The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and independence, respect for the safety and freedom of journalists, and the legislative, institutional and infrastructural environment in which the media operate.
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The Internet is more than just a source of all the answers to us. It’s more of a second life that takes its course over time, depending on how we build up our online aura. But with everything coming out in the open on the web, the chances of several Internet-based crimes increase accordingly. Read…
President Barack Obama is expected to announce an executive order directing the government and companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats in response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment(6758.T). As in other policy areas where Obama has been unable to get legislation through the now Republican-controlled Congress, the White House is turning to…
Let’s be clear about one thing about freedom of expression. It ain’t pretty. It never was and it never will be. For freedom of expression to be worth anything, it has to be about standing up for the right of someone else to say what we don’t believe and in fact, find offensive, insulting and…
How free is free? Is there a limit to free speech and, if so, what are those limits and the contexts in which such limits should be placed? And, most important, who imposes such limits — the self, society or state?
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China’s Internet curbs are isolating it from the world and having a “highly detrimental” impact on business, a European lobby said on Thursday, in an unusually strong statement by a foreign business chamber. With a population of over 1.4 billion people, 632 million of whom are online, China offers a crucial market for multinational firms. But it also has the world’s most…
After Malappuram, Tirur municipality in the district is planning to cover the town with free WiFi connectivity. The municipality has already started campaign for e-governance literacy and it is going to be declared as the first total e-governance literate municipality in the country soon. WiFi facilities will help achieve the desired results of e-governance literacy…
Aimed at ensuring transparency and better administration, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry today said it aims to bring the entire system fall under the scope of e-governance module. Launching a web-based application to make payment process for works related to National Highways more transparent, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said he plans…
Information technology (IT) is central to enabling change for developing smart cities. Hence, it is vital to have a relevant IT architecture in place, which can be replicated over the country, said J Satyanarayana, advisor (eGovernance, electronics and IT), government of Andhra Pradesh, at the 17th Edition of ‘Express Technology Sabha’, organised by the Indian…
With an aim to make the internet more accessible, social networking giant Facebook and Indian telecommunications company Reliance Communications Ltd. tied-up to provide free data services to the consumers in seven Indian states for the next three months. The announcement was made on February 10, 2015.
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