T-Mobile announced this week that it would no longer count video-streaming from certain apps, like Netflix, toward customers’ monthly data caps — it’s called “zero-rating” that traffic. Sounds great, right? But some Internet rights advocates argue the practice could be bad news for consumers. It’s the first time such a program has been offered in…
Consensus at the closing 10th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Brazil today underscored the contribution of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) and the Internet to the achievement of the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations announced. Goal 9 of the agenda sets an ambitious target to “significantly increase access to information and…
“The mainspring of the story is people will see what they want to see in one way or the other. And the crime rate has nothing to do with what they watch. The only way to bring down crime rate is to make sure that no perpetrator of such crime goes scot-free. “ The simplest…
Three days ago a petition popped up on the website Change.org urging Mark Zuckerberg to “support freedom of expression in India” by unblocking an atheist Facebook group there with over 13,000 members. Facebook, the petition said, had not given any reason for the blockade. One day users in India who tried to visit the site…
MISA’s Advocacy Officer in Zambia, Kamufisa Manchishi, recently attended the 10th annual Global Internet Governance Forum in João Pessoa, Brazil, from 10 to 13 November, 2015. He shared notes on his experience … The 10th annual meeting of the global Internet Governance Forum took place from the 10th to the 13th of November, 2015 in…
As per IAMAI’s Internet in India 2015 report, this figure signifies a 49% growth in consumers compared to past year. By December, the total number of users is projected to reach 402 million, exceeding the 300 million total users in the United States and establishing India as the second largest online population in the world.…
113 million Indians losing upto Rs 17, 000 due to cybercrime Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) released its India findings from the Norton Cybersecurity Insights Report, which sheds light on the truths of online crime and the personal effect it has on consumers. The report reveals that 60 per cent of people worry about experiencing cybercrime. Interestingly,…
There is something wrong with our society. It seems that we are driven more by emotions, non-issues, violence and calls for destruction than reasoning, common sense, non-violence and trust. We are choosing politicians who are dividing us; we are allowing the administration to use us as commodities. By now, you must have read the headlines…
What do young people and some among the middle-aged who are hooked to their smart phones do all day, we may wonder. Well, a brief questionnaire sent by this writer to a few respondents reveal the kind of passion and enthusiasm with which people check their Facebook Page after they have posted a statement or…
Indian demands that Facebook remove online content shot up more than threefold in the first six months of the year, outnumbering those from any other country, mostly on account of posts that could incite religious hatred. Turkey came second at 4,496 and France a distant third at 295. According to the social network’s biannual Government…