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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
31 Oct 2011
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India's Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related PolicyThis is the statement made by India at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in which its proposal for the UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy was presented.
31 Oct 2011
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CIS Comments on the Draft National Policy on ElectronicsThese were the comments submitted by CIS to the request for comments put out by the Department of Information Technology on its draft 'National Policy on Electronics'.
28 Oct 2011
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Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website BlockingIn this blog post, Pranesh Prakash briefly analyses the DIT's response to an RTI request on website blocking alongside the most recent edition of Google's Transparency Report, and what it tells us about the online censorship regime in …
27 Oct 2011
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Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website BlockingCIS had filed a request under the Right to Information Act with the government, asking a number of questions relating to blocking of content under the IT Act. We have reproduced below the response we got from the government.
26 Oct 2011
News
India’s vanishing fingerprints put UID in questionA curious situation has come to light at the UID (unique identity) enrolment centres. Call it the phenomenon of vanishing fingerprints. You see, our unique fingerprints don’t necessarily last a lifetime and they can be damaged or destroyed …
24 Oct 2011
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Sixth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi: A SummaryThe sixth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum was held from 27 to 30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. Sunil Abraham participated in six workshops: Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A …
24 Oct 2011
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Privacy & Sexual MinoritiesDanish Sheikh examines the status of sexual minorities in the light of privacy framework in India. Culling out some real life examples based on various studies, media reports and judgments from the Supreme Court and the High Courts of Delhi …
18 Oct 2011
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Design!Public II in Bangalore ― Event ReportDesign Public, a high-level conclave on innovation, took place in Bangalore at the National Gallery for Modern Art on October 14, 2011. The event was organized by the Centre for Knowledge Societies in collaboration with the Centre for …
16 Oct 2011
News
Ninth Workshop on Media EconomicsThe Higher School of Economics and the New Economic School have joined hands to organize the ninth workshop on media economics in Moscow on October 28 and 29, 2011. All events are scheduled to take place in Marriott Courtyard, a hotel in …
14 Oct 2011
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SCOSTA and UID Comparison not Valid, says Finance CommitteeThe Standing Committee on Finance Branch, Lok Sabha Secretariat has responded to the suggestions offered by CIS on the National Identification Authority of India, Bill 2010 and has requested it to mail its views by 14 October 2011.
14 Oct 2011
12 Oct 2011
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Seventh Open Letter to the Finance Committee: A Note on the Deduplication of Unique IdentifiersSahana Sarkar on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent in a Right to Information application on 30 June 2011 to Ashish Kumar, Central Public Information Officer, UIDAI. The UIDAI sent in its reply. Through the seventh …
10 Oct 2011
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Hack Night in CIS ― A Meeting of Java Script HackersCIS hosted a hack night in conjunction with the tech-event organizers HasGeek at its office on 24 September 2011. The event brought together local java script hackers on a common platform. Tom Dane and Kiran Jonnalagadda participated in the …
3 Oct 2011
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UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha RamanathanUID enrolment is in full swing, providing an official identification to millions of Indians, yet there are numerous unanswered questions. A public talk on UID was held at the Institute of Science, Bangalore on September 6, 2011. Usha …
28 Sep 2011
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Understanding the Right to InformationElonnai Hickok summarises the Right to Information Act, 2005, how it works, how to file an RTI request, the information that an individual can request under the Act, the possible responses and the challenges to the citizen and the …
27 Sep 2011
Event
Internet Governance Forum: Participate RemotelyThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to attend the sixth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a remote participant from Bangalore. The IGF is being held in Nairobi from 27-30 September 2011. CIS has been …
26 Sep 2011
13 Sep 2011
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IBSA Seminar on Global Internet GovernanceThe seminar will take place at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 1-2, 2011.
9 Sep 2011
Event
Prime Security: The Mathematics of RSA EncryptionBased on simple properties of prime numbers, RSA encryption protects our money and digital identity. But how does it actually work? The Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a one-day workshop by Rohit Gupta on 9 September 2011.
1 Sep 2011
News
When revolutions go viralThanks to Facebook and Twitter, the urban Indian youth, famously detached from the goings-on in the country, came out on the streets to support the anti-corruption movement - not only here but abroad as well. TOI-Crest looks at the anatomy …
1 Sep 2011
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India's social media "spring" masks forgotten protestsIrom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world's longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India's digital divide.
1 Sep 2011
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Digital divide: Why Irom Sharmila can’t do an AnnaIrom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world’s longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India’s digital divide.
29 Aug 2011
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Net GainThe draft Electronic Service Delivery Bill, 2011, is aimed at making government services available online. But there are many hurdles to bringing in effective e-governance, says Hemchhaya De
23 Aug 2011
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In the Right CircleI’ve been on Google Plus for a few weeks now. In the beginning, it felt like showing up early at a much-talked-up party. There was a small scatter of people, poking around, examining the place, making preliminary conversation with the few …
23 Aug 2011
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IISc students boycott UID, don’t want Big Brother to keep watchThe programme doesn’t have statutory backing. It is still in parliament
23 Aug 2011
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Bye Bye email?Email might be the default method of communication for most of us, but could it be going the telegram way.
22 Aug 2011
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Whole Body Imaging and Privacy Concerns that FollowLaw student at the National University of Juridical Sciences, and intern for Privacy India, Srishti Goyal compares, contrasts, and critiques the Whole Body Imaging practices found in the US, the UK, and Australia, and makes recommendations …
22 Aug 2011
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IP Addresses and Expeditious Disclosure of Identity in IndiaIn this research, Prashant Iyengar reviews the statutory mechanism regulating the retention and disclosure of IP addresses by Internet companies in India. Prashant provides a compilation of anecdotes on how law enforcement authorities in …
22 Aug 2011
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Financial Inclusion and the UIDSince 2009, when Nandan Nilekani began to envision and implement the Unique Identification Project, the UID authority has promoted the UID/Aadhaar scheme as a tool of development for India - arguing that an identity will assist in bringing …
22 Aug 2011
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Cyber Crime & PrivacyIndia is a growing area in the field of active Internet usage with 71 million Internet users.