Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
31 Dec 2012
News
UN agrees to review agencies governing InternetAlthough India’s proposal has been criticized as an effort to control the Net, govt says this will ensure it has more say in policymaking.
31 Dec 2012
News
The year social media came of age in IndiaSambhavi Saxena, 19, was at Jantar Mantar on December 25 protesting against Nirbhaya's brutal rape when Delhi Police swooped down, rounded her up along with other agitators and took them to the Parliament Street police station. Sambhavi …
31 Dec 2012
Blog post
State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp: SummaryOn December 13 and 14, 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation organized the Surveillance and Human Rights Camp held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting examined trends in surveillance, reasons for state surveillance, surveillance …
31 Dec 2012
News
No fear of losing internet freedom till Jan 15: ExpertsThere is no need to get scared about losing internet freedom, at least till January 2015.
31 Dec 2012
Blog post
Mining the Web CollectiveIn March 2012, Dr Bruno Latour and his team from the Sciences Po Media Lab organized a workshop that assembled a selected group of researchers from India to explore methods of Controversy Mapping. It was hosted by Dr J. Srinivasan, Director …
31 Dec 2012
News
Delhi gang rape: What Facebook, Twitter expose about govtWhen constable Subhash Tomar collapsed during the anti-rape agitation in New Delhi, the government was keen to say he suffered injuries inflicted by the protesters. But the administration's version of events was challenged soon on social …
31 Dec 2012
News
A note of dissent on cash transfers and UIDThe following is the text of a note released by 208 scholars, activists and concerned citizens on the United Progressive Alliance government’s plan to introduce cash transfers linked to the Aadhaar (UID) numbers of beneficiaries:
29 Dec 2012
Blog post
Tomorrow, TodayOur present is the future that our past had imagined. Around the same time last year, I remember taking stock of the technologies that we live with and wondering what 2012 would bring in.
28 Dec 2012
Blog post
Internet-driven Developments — Structural Changes and Tipping PointsA symposium on Internet Driven Developments: Structural Changes and Tipping Points was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Harvard University from December 6 to 8, 2012. The symposium was sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur …
28 Dec 2012
Event
Bangalore CryptoParty!Care about your privacy and online security? Want to fight against pervasive governmental surveillance and corporate invasions of privacy? The Centre for Internet & Society invites you to the CryptoParty tonight (Friday) at 6.00 p.m. Make …
21 Dec 2012
News
State Surveillance and Human Rights CampA two-day conference was held in Rio on December 13 and 14 at Sheraton Rio Hotel & Resort. Elonnai Hickok participated in the event and made a presentation on MLATS and International Cooperation for Law Enforcement Purposes.
21 Dec 2012
News
‘The IT Act is fine, but its interpretation is not’Several organisations such as the Alternate Law Forum and Centre for Internet and Society are campaigning to amend the IT Act 2000. However, SV Raghavan, scientific secretary, office of PSA to the government of India, stated that the law in …
20 Dec 2012
News
Govt likely to issue guidelines to clarify IT rules soonNorms relate to the role of intermediaries such as telcos, Web service providers, others on hosting content online, writes Surabhi Agarwal.
19 Dec 2012
Blog post
The Trouble with Hurried SolutionsThe World Conference on International Telecommunication showed that countries are not yet ready to arrive at a consensus on regulation and control of the Internet
18 Dec 2012
News
The freedom of expression debate: The State must mend fences with The WebA fortnight after her arrest, Renu Srinivasan spends her free time singing Ashley Tisdale's number Suddenly. The lyrics - Suddenly people know my name, suddenly, everything has changed - resonate with the story of her life ever since she …
18 Dec 2012
Event
Technology Culture and Events in South East Asia — A Presentation by Preetam RaiPreetam Rai who works with nonprofits, startups and educational institutions will do a small presentation cum discussion at the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore on December 18, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
12 Dec 2012
News
Ayodhya trending on Twitter sparks censorship concernsOn the 20th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the ShauryaDiwas, Ayodhya and Babri Masjid hashtags were trending on Twitter all day, with almost 2,500 messages sent over 48 hours.
11 Dec 2012
News
66A ‘cut & paste job’The controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has borrowed words out of context from British and American laws, according to lawyers here who are calling it a “poor cut-and-paste job”.
10 Dec 2012
Blog post
The Worldwide Web of ConcernsThe International Telecommunication Union’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is currently under way in Dubai, after a gap of 25 years. At this conference, the Inter-national Telecommunication Regulations — …
10 Dec 2012
Blog post
The Worldwide Web of ConcernsThe threat of a ‘UN takeover’ of the Internet through the WCIT is non-existent. However, that does not mean that activists have been crying themselves hoarse in vain.
10 Dec 2012
News
Debate on Section 66A rages onLast week, a reputed BPO in Chennai took down its Facebook page and introduced stricter moderation for posts on its bulletin board.
9 Dec 2012
News
Annual Conference on Human Rights 2012Malavika Jayaram participated in this conference as a panelist in this event organised by Estonia and Google.
6 Dec 2012
Event
Meeting of the Network of Internet & Society CentersThe Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University together with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society in Berlin, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore, the Center for …
5 Dec 2012
Blog post
Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of SpeechWhy is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
3 Dec 2012
Blog post
Transcripts from WCIT-12We are archiving copies of the live-transcripts from the World Conference on International Telecommunications, 2012 (WCIT-12) which is being held in Dubai from 3–14 December, 2012.
3 Dec 2012
News
Seminar/Artist Talks : "Outresourcing" with the Transmediale CollectiveSharath Chandra Ram is presenting a White Paper at this event initiated by the Berlin - Transmediale new media collective in Bangalore on December 3, 2012.
3 Dec 2012
Blog post
Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000: CasesIn this blog post Snehashish Ghosh summarizes the facts of a few cases where Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000, has been mentioned or discussed.
3 Dec 2012
Blog post
Comments on the Proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 Concerning Radio Frequency Identification TagsThe Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments on the proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The comments were made in response to Notification GSR 738(E) published in the Gazette of India on October 3, 2012.
2 Dec 2012
Blog post
So Much to LoseUnless you have been hiding under a rock, you have been a witness to the maelstrom of events that accompanied the death of the political leader Bal Thackeray.
2 Dec 2012
News
Second International e-Governance ConferenceThe second international conference on governance and electronics which is held under the motto "Together Toward Digital Inclusion" is organized by the National Committee for Corporate Governance Electronic Iraq and the United Nations …