Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
2 Mar 2020
2 Mar 2020
Blog post
Counter-comments to Traffic Management Practices (TMPs) and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net NeutralityThis submission presents counter-comments by CIS in response to the consultation paper floated by the TRAI on the topic of ‘Traffic Management Practices (TMPs) and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net Neutrality’. These counter-comments take …
21 Feb 2020
21 Feb 2020
19 Feb 2020
Blog post
How the Data Protection Bill Regulates Social Media PlatformsThe Bill gives the Centre the power to designate certain social media intermediaries as significant data fiduciaries.
14 Feb 2020
Blog post
Law and Politics of Global Governance Course OutlineArindrajit Basu taught a course on various prospects and challenges of global governance at NUJS, including the geo-politics of emerging technologies.
14 Feb 2020
Blog post
Content takedown and users' rightsAfter Shreya Singhal v Union of India, commentators have continued to question the constitutionality of the content takedown regime under Section 69A of the IT Act (and the Blocking Rules issued under it). There has also been considerable …
12 Feb 2020
Blog post
Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
10 Feb 2020
6 Feb 2020
Event
How to Shut Down Internet ShutdownsThis talk will focus on the challenges and opportunities for research on internet shutdowns after the judgement of the Supreme Court in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India. Stepping beyond the judgement, there will be a wider discussion on …
17 Jan 2020
13 Jan 2020
Blog post
Comments to National Security Council on National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020CIS submitted brief comments to the National Security Council on the National Cybersecurity Strategy within the 5000 character limit provided. CIS will continue producing outputs building on these ideas.
10 Jan 2020
Event
How safe is your harbour? Discussions on intermediary liability and user rightsThe Centre for Internet and Society is holding discussions on 10 January 2020 to discuss research on automated content filtering, content takedown, traceability and the future of intermediary liability in India
2 Jan 2020
Blog post
Pegasus snoopgate, an opportune moment to revisit legal framework governing state surveillance frameworkRevelations of hacking call for a relook at India’s surveillance regime
2 Jan 2020
Blog post
Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy ConcernsArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the first of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial …
2 Jan 2020
Blog post
Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way ForwardArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the third of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial …
2 Jan 2020
Blog post
Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy ConcernsArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated …
31 Dec 2019
Blog post
Extra-Territorial Surveillance and the Incapacitation of Human RightsThis paper was published in Volume 12 (2) of the NUJS Law Review.
17 Dec 2019
Blog post
ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitmentsAkriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working …
16 Dec 2019
15 Dec 2019
News
WhatsApp spy attack and afterBengaluru experts analyse the Pegasus snooping scandal, and provide advice on what you can do about the gaping holes in your mobile phone security.
15 Dec 2019
News
Stakeholder Consultation on Digital Assets for Women’s Economic Empowerment | UN Women + SEWAOn December 06, 2019, Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi participated in a "Stakeholder Consultation on Digital Assets for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Addressing Barriers and Enhancing Opportunities for Women in Informal Economy and in …
15 Dec 2019
News
Power over privacy: New Personal Data Protection Bill fails to really protect the citizen’s right to privacyNikhil Pahwa throws light on the new personal data protection bill.
15 Dec 2019
News
Outrage As Privileged IITians Use Tech To Spy On SweepersSome members of the housekeeping staff at IIT Ropar were put under round the clock surveillance during working hours for many days in February this year without their consent. IIT Ropar Director Prof S K Das has ordered a probe into the …
15 Dec 2019
News
India’s record on internet shutdown gets bleaker; now blocked in 2 NE statesIndia reported over 100 internet shutdown in 2018, according to an annual study of Freedom House, a US-based non-profit research organization.
15 Dec 2019
News
IETF106Gurshabad Grover participated at IETF106, which was held in Singapore 16-22 November, 2019.
12 Dec 2019
Blog post
In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public SpaceA discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
11 Dec 2019
6 Dec 2019
Event
Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook: Launch Event6th December | 6 pm | Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore
5 Dec 2019
News
Why having more CCTV cameras does not translate to crime preventionCan technology substitute addressing social, psychological, economic and other individual factors that largely lead to criminality? And what are the perils of over-reliance on technology to fight crime?