Topic
Freedom of Speech and Expression
416 items.
17 Dec 2024
7 Feb 2022
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Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checksThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation.
3 Dec 2021
News
Panel discussion on 'How to Avoid Digital ID Systems That Put People at Risk: Lessons from Afghanistan' at Freedom Online ConferenceAmber Sinha participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on How to Avoid Digital ID Systems That Put People at Risk: Lessons from Afghanistan at the Freedom Online Conference yesterday.
2 Jul 2021
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Right to Exclusion, Government Spaces, and SpeechThe conclusion of the litigation surrounding Trump blocking its critiques on Twitter brings to forefront two less-discussed aspects of intermediary liability: a) if social media platforms could be compelled to ‘carry’ speech under any …
21 Jun 2021
Blog post
On the legality and constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021This note examines the legality and constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The analysis is consistent with previous work carried out by CIS on issues of …
14 Jun 2021
News
New rules leave social media users vulnerable: ExpertsThey analyse the implications of the government vs Twitter controversy on individual privacy
31 May 2021
Blog post
Regulating Sexist Online Harassment as a Form of CensorshipThis paper is part of a series under IT for Change’s project, Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Combating Sexist Hate Speech Online. The series, titled Rethinking Legal-Institutional Approaches to Sexist Hate Speech in India, aims to create a …
19 Jan 2021
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Response to Mozilla DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment PeriodCIS has submitted a response to Mozilla's DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment Period
5 Oct 2020
15 Jul 2020
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The State of Secure MessagingA look at the protections provided by and threats posed to secure communication online.
25 Jun 2020
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Donald Trump is attacking the social media giants; here’s what India should do differentlyFor a robust and rights-respecting public sphere, India needs to ensure that large social media platforms receive adequate protections, and are made more responsible to its users.
17 Dec 2019
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ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitmentsAkriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working …
15 Dec 2019
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India’s record on internet shutdown gets bleaker; now blocked in 2 NE statesIndia reported over 100 internet shutdown in 2018, according to an annual study of Freedom House, a US-based non-profit research organization.
12 Dec 2019
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In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public SpaceA discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
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, …
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.
31 Oct 2019
Blog post
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.
23 Oct 2019
News
Trending Hate Against Muslims: Is Twitter Complicit?Twitter claimed that it had ‘prevented’ the Hashtag while it had not.
20 Oct 2019
News
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
News
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 …
3 Oct 2019
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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 …
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 …
27 Sep 2019
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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.
29 Aug 2019
Blog post
Kashmir’s information vacuumLegislative backing is being appropriated to normalise communication shutdowns.
21 Jul 2019
News
ICANN 65 De-briefing MeetingThe Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) organized an ICANN65 de-briefing meeting on July 16, 2019. Akriti Bopanna remotely presented on the Human Rights related developments that took place at the …
27 Jun 2019
25 May 2019
News
Stockholm Internet Forum 2019Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) organized the Stockholm Internet Forum 2019 in Stockholm from 16 - 17 May 2019. Gurshabad Grover was a panelist in the discussion on 'Influencing Internet Governance' co-organised by Article …
25 May 2019
News
Consilience 2019The Law and Technology Society at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore organised Consilience on May 25, 2019.