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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
12 Feb 2016
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India Electronics Week 2016 & the IoT ShowThe India Electronics Week 2016 was held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre from 11th-13th January 2016, along with Bangalore's biggest IoT Exhibition and Conference, bringing the global electronics industry together. The …
11 Feb 2016
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Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian WinterFacebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality …
11 Feb 2016
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Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International StandardsThe Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
30 Jan 2016
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The Internet Has a New Standard for CensorshipThe introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country like India where access to information is routinely restricted.
29 Jan 2016
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CIS's Comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft ProposalThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) gave its comments on the failures of the CCWG-Accountability draft proposal as well as the processes that it has followed.
28 Jan 2016
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Summary of the Public Consultation by Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, AllahabadOn December 22nd and 23rd a public consultation was organized by the Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad at the GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad to discuss the issues related to making Allahabad into …
23 Jan 2016
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Transparency in SurveillanceTransparency is an essential need for any democracy to function effectively. It may not be the only requirement for the effective functioning of a democracy, but it is one of the most important principles which need to be adhered to in a …
19 Jan 2016
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NASSCOM-DSCI Annual Information Security Summit 2015 - NotesNASSCOM-DSCI organised the 10th Annual Information Security Summit (AISS) 2015 in Delhi during December 16-17. Sumandro Chattapadhyay participated in this engaging Summit. He shares a collection of his notes and various tweets from the …
15 Jan 2016
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11 Jan 2016
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Nature of Knowledge11 Jan 2016
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Human Rights in the Age of Digital Technology: A Conference to Discuss the Evolution of Privacy and SurveillanceThe Centre for Internet and Society organised a conference in roundtable format called ‘Human Rights in the Age of Digital Technology: A Conference to discuss the evolution of Privacy and Surveillance. The conference was held at Indian …
11 Jan 2016
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A Critique of Consent in Information PrivacyThe idea of informed consent in privacy law is supposed to ensure the autonomy of an individual in any exercise which involves sharing of the individual's personal information. Consent is usually taken through a document, a privacy notice, …
9 Jan 2016
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Facebook Free Basics: Gatekeeping Powers Extend to Manipulating Public Discourse15 million people have come online through Free Basics, Facebook's zero rated walled garden, in the past year. "If we accept that everyone deserves access to the internet, then we must surely support free basic internet services. Who could …
3 Jan 2016
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Reply to RTI Application under RTI Act of 2005 from Vanya RakeshUnique Identification Authority of India replied to the RTI application filed by Vanya Rakesh.
3 Jan 2016
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Free Basics: Negating net parityResearchers funded by Facebook were apparently told by 92 per cent of Indians they surveyed from large cities, with Internet connection and college degree, that the Internet “is a human right and that Free Basics can help bring Internet to …
31 Dec 2015
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Eight Key Privacy Events in India in the Year 2015As the year draws to a close, we are enumerating some of the key privacy related events in India that transpired in 2015. Much like the last few years, this year, too, was an eventful one in the context of privacy.
30 Dec 2015
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Millions of Indians Slam Facebook's ‘Free Basics’ AppIt has been less than two months since the nationwide launch of the Free Basics app in India. The smart phone application (formerly known as Internet.org) offers free access to Facebook, Facebook-owned products like WhatsApp, and a select …
30 Dec 2015
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Benefits and Harms of "Big Data"Today the quantity of data being generated is expanding at an exponential rate. From smartphones and televisions, trains and airplanes, sensor-equipped buildings and even the infrastructures of our cities, data now streams constantly from …
25 Dec 2015
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Facebook Shares 10 Key Facts about Free Basics. Here's What's Wrong with All 10 of Them.Shweta Sengar of Catch News spoke to Sunil Abraham about the recent advertisement by Facebook titled "What Net Neutrality Activists won't Tell You or, the Top 10 Facts about Free Basics". Sunil argued against the validity of all the 'top 10 …
22 Dec 2015
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Ground Zero SummitThe Ground Zero Summit which claims to be the largest collaborative platform in Asia for cyber-security was held in New Delhi from 5th to 8th November. The conference was organised by the Indian Infosec Consortium (IIC), a not for profit …
21 Dec 2015
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Smart Cities in India: An OverviewThe Government of India is in the process of developing 100 smart cities in India which it sees as the key to the country's economic and social growth. This blog post gives an overview of the Smart Cities project currently underway in …
12 Dec 2015
4 Dec 2015
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CIS's Position on Net NeutralityAs researchers committed to the principle of pluralism we rarely produce institutional positions. This is also because we tend to update our positions based on research outputs. But the lack of clarity around our position on network …
3 Dec 2015
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Security ResearchThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
2 Dec 2015
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UID ResearchThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
2 Dec 2015
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Sectoral Privacy ResearchThe Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.
2 Dec 2015
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Privacy Policy ResearchThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
2 Dec 2015
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DNA ResearchIn 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to finalize the Bill. In 2014, another version was released, the approval of which is …
29 Nov 2015
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The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in IndiaThe Modi government’s attack on Sathiyam TV is another manifestation of the Indian state’s paranoia of the medium of film and television, and consequently, the irrational controlling impulse of the law.