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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
13 Jun 2012
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Beyond Anonymous: Shit people say on Internet piracyThis post is a series of provocations around piracy, censorship and the state of Internet in India. Like all good tasting things, these observations need to be taken with a pinch of salt. But it is the hope of the author that this serves as …
11 Jun 2012
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IPv6: Embrace The ChangeA moment of transition is always filled with anxiety. There is concern over the unknown and there is a reluctance to move out of the familiar. However, a transition does not necessarily mean migration; or in other words, as we transition to …
5 Jun 2012
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IPv6: The Transition ChallengeThe future of our connected networks is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Not only is it more efficient and faster than IPv4 which we are currently working with, it is also more reliable and secure.
5 Jun 2012
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IPv6: The First StepsThe Centre for Internet & Society has entered into a small collaboration with Tata Telecommunications in India to celebrate the IPv6 day on June 6th. We will write 5500 word vignettes, which will be sent to their global database consisting …
4 Jun 2012
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The Web of Our StrifeAt the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, India proposed the formation of a Committee on Internet-Related Policies (CIRP) to address what it sees as a policy vacuum in internet governance.
1 Jun 2012
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Beyond Sharing: Towards our Digital FuturesThe battle is not about file sharing and a petty film producer wanting to rake in the box office earnings. It is about the law’s incapacity to deal with post-analogue practices and processes.
24 May 2012
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The Private EyeThe world’s largest digital social networking system, oh ok, Facebook, to just name names, was recently in a lot of buzz.
24 May 2012
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Letter for Civil Society Involvement in WCITThis page features a letter from academics and civil society groups from around the world to International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré regarding the lack of opportunity for civil society participation in the …
24 May 2012
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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for ApplicationsThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
23 May 2012
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Open letter to Kolaveri Di makers: How Dare You!When it comes to piracy, you are sure to have an opinion. You might either make a virtue out of it, talking about cultural commons and collaborative conditions of production. Or you might vilify it as the social fault-line that is …
30 Apr 2012
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Chilling Effects and Frozen WordsWhat if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in the Hindu on April 30, 2012.
27 Apr 2012
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the InternetThe Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched …
26 Apr 2012
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India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderismCyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable of framing fair, just, and informed laws and policies. Pranesh Prakash suggests …
25 Apr 2012
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The Centre for Internet & Society Joins the Global Network InitiativeThe Global Network Initiative (GNI) is pleased to announce its newest member, the Centre for Internet & Society based in Bangalore, India. A technology policy research institute, CIS brings to GNI in-depth expertise on global Internet …
25 Apr 2012
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Non human intelligence is closer than you think!In one of the research projects that I have been involved in, I was recently a part of a jury, for a contest which required on-line voting. It sounded like a fun thing, giving the participants a chance to bring in their inherited networks …
15 Apr 2012
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The All India Privacy Symposium: Conference ReportPrivacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and Society in Action Group, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Privacy International and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative had organised the All India …
12 Apr 2012
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The High Level Privacy Conclave — Conference ReportPrivacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Society in Action Group, with support from IDRC and Privacy International, have spent 18 months studying the state of privacy in India, and conducting consultations across India in …
11 Apr 2012
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Two Tales of Transparency!In a single week, two global Internet giants announce transparency efforts that have direct implications for privacy and free speech.
10 Apr 2012
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The Idea of the BookIts future lies in a trans-media format that is ever evolving, writes Nishant Shah in an article which was published in the Indian Express on April 8, 2012.
10 Apr 2012
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Sharing in the time of Facebook, or Why I’m not a PirateIt is now over a month that my favourite network has been dead. Library.nu the rare space for sharing of academic resources to a free and open community has succumbed to the pressures of publishing industry stalwarts who, in their quest for …
10 Apr 2012
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions around the world have introduced legislations for limiting intermediary liability …
30 Mar 2012
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Global Censorship ConferenceThe Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School is holding a conference on global censorship from March 30 to April 1, 2012, at Yale Law School. The programme is sponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law …
27 Mar 2012
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Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines RulesRajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled.
21 Mar 2012
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Why your Facebook Stalker is Not the Real ProblemWe live in networked conditions. This is a statement that can now be taken at face-value, and immediately explains our highly connected, inter-meshed environments finds Nishant Shah in this article published in FirstPost on March 20, 2012.
29 Feb 2012
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Unique ID System: Pros and ConsOn September 16, 2011, the Citizen’s Voluntary Initiative for the City and Centre for Advocacy and Research organized a public consultation titled “Unique ID System: Pros and Cons” in Bangalore. The consultation was on the utility and …
29 Feb 2012
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Privacy in India — An Early DraftPrivacy India in partnership with Privacy International, UK, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to bring you the draft chapters of its book on privacy in India. These include the …
22 Feb 2012
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The High Level Privacy ConclaveIndia in dire need of privacy law; experts say government is ironically creating huge national security risks in attempts to prevent crime and terrorism.
22 Feb 2012
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All India Privacy SymposiumAre we citizens or subjects? Experts gather in Delhi for public symposium on privacy, transparency, e-governance and national security in India.
14 Feb 2012
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Personal Data, Public ProfileWhether we like it or not, we live in a world that is rapidly being Googlised, writes Nishant Shah in an article published by the Financial Express on February 13, 2012.
13 Feb 2012
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World Narrow WebCensorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.