Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
31 Dec 2018
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Economics of Cybersecurity: Literature Review CompendiumThe twenty first century has witnessed an unprecedented conflation of everyday experiences and technosocial practices. The emergence of technologies like the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Digital Payment infrastructures are all …
29 Dec 2018
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Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?The government could always authorise intelligence agencies to intercept and monitor communications, but the lack of clarity is problematic.
26 Dec 2018
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Private-public partnership for cyber securityGiven the decentralised nature of cyberspace, the private sector will have to play a vital role in enforcing rules for security.
23 Dec 2018
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Mapping cybersecurity in India: An infographicThis infographic maps the key stakeholder, areas of focus and threat vectors that impact cybersecurity policy in India. Broadly, policy-makers should concentrate on establishing a framework where individuals feel secure and trust the …
23 Dec 2018
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Feminist Methodology in Technology Research: A Literature ReviewThis literature review has been authored by Ambika Tandon, with contributions from Mukta Joshi. Research assistance was provided by Kumarjeet Ray and Navya Sharma. The publication has been designed by Saumyaa Naidu.
23 Dec 2018
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European E-Evidence Proposal and Indian LawIn April of 2018, the European Union issued the proposal for a new regime dealing with cross border sharing of data and information by issuing two draft instruments, an E-evidence Regulation (“Regulation”) and an E-evidence Directive …
20 Dec 2018
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Event Report on Intermediary Liability and Gender Based ViolenceThis report is a summary of the proceedings of the Roundtable Conference organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) at the Digital Citizen Summit, an annual summit organized by the Digital Empowerment Foundation. It was …
19 Dec 2018
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A Gendered Future of WorkThis paper aims to contextualise the narrative around digitalisation and automation with reference to women's labour in India. The paper has been authored by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, edited by Elonnai Hickok and Rakhi Sehgal. …
11 Dec 2018
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A Critical Look at the Visual Representation of CybersecurityThe Centre for Internet and Society and design collective Design Beku came together on the 15th of November for a workshop on Illustrations and Visual Representations of Cybersecurity. Images in the public sphere such as visuals in the …
30 Nov 2018
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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETFThe institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental …
30 Nov 2018
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Cyberspace and External Affairs:A Memorandum for India SummaryThis memorandum seeks to summarise the state of the global debate in cyberspace; outline how India can craft it’s global strategic vision and finally, provides a set of recommendations for the MEA as they craft their cyber diplomacy …
23 Nov 2018
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ICANN Workstream 2 Recommendations on AccountabilityOne of the most significant initiatives to improve the accountability of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) commenced in 2014, when the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability was created. Its role was to …
20 Nov 2018
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Budapest Convention and the Information Technology ActThe Convention on Cybercrime adopted in Budapest (“Convention”) is the fist and one of the most important multilateral treaties addressing the issue of internet and computer crimes.
12 Nov 2018
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DIDP #32 On ICANN's Fellowship ProgramIn furtherance of its capacity building functions, ICANN selects Fellows for every public meeting. These are individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities who are trained to become active participants in the ICANN community.
5 Nov 2018
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Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar ReportWe are issuing a second clarificatory statement on our report titled “Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar numbers with sensitive personal financial information” …
1 Nov 2018
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Lessons from US response to cyber attacksPublicly attributing the attacks to a state or non-state actor is vital for building a credible cyber deterrence strategy.
26 Oct 2018
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Discrimination in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceThe dawn of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been celebrated by both government and industry across the globe. AI offers the potential to augment many existing bureaucratic processes and improve human capacity, if implemented in accordance …
26 Oct 2018
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Conceptualizing an International Security Regime for CyberspaceThis paper was published as part of the Briefings from the Research and Advisory Group (RAG) of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) for the Full Commission Meeting held at Bratislava in 2018.
18 Oct 2018
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377 Bites the Dust: Unpacking the long and winding road to the judicial decriminalization of homosexuality in IndiaAn informal case comment tracing the journey and assessing the societal implications the recent 377 (Navtej Johar v Union of India).
16 Oct 2018
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Why Data Localisation Might Lead To Unchecked SurveillanceIn recent times, there has been a rash of policies and regulations that propose that the data that Indian entities handle be physically stored on servers in India, in some cases exclusively. In other cases, only a copy needs to be stored.
11 Oct 2018
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Comments to The Personal Data Protection BillCIS has conducted extensive research into the areas privacy, data protection, data security, and was also a member of the Committee of Experts constituted under Justice A P Shah. CIS has also been cited multiple times in the Report of the …
27 Sep 2018
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Cross-Border Data Sharing and India: A study in Processes, Content and CapacityA majority of criminal investigations in the modern era necessitate law enforcement access to electronic evidence stored extra-territorially. The conventional methods of compelling the presentation of evidence available for investigative …
24 Sep 2018
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A trust deficit between advertisers and publishers is leading to fake newsTransparency regulations is need of the hour. And urgently for election and political advertising. What do the ads look like? Who paid for them? Who was the target? How many people saw these advertisements? How many times? Transparency …
14 Sep 2018
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Artificial Intelligence in the Governance Sector in IndiaThe use of Artificial Intelligence has the potential to ameliorate several existing structural inefficiencies in the discharge of governmental functions. Our research indicates that the deployment of this technology across sub-sectors is …
12 Sep 2018
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India’s post-truth societyThe proliferation of lies and manipulative content supplies an ever-willing state a pretext to step up surveillance.
5 Sep 2018
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AI in India: A Policy Agenda3 Sep 2018
3 Sep 2018
3 Sep 2018
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The Srikrishna Committee Data Protection Bill and Artificial Intelligence in IndiaArtificial Intelligence in many ways is in direct conflict with traditional data protection principles and requirements including consent, purpose limitation, data minimization, retention and deletion, accountability, and transparency.
27 Aug 2018
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Consumer Care Society: Silver Jubilee Year CelebrationsArindrajit Basu delivered a talk the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Consumer Care Society (CCS )on 'Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet.