Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
20 Dec 2017
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Taxes in the Time of Internet ShutdownStrap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
20 Dec 2017
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Silence on the Dera FrontStrap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
20 Dec 2017
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ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent ShutdownsStrap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
20 Dec 2017
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Every Town had its Jio DaraStrap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open …
20 Dec 2017
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Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the WindowStrap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
20 Dec 2017
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E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without InternetStrap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
20 Dec 2017
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Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans InternetStrap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
19 Dec 2017
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Was there an Unofficial Internet Shutdown in BHU & NTPC?Strap: In Varanasi and Raebareli, residents allege internet bans, while govt denies it all.
19 Dec 2017
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The Rising Stars in Music Loath Losing their Only PlatformStrap: The music from Kashmir wants to find a way out, but shutting internet down only adds to the bitterness.
19 Dec 2017
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Stock Brokers Don't Love an Internet ShutdownStrap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.
19 Dec 2017
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Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back OnStrap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
19 Dec 2017
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Online or Offline, Protest Goes OnStrap: Kashmiris say internet blockades have no effect on uprisings
19 Dec 2017
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It Hurts Them TooStrap: Internet shutdown robs security forces' social media lifeline in J&K.
19 Dec 2017
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Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day SiegeStrap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
19 Dec 2017
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Internet and the Police: Tool to Some, Trash to OthersStrap: Disconnection with colleagues discomforts one part of the administration, but the other quips, what’s the big deal?
19 Dec 2017
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Internet and Banking: A Trust BrokenStrap: Some cut down their daily meals and some lost their jobs as the banking sector took a major hit during internet shutdowns.
19 Dec 2017
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How Media beat the Shutdown in DarjeelingStrap:Journalists did what the state was expected to do: fight rumours.
19 Dec 2017
19 Dec 2017
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Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
19 Dec 2017
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Business Woes from Saharanpur's Internet BanStrap: Three businessmen reveal the price they paid
19 Dec 2017
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Amid Unrest in the Valley, Students See a Dark WallStrap: Frequent, prolonged restrictions on internet have kept many from using the learning resource.
18 Dec 2017
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Should Aadhaar be mandatory?This week, a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will adjudicate on limited questions of stay orders in the Aadhaar case. After numerous attempts by the petitioners in the Aadhaar case, the court has agreed to hear this matter, just …
16 Dec 2017
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Artificial Intelligence - Literature ReviewWith origins dating back to the 1950s Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not necessarily new. However, interest in AI has been rekindled over the last few years, in no small measure due to the rapid advancement of the technology and its …
16 Dec 2017
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AI and Healthcare in India: Looking ForwardThis Report provides an overview of the proceedings of the Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and healthcare in India: Looking Forward (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Roundtable’), conducted at The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), …
8 Dec 2017
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Breeding misinformation in virtual spaceA well-informed citizenry and institutions that provide good information are fundamental to a functional democracy.
1 Dec 2017
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India’s Data Protection Regime Must Be Built Through an Inclusive and Truly Co-Regulatory ApproachWe must move India past its existing consultative processes for rule-making, which often prompts stakeholders to take adversarial and extremely one-sided positions.
23 Nov 2017
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Counter Comments on TRAI's Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in Telecom SectorThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has commented on the Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in Telecom Sector published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on August 9, 2017.
14 Nov 2017
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Breach Notifications: A Step towards Cyber Security for Consumers and CitizensThrough the Digital India project the Indian government is seeking to establish India as a digital nation at the forefront. Increasingly, this means having good cyber-security policies in place and enabling a prosperous business environment …
12 Nov 2017
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A Comparison of Legal and Regulatory Approaches to Cyber Security in India and the United KingdomThis report is the first part of a three part series of reports that compares the Indian cyber security framework with that of the U.K, U.S and Singapore.
29 Oct 2017
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Why Presumption of Renewal is Unsuitable for the Current Registry Market StructureWith the recent and much protested renewal of the .net legacy Top-Level-Domain (TLD), the question of the appropriate method of renewal has again come to the forefront. While this seems relatively uncontroversial to most, Padma …