consumer. A few months ago, I was invited to sit on a jury looking at innovative uses of social media platforms and community-oriented apps. The awards criteria included originality, implementation, scalability and impact.…