Communications Policy and Regulations / Politiques et réglementation en matière de communications

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    ASEAN-TELSOM regional forum on convergence : final report
    (Rajah and Tann, advocates and solicitors, Singapore, SG, 2005) Rajah and Tann, advocates and solicitors
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    Asia's ICT for development revolution
    (2003) Lafond, R.; Smyth, N.
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    Breaching trust : an analysis of surveillance and security practices on China's TOM-Skype platform
    (The SecDev Group, Ottawa, ON , CA, 2008) Villeneuve, Nart
    Our investigation reveals troubling security and privacy breaches affecting TOM-Skype—the Chinese version of the popular voice and text chat software Skype, marketed by the domestic Chinese company TOM Online. TOM-Skype routinely collects, logs and captures millions of records that include personal information and contact details for any text chat and/or voice calls placed to TOM-Skype users, including those from the Skype platform. These records are kept on publicly-accessible servers, along with the information required to decrypt these log files. These files contain the full text of chat messages sent and/or received by TOM-Skype users that contain particular keywords that trigger TOM-Skype’s content-filtering capability. Our investigation revealed eight servers that are part of the TOM-Skype surveillance network. In addition, we found one server hosting a special version of TOM-Skype designed for use in “net bars” or cybercafés. This server contained log files and information that revealed the list of the words that the system censored. Another server captured data from TOM Online’s wireless services, and contained logs of SMS messages and other sensitive information. The log files obtained during the course of the investigation reveal information such as the IP addresses, usernames (and land line phone numbers) used to place or receive TOM-Skype calls, as well as the full content of filtered messages and the time and date of each message. The collected data affects all TOM-Skype users and also captures the personal information of any Skype users that interacted with registered TOM-Skype users. This represents a severe security and privacy breach. It also raises troubling questions regarding how these practices are related to the Government of China’s censorship and surveillance policies. The captured messages contain keywords relating to sensitive topics such as Taiwan independence, the Falun Gong, and political opposition to the Communist Party of China...
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    Digital review of Asia Pacific, 2003 / 2004
    (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2003) Chin Saik Yoon; Akhtar, Shahid; Charron, Claude-Yves; Ng Lee Hoon, Maria; Seow, Isa
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    Digital review of Asia Pacific, 2005 / 2006
    (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2005) Chin Saik Yoon; Akhtar, Shahid; Charron, Claude-Yves; Ng Lee Hoon, Maria
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    Digital review of Asia Pacific, 2007 - 2008
    (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008) Librero, Felix; Arinto, Patricia
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    Final report for "Privacy in Asia" scoping project
    (Privacy International, London, GB, 2009) Privacy International
    The goal of this scoping exercise was to identify key Asian partners and issues in promoting privacy protection in Asia. The state of regulatory protections (the jurisdiction and powers of the regulators) and legal protections (jurisprudence) was assessed, along with some strengths and weaknesses of existing law. The policy drivers for privacy law can be categorized into issues of constitutional, economic, international, and security sector provisions.
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    ICTs in Schools Policy Advocacy Story: IT for Change
    (2009)
    Early efforts to set the direction regarding equity and social justice in education and ICTs were a critical step forward. Substantive contributions for new policy in India were made by eminent educationists led by IT for Change (ITfC) on the issue. ITfC collated existing knowledge on the use of ICTs in Indian school education systems, including the National Curricular frameworks, studies on past ICT in schools programs, and also studied similar policies and programs across the world.
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    Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (Asia-Pacific)
    (UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), 2005) Akhtar, Shahid
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    OSHCA 2007 conference report : Moving the FOSS Agenda for Health; Setting the Framework for Interoperability
    (Society of Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA), Kuala Lampur, MY, 2007) Society of Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA)
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    Software for development : a documentary and case studies
    (UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme’s (UNDP-APDIP), 2006) UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme’s (UNDP-APDIP)
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    Some Indicators of the Impact of our Work supported by IDRC
    (2009-09)
    The paper outlines some programming impacts of IDRC support and assistance, in creation of and implementation of ICT policy. IT for Change (ITfC) advances policy inclusion for the global digital divide. New ICTs make possible decentralized curriculum design and development, and creation of teacher peer networks for professional development. Much work has been done to build networks with educationists, evolving the discourse on ICTs and gender inclusion, and frameworks for ICT’s in citizenship and governance. Global policy circles need to bring attention back to issues of social policy and inclusion, and the perspective of 'ICTs as public good.'
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