Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
5 Jul 2018
Blog post
CIS contributes to the Research and Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) is an initiative of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and the East West Institute that seeks to promote mutual awareness and understanding among various cyberspace …
1 Jul 2018
Blog post
Digital Native: The bigger pictureFor all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things.
30 Jun 2018
News
Tech transformation: how agriculture is being redefined through digital innovation and startupsAt a recent YES Bank panel and digital startup competition, it was evident that India’s digital boom was lending the Indian startup ecosystem a distinctly agri-flavour.
29 Jun 2018
News
Draft bill proposes Rs 1 crore fine, 3 year jail for data privacy violationThe move comes at a time when user data of Indians is under threat from social media firms accused of data mining and sharing information with private companies for advertising and marketing purposes. There has also been a growing concern …
27 Jun 2018
News
The rise of AI in Indian healthcare industry: An innovative asset to the rescueThe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly increasing with the growth of start-ups and large Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies that offer AI healthcare solutions for healthcare challenges in India.
27 Jun 2018
Blog post
The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI frameworkThe Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy recommendations on the deployment of AI for India.
26 Jun 2018
News
Police to counter fake news on WhatsAppState police across Karnataka, Assam, Telangana and Kerala are designing social media campaigns as an antidote to fake news on messaging apps like WhatsApp following claims that these platforms have been used to incite violence across …
26 Jun 2018
News
Jindal varsity's international affairs students shine in job marketTurning a common perception on its head, international affairs students of O.P. Jindal Global University here have shown that pursuing a so-called "conventional" course can also open several doors of recruitment including in multinational …
26 Jun 2018
News
26th AMIC Annual Conference – India 2018The 26th AMIC annual conference on the theme Disturbing Asian Millennials: Some Creative Responses was organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) at Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal in Karnataka from June 7 - 9, 2018. Swaraj …
26 Jun 2018
News
'Full belief in fake texts shows cops not trusted'Nilotpal Basu and Abhijeet Nath, an audio engineer and digital artiste, were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week based on rumours that they were kidnappers.
25 Jun 2018
News
Death By WhatsAppThe fatal messages were both in text and in audio. They were in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese and Gujarati among others.
25 Jun 2018
News
Data Privacy: Footprints on the WebTechnology has made data protection a hot button issue. Now, a group of eminent citizens, mostly lawyers, have formulated a draft privacy bill, a legal framework that protects the individual’s right to privacy, but it faces legal …
23 Jun 2018
News
Is Privacy Obsolete?Pranesh Prakash was a panelist at this event organized by TERI in Bangalore on June 22, 2018.
23 Jun 2018
News
Anushka finds support for her anti-litter tiradeShe is well within her rights to shame the affluent man who threw plastic waste out of his swanky car, many say.
22 Jun 2018
22 Jun 2018
Blog post
Comments on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference RegulationsThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations which was released to the public by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …
14 Jun 2018
Blog post
Comments on the Draft Digital Communications PolicyThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft Digital Communications Policy which was released to the public by the Department of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Communications on …
13 Jun 2018
Blog post
NITI Aayog Discussion Paper: An aspirational step towards India’s AI policyThe National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence — a discussion paper on India’s path forward in AI, is a welcome step towards a comprehensive document that reflects the government's AI ambitions. The 115-page discussion paper attempts to …
12 Jun 2018
Blog post
Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attentionThe world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
12 Jun 2018
Blog post
Network Disruptions Report by Global Network InitiativeAround 70% of all known shutdowns in the world took place in India in 2017. The same year Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) released the “Temporary Suspension of Internet Services” giving State and Central Government officials the power to …
11 Jun 2018
News
Citizens’ Draft Privacy Bill Seeks To Revolutionise Data Collection, Storage In IndiaA draft privacy bill proposes sweeping reforms to the way personal data is collected, processed and stored in India.
7 Jun 2018
Blog post
Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official StatisticsThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics which was released to the public by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17th …
5 Jun 2018
News
EC disables easy access to electoral data across statesThe recently-concluded Assembly elections may have set more than just one precedent with implications for the entire nation.
1 Jun 2018
News
Patanjali's Kimbho swiftly retreats over security scare, ripped on TwitterSwadeshi" messaging app targeted at WhatsApp taken off from app stores hours after launch.
1 Jun 2018
News
Allow admins to add users to online group chats only after permission: SFLC.inSFLC.in -- a donor supported legal services organisation -- has written an open letter to messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Facebook and others, urging them to modify their platforms to ensure that users are not added to group …
31 May 2018
News
India Proposes Law to Give Indians Complete Control of their Digital Health DataIndia’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
31 May 2018
News
Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In IndiaMuch-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
31 May 2018
News
Don't blindly forward WhatsApp messages. You could be suedNever before in Bengaluru has the Internet and social media taken such a vicious and violent turn as it did last week.
31 May 2018
Blog post
CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in AsiaThe Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, …
30 May 2018
News
Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues hereMarket analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a …