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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
27 Feb 2016
News
Why India snubbed Facebook's free Internet offerThe social media giant wanted to give the people of India free access to a chunk of the Internet, but the people weren't interested.
27 Feb 2016
News
Netizen Report: The EU Wrestles With Facebook Over PrivacyGlobal Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.
27 Feb 2016
Blog post
Comments by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Report of the Committee on Medium Term Path on Financial InclusionApart from item-specific suggestions, CIS would like to make one broad comment with regard to the suggestions dealing with linking of Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts. Aadhaar is increasingly being used by the government in various …
25 Feb 2016
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‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data PricingIndia distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs …
23 Feb 2016
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Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential PricingIndia would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.
17 Feb 2016
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media DevelopmentThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, …
17 Feb 2016
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Free Speech and the Law on SeditionSiddharth Narrain explains how the law in India has addressed sedition.
17 Feb 2016
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Free Speech and Public OrderIn this post, Gautam Bhatia has explained the law on public order as a reasonable restriction to freedom of expression under Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India.
15 Feb 2016
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Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net NeutralityFacebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
15 Feb 2016
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Trai upholds Net Neutrality in setback to Facebook’s Free BasicsTrai says Internet service providers will not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
15 Feb 2016
Blog post
Internet FreedomThe modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
15 Feb 2016
News
Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in IndiaIndian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
14 Feb 2016
News
UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online ProtectionJyoti Panday attended UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection (COP) held on 8 February 2016 at Hotel Claridges in New Delhi.
14 Feb 2016
Blog post
There is No Such Thing as Free BasicsIndia would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has …
14 Feb 2016
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Net neutrality advocates hail Trai verdictFacebook 'disappointed' with the ruling on differential pricing.
14 Feb 2016
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Linking Facebook use to free top-up dataJust before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013.
14 Feb 2016
Blog post
A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?This is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
12 Feb 2016
Blog post
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
News
India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality RulesIn India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
11 Feb 2016
Blog post
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.
10 Feb 2016
News
India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poorIndia’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
5 Feb 2016
Event
Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 3The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai …
4 Feb 2016
News
A Megacorp’s Basic InstinctBolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.
3 Feb 2016
Event
Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 2The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai …
3 Feb 2016
News
India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from FacebookALWAR, India — Connecting people to the Internet is not easy in this impoverished farming district of wheat and millet fields, where working camels can be glimpsed along roads that curve through the low-slung Aravalli Hills.
1 Feb 2016
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Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 1The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai …
31 Jan 2016
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.
30 Jan 2016
News
Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a priceWho could possibly be against free internet access? This is the question that Mark Zuckerberg asks in a piece for the Times of India in which he claims Facebook’s Free Basics service “protects net neutrality”.