Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
20 Oct 2019
News
Due Diligence Project FGD by UN WomenOn October 11, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan attended a focussed group discussion at the UN House, New Delhi, organized by UN Women for their multi-country research study on online violence (Due Diligence Project).
20 Oct 2019
News
Discussion at CyFy on Technology, Policy and National Security: Building 21st Century Curricula in India’s Law SchoolsArindrajit Basu attended the session and gave comments on the course outline which included thoughts on:
20 Oct 2019
News
BSides Delhi 2019 Security ConferenceKaran Saini attended the BSides Delhi security conference on October 11, 2019. The event was organized by Bsides Delhi in New Delhi.
20 Oct 2019
Blog post
“Politics by other means”: Fostering positive contestation and charting ‘red lines’ through global governance in cyberspaceThe past year has been a busy one for the fermentation of global governance efforts in cyberspace with multiple actors-states, industry, and civil society spearheading a variety of initiatives. Given the multiplicity of actors, ideologies, …
18 Oct 2019
News
Will FASTag raise privacy concerns?FASTag, an electronic device that enables direct, cashless toll payment, has been touted as the Aadhaar for vehicles as it would help the government track movement of automobiles. But the move can also stoke fresh concerns on privacy.
18 Oct 2019
Blog post
The Mother and Child Tracking System - understanding data trail in the Indian healthcare systemsReproductive health programmes in India have been digitising extensive data about pregnant women for over a decade, as part of multiple health information systems. These can be seen as precursors to current conceptions of big data systems …
18 Oct 2019
News
Participation in ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 meetingsFrom October 14 - 18, 2019, Gurshabad Grover, participated in the meetings of ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 held in Paris, the committee that develops international standards for IT Security techniques.
18 Oct 2019
Event
Draft Model Fintech Security Standards: Closed Door ConsultationThe Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy and security standards in the Indian ‘Fintech space’ for the past year. One component of our research has been to create Draft Security Standards for Fintech Entities, which …
17 Oct 2019
News
India's HIV-positive trans people find 'new strength' in technologyShoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha's hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive.
16 Oct 2019
News
Panelist at launch of Google-UNESCAP AI ReportArindrajit Basu was a speaker at the panel launching the Google-UNESCAP AI Report at the GovInsider Forum held at the United Nations Convention Centre in Bangkok on October 16, 2019.
16 Oct 2019
Blog post
Farming the Future: Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the agricultural sector in IndiaThis case study was published as a chapter in the joint UNESCAP-Google publication titled Artificial Intelligence in Public Service Delivery. The chapter in its final form would not have been possible without the efforts and very useful …
14 Oct 2019
Blog post
We need a better AI visionArtificial intelligence conjures up a wondrous world of autonomous processes but dystopia is inevitable unless rights and privacy are protected.
14 Oct 2019
News
AI Opera- AI as a total work of artOn October 11, 2019, Shweta Mohandas and Mira were invited as panelists for the 'AI Opera- AI as a total work of art' event organized by Goethe as part of the India Week Hamburg 2019 held in Bangalore. CIS was an event partner.
13 Oct 2019
News
Why conviction rate for cyber crime cases in Karnataka is abysmally lowPolice say a third of the cases involving economic offences in Karnataka are related to job scams, a third related to OTP and UPI fraud, and the remaining are lottery related scams.
9 Oct 2019
Blog post
AI for GoodCIS organised a workshop titled ‘AI for Good’ at the Unbox Festival in Bangalore from 15th to 17th February, 2019. The workshop was led by Shweta Mohandas and Saumyaa Naidu. In the hour long workshop, the participants were asked to imagine …
3 Oct 2019
Blog post
Designing a Human Rights Impact Assessment for ICANN’s Policy Development ProcessesAs co-chairs of Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights (CCWP-HR) at International Corporation of Names and Numbers (ICANN), Akriti Bopanna and Collin Kurre executed a Human Rights Impact Assessment for ICANN's processes. It was the …
1 Oct 2019
1 Oct 2019
Blog post
AI: Full Spectrum Regulatory Challenge Launch Workshop [Reference Files]These are the files released at the AI Full Spectrum Regulatory Challenge Launch Event, organised by CIS, and CCG-NLUD on September 27 2019. At the event, Sunil Abraham discussed the draft policy brief linked below, which is an output of …
30 Sep 2019
Blog post
Setting International Norms of Cyber Conflict is Hard, But that Doesn't Mean that We Should Stop TryingLast month, cyber-defense analyst and geostrategist Pukhraj Singh penned a stinging epitaph, published by MWI, for global norms-formulation processes that are attempting to foster cyber stability and regulate cyber conflict—specifically, …
30 Sep 2019
News
SC directs govt to further regulate social media: Is it necessary? Experts weigh inWith the SC's directive to the Indian government for further regulation of social media, TNM asked experts what were the challenges associated with the same.
30 Sep 2019
Blog post
Comparison of the Manila Principles to Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines(Amendment) Rules], 2018This paper looks at the Manila Principles intermediary liability framework in comparison to the amended draft Information Technology [Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment)] Rules, 2018 introduced by the Ministry of Electronics and …
28 Sep 2019
News
Millions of kids in India access the Net on their parents’ devices, says studyExperts raise concern over exposing kids to predators, phishing and bullying.
27 Sep 2019
Blog post
Examining the Constitutionality of the Ban on Broadcast of News by Private FM and Community Radio StationsGurshabad Grover and Torsha Sarkar along with Rajashri Seal and Neil Trivedi co-authored a paper that examined the constitutionality of the government prohibition on the broadcast of news against private and community FM channels.
27 Sep 2019
Blog post
Capturing Gender and Class Inequities: The CCTVisation of DelhiAmbika Tandon and Aayush Rathi generated empirical evidence about the CCTV programme well underway in Delhi. The case study was published by Centre for Development Informatics, Global Development Institute, SEED, in the Development …
27 Sep 2019
Event
AI: A Full Spectrum Regulatory ChallengeSunil Abraham will be discussing the Policy Brief on AI: A Full Spectrum Regulatory Challenge from 6.30 - 7.30pm on September 27, 2019 at the Viceregal (2nd Floor), the Claridges, New Delhi. The discussion is being hosted by the Centre for …
26 Sep 2019
News
Turning off the internet: Chips with Everything podcastGurshabad Grover and Ambika Tandon recorded an episode with the Guardian's podcast on digital culture, called Chips with Everything.
25 Sep 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?
25 Sep 2019
News
Policy Design JamPallavi Bedi, Akash Sheshadri and Anubha Sinha attended the event organized by Whatsapp and ISPP on 16 September 2019 at Indian School of Public Policy campus, Qutub Institutional Area, Delhi.
25 Sep 2019
News
Participation in the meeting of LITD 17 at BISOn September 25, 2019, Gurshabad Grover along with Elonnai Hickok and Karan Saini attended the meeting of the Information Systems Security & Privacy Sectional Committee (LITD17) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
25 Sep 2019
News
CIS joins the Christchurch Call Advisory NetworkCentre for Internet & Society's application for membership of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network has been accepted! As a part of this network, we, along with other civil society groups based out of various jurisdictions, would be …