Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
30 Dec 2015
News
India’s net neutrality debate is unique and complexConnectivity to millions in India is main issue
30 Dec 2015
News
Foreign Media on Zuckerberg's India BacklashWhen Facebook's co-founder proposed bringing free Web services to India, his stated aim was to help connect millions of impoverished people to unlimited opportunity. Instead, critics have accused him of making a poorly disguised land grab …
30 Dec 2015
Blog post
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 …
29 Dec 2015
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Start-up India turns the heat on Facebook Free BasicsFacebook launched its "Save Free Basics" campaign last week, asking users to support "digital equality" in India.
29 Dec 2015
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Facebook goes out all guns blazing in push for Free Basics, Net neutrality advocates cry foulFacebook's media onslaught to garner support for its controversial Free Basics program is almost inescapable. Multi-page ads in national dailies, outdoor hoardings, television spots and perhaps the most effective of them all - Facebook …
27 Dec 2015
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Second Regional Conference on Connectivity for All: Future Technologies, Markets and RegulationThis conference organized by the International Telecommunications Society, IIMA IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad was held in New Delhi from December 13 to 15, 2015. Sunil Abraham was a panelist …
26 Dec 2015
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A Scam Masquerading as SantaChristmas is here and social media is abuzz with celebrations of its spirit.
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
Blog post
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
12 Dec 2015
Event
Net Neutrality across South AsiaThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and the Observer Research Foundation in association with Centre for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennnsylvania and Internet Policy Observatory is …
12 Dec 2015
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Consultation on "Understanding the Freedom of Expression Online and Offline"The event organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation and Association for Progressive Communications was held at YMCA, New Delhi on December 10, 2015. Jyoti Panday attended the event as a speaker. She covered imposition of legitimate …
10 Dec 2015
News
Unbundling Issues of Privacy, Data Security, Identity Matrics, for Financial InclusionThis event was organized by Indicus Foundation and MicroSave on December 10, 2015 at the Metropolitan Hotel and Spa, New Delhi. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
9 Dec 2015
News
Kick Off Meeting for the Politics of Data ProjectTactical Technology Collective (TTC) on December 7 and 8, 2015 organized this event in Phnom Penh. Amber Sinha participated in it.
9 Dec 2015
News
Cyber Security Summit 2015The Government of Karnataka in association with Biz Wingz Production House organized this Summit on November 27, 2015 at JW Marriott, Bangalore from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham was a panelist.
4 Dec 2015
Blog post
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
Blog post
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
Blog post
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
Blog post
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
Blog post
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 …
1 Dec 2015
Event
Bangalore Chapter Meet - DSCIThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is glad to host the Bangalore Chapter Meet of DSCI on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
30 Nov 2015
News
शंभर वर्षांपूर्वीच्या पुस्तकांचे होणार डिजिटायझेशनLokmat (newspaper) covered Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha's Project news.
30 Nov 2015
News
Take-away from the I&J Project Workshop at the UN Internet Governance Forum 2015The Internet & Jurisdiction Project organized the workshop “Transnational due process: A case study in multi-stakeholder cooperation” at the Internet Governance Forum convened by the United Nations on November 13, 2015.
30 Nov 2015
News
Shopping on apps raise privacy and security concernsThe recently concluded online Diwali sales frequently offered consumers hefty discounts on merchandise if they shopped via store app, a move that experts say increases security risks for internet users.
29 Nov 2015
Blog post
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.
27 Nov 2015
Blog post
The Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption PolicyWritten for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
26 Nov 2015
Blog post
The Case of Whatsapp Group Admins24 Nov 2015
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Predictive Policing: What is it, How it works, and its Legal ImplicationsThis article reviews literature surrounding big data and predictive policing and provides an analysis of the legal implications of using predictive policing techniques in the Indian context.