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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
5 Dec 2019
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Cyber security tips for small businessesIt is important to have good cyber security practices, experts recommend.
3 Dec 2019
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A Deep Dive into Content Takedown TimeframesSince the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web-hosting providers, …
28 Nov 2019
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Proposals to regulate social media run into multiple roadblocksThe Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Pegasus spyware attack on WhatsApp and the growing misuse of social media platforms to spread misinformation have made governments world over, including in India, realise the limitations of existing laws …
28 Nov 2019
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Project on Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism with City UniversityCIS is a partner on the project 'Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism in the Digital Age'. The project is lead by Dr. Carolina Matos, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media in the Department of Sociology at City University.
18 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019
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Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media HandbookThe need for intervention in the cybersecurity imagery in media publications was realised during a brainstorming workshop that was conducted by CIS with illustrators, designers, and cybersecurity researchers.
15 Nov 2019
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India facial recognition: How effective will it be?India is trying to build what could be the world's largest facial recognition system.
15 Nov 2019
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Guest post: Before cyber norms, let’s talk about disanalogy and disintermediationIn a guest post in relation to CIS’s recently held roundtable onIndia’s cyber defense strategy, Pukhraj Singh looks at the critical fissures – at the technical and policy levels – in global normative efforts to secure cyberspace. By …
15 Nov 2019
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Draft Security Standards for The Financial Technology Sector in IndiaInformation security standards provide a framework for the secure development, implementation and maintenance of information systems and technology architecture. This document includes draft information security standards, which seek to …
15 Nov 2019
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Cyber law experts asks why CERT-In removed advisory warning about WhatsApp vulnerabilityOn the missing web page note, CERT-In had provided a detailed explanation of the vulnerability, which could be exploited by an attacker by making a decoy voice call to a target.
15 Nov 2019
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Activists demand judicial probe into WhatsApp snoopingCalls for Parliamentary supervision over Government interception, legal hacking.
13 Nov 2019
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Startup Street: Google India's new top boss, the rise of Mastodon and keeping tabs on data complianceArindrajit Basu appeared on CNBC TV 18's Start Up Street discussing data compliance in the fall out of the Whatsapp-Pegasus incident.
13 Nov 2019
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Should online political advertising be regulated?Micro-targeting could have potentially damaging results in the context of political advertising.
13 Nov 2019
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Open Workshop on 'Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and AfricaMonish will be a part of a collaborative network which is organising an open workshop on 'Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and Africa', on December 4, 2019 at Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) Delhi.
13 Nov 2019
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India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy FormulationThe past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, …
13 Nov 2019
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Cultivating India's Cyber Defense StrategyArindrajit Basu, Pranav M. Bidare and Karan Saini organized a roundtable discussion on 'Cultivating India’s Cyber Defense Strategy' at the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi, on November 5, 2019. The event saw a total of 27 …
13 Nov 2019
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Advancing Cyberstability Final ReportCentre for Internet & Society (CIS) was acknowledged in the final report of the Global Commission on Stability of Cyberspace
12 Nov 2019
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Event Report: Consultation on Draft Information Technology (Fintech Security Standards) RulesThe Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of drafting certain data security standards for Fintech entities. As part of the process of drafting, a consultation roundtable was organized to get inputs from industry executives, …
7 Nov 2019
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Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websitesReliance Jio, the most popular ISP in India, is employing a deep packet inspection technique to block websites for its users.
5 Nov 2019
Event
Cultivating India’s Cyber Defense StrategyThe Centre for Internet & Society is hosting this roundtable discussion to identify critical vectors in India's Cyber Defense debate, and hash out next steps for a robust cyber defense agenda.
2 Nov 2019
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Consultation on 'Privacy and Gender'Ambika Tandon was a speaker at the Consultation on Privacy and Gender organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy held at New York University, New York on October 30 - 31, 2019.
31 Oct 2019
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CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch CallIn the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2018 to “bring together countries and tech …
30 Oct 2019
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Through the looking glass: Analysing transparency reportsAn analysis of companies' transparency reports for government requests for user data and content removal
29 Oct 2019
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Department of Labour Interaction Program: Online Business PlatformsThe Department of Labour convened an interaction program of sorts at Vikas Soudha in Bangalore on 21st October, 2019 to hear the issues plaguing the emergent gig economy.
27 Oct 2019
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Comments to the Code on Social Security, 2019This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet & Society, India (CIS) to the draft Code on Social Security, 2019 (hereinafter “ Draft Code ”) prepared by the Government of India’s Ministry of Labour and …
24 Oct 2019
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Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and PrivacyThis submission to UNHRC presents a response by researchers at the CIS to ‘gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and individuals of diverse sexual orientations gender identities, gender expressions and sex …
23 Oct 2019
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Trending Hate Against Muslims: Is Twitter Complicit?Twitter claimed that it had ‘prevented’ the Hashtag while it had not.
20 Oct 2019
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Roundtable Discussion on Intermediary LiabilityTanaya Rajwade participated in a roundtable discussion on intermediary liability organised by SFLC and the Dialogue in New Delhi on October 17, 2019.
20 Oct 2019
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NIPFP Seminar on Exploring Policy Issues in the Digital Technology ArenaAnubha Sinha participated in this seminar as a discussant on the "Regulating emerging technologies" panel. The event was held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 10 - 11, 2019.
20 Oct 2019
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Dystopia vs development: The Kashmir paradoxOn 26 July, Azmat Ali Mir, 26, landed in her hometown, Srinagar. A day later, uncertainty and panic gripped the Kashmir valley—the Amarnath yatris (pilgrims) and other tourists were being evacuated, there was heavy military deployment and …