Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
27 Apr 2012
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the InternetThe Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched …
26 Apr 2012
News
Social Media 1, Indian Government 0The futility of the Indian government’s attempts to control what is posted on Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites was thrown into high relief this week, after a video purportedly showing Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singvi …
26 Apr 2012
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Private sector censorsIf business decides what’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ speech, it can lead to multiple interpretations and arbitrary decisions. The article by Salil Tripathi was published in LiveMint on April 25, 2012.
26 Apr 2012
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India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderismCyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable of framing fair, just, and informed laws and policies. Pranesh Prakash suggests …
25 Apr 2012
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Views | Why the Left may for once be rightOn the opening day of the upcoming parliamentary session on Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha is set to vote on an annulment motion against the IT rules, moved by P. Rajeeve of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
25 Apr 2012
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The Centre for Internet & Society Joins the Global Network InitiativeThe Global Network Initiative (GNI) is pleased to announce its newest member, the Centre for Internet & Society based in Bangalore, India. A technology policy research institute, CIS brings to GNI in-depth expertise on global Internet …
25 Apr 2012
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Privacy International's Trip to AsiaIn February 2012, the PI team travelled to India, Bangladesh and Hong Kong to meet with our local partners in the region and speak at four conferences they had organized. We also got the chance to interview our partners in India and …
25 Apr 2012
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Non human intelligence is closer than you think!In one of the research projects that I have been involved in, I was recently a part of a jury, for a contest which required on-line voting. It sounded like a fun thing, giving the participants a chance to bring in their inherited networks …
25 Apr 2012
News
MPs to be taught ‘draconian’ IT Act Rules as India.net support galvanises for annul motionThe blog post by Prachi Shrivastava was published in Legally India on April 23, 2012.
25 Apr 2012
News
Mobilising support for freedom on the WebA motion in the Rajya Sabha has sought annulment of the IT intermediary guidelines, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on April 22, 2012.
25 Apr 2012
News
India arrests professor over political cartoonSharing funny, satirical cartoons over the Internet can land you in court and even in jail these days in the world’s largest democracy. The article by Rama Lakshmi was published in Washington Post on April 13, 2012.
25 Apr 2012
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Expect anti-net censorship echo in houseFor the anti-Internet censorship movement in the country, hope is now in sight. Their fight against the intermediary provisions (section 79) of the IT laws, according to which, an intermediary (website, domain owner) would have to take off …
25 Apr 2012
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Campaign against curbs on websites gathers steamFor political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and his blogger-cum-journalist friend Alok Dixit, who both ran a website against corruption, a tryst with the blind side of law triggered their mission against “gagging” of the new-age Indian Internet …
21 Apr 2012
Event
Resisting Internet Censorship: Strategies for Furthering Freedom of Expression in IndiaThe Centre for Internet and Society and the Foundation for Media Professionals invite you to an open discussion on 'Resisting Internet Censorship: Strategies for Furthering Freedom of Expression in India' at the Bangalore International …
16 Apr 2012
Event
Konkan Corridor Project — A Lecture by Vasant GangavaneWell known social worker Vasant Gangavane will be giving a public lecture on the Konkan Corridor Project at Ashoka Innovators for the Public in Bangalore on April 16, 2012. The lecture will focus on the role of Information & Communication …
15 Apr 2012
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The All India Privacy Symposium: Conference ReportPrivacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and Society in Action Group, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Privacy International and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative had organised the All India …
14 Apr 2012
Event
Braitenberg Cybernetic Vehicles: Workshop, Film Screening & DiscussionThe Metaculture Media Lab at the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore is organizing a fun event, next Saturday, April 14, 2012. The event will begin at 2.30 p.m. and will end at 6.00 p.m.
12 Apr 2012
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The High Level Privacy Conclave — Conference ReportPrivacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Society in Action Group, with support from IDRC and Privacy International, have spent 18 months studying the state of privacy in India, and conducting consultations across India in …
11 Apr 2012
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Two Tales of Transparency!In a single week, two global Internet giants announce transparency efforts that have direct implications for privacy and free speech.
11 Apr 2012
News
A beauty’s blog creates furoreHer first Tamil poetry anthology Otraiyilaiyena (As a single leaf) saw three editions and the second one Ulagin Azhagiya Muthal Penn (The first beautiful woman in the world) invited mixed reactions like Iyal Poetry Award and a call for a …
10 Apr 2012
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The Idea of the BookIts future lies in a trans-media format that is ever evolving, writes Nishant Shah in an article which was published in the Indian Express on April 8, 2012.
10 Apr 2012
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Sharing in the time of Facebook, or Why I’m not a PirateIt is now over a month that my favourite network has been dead. Library.nu the rare space for sharing of academic resources to a free and open community has succumbed to the pressures of publishing industry stalwarts who, in their quest for …
10 Apr 2012
News
Look Who’s Chasing... The Twitter GodThe celebrity isn’t the known face, it’s the Twitter handle that gets the following, writes Arpita Basu in this article published in Outlook's April 2012 issue. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this article.
10 Apr 2012
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions around the world have introduced legislations for limiting intermediary liability …
10 Apr 2012
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Government washes hands of Google's new privacy policyThe government has more or less washed its hands of internet giant Google's new privacy policy that is being criticised in Europe and elsewhere, but wants Indian residents to watch out for themselves, writes Jayadevan in this article …
3 Apr 2012
News
GIGA International Conference Series - 1The Institute of Global Internet Governance and Advocacy (GIGA) at NALSAR University will hold the first International Conference in association with Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT) of Government of India on the …
30 Mar 2012
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Global Censorship ConferenceThe Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School is holding a conference on global censorship from March 30 to April 1, 2012, at Yale Law School. The programme is sponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law …
27 Mar 2012
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Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines RulesRajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled.
27 Mar 2012
News
Data protection experts slam state for sending mass SMSesExperts in the field of data protection, privacy law and media have criticised the West Bengal government's mass SMS sent to individuals, companies and media houses through private mobile networks last Friday. Lara Choksey reports this in …
26 Mar 2012
News
Is your facebook page your mini resume?As privacy debates heat up across the world, Bangaloreans reveal the trend of employers asking job aspirants for their Facebook IDs and passwords has caught on here too. When Adil Pasha, 24, revealed at an advertising job interview that his …