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Internet Governance
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20 Mar 2014
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Net Neutrality and PrivacyThe highly contentious and polarising debate on net-neutrality will have a large impact on shaping the future of the internet and ultimately on the users of the internet. One important issue which needs to be prioritized while debating the …
20 Mar 2014
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European Union Draft Report Admonishes Mass Surveillance, Calls for Stricter Data Protection and Privacy LawsEver since the release of the “Snowden files”, the secret documents evidencing the massive scale of surveillance undertaken by America’s National Security Agency and publically released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, surveillance in the …
18 Mar 2014
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NTIA to give up control of the Internet's rootOn Friday evening the U.S. government's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it was setting into motion a transition to give up a few powers that it holds over some core Internet functions, and …
13 Mar 2014
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New Standard Operating Procedures for Lawful Interception and MonitoringGovernment issues new guidelines to TSP’s to assist Lawful Interception and Monitoring.
12 Mar 2014
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When politics gets socialIn the run-up to the general election, social media companies explain how the political campaigns this time are very different from what they were five years ago.
12 Mar 2014
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The Internet Will Be Everywhere In 2025, For Better Or WorseIn 2025, the Internet will enhance our awareness of the world and ourselves while diminishing privacy and allowing abusers to "make life miserable for others," according to a new report by the Pew Research Center and Elon University.
12 Mar 2014
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International Conference on Cyberlaw & CybercrimeThe International Conference on Cyberlaw and Cybercrime will take place on March 13, 2014. The event is organized by Cyberlaws.net and Pawan Duggal Associates. Sunil Abraham is participating in the event as a panelist.
9 Mar 2014
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How to Engage in Broadband Policy and Regulatory ProcessesLIRNEasia with the support of the Ford Foundation offered a four-day course in Gurgaon from March 7 to 10, 2014. Sunil Abraham taught on Surveillance and Privacy.
8 Mar 2014
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Girls just wanna have... a voiceMany Indian women have taken to Twitter, the micro-blogging site, to air their views. And some of them have become social media celebrities by virtue of their wise and witty tweets. Prasun Chaudhuri looks at the women who matter in India’s …
7 Mar 2014
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, PuneLast month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in …
5 Mar 2014
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India’s ballot battle will also run through FacebookFacebook on Tuesday launched its widely awaited “election tracker” for the upcoming general elections, a move that signals the growing importance of social media as a political tool in a rapidly urbanizing India.
5 Mar 2014
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India: Privacy Bill will likely reflect EU DirectiveThe Indian Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) called for comments - on 25 February 2014 - on a draft Privacy Protection Bill ('the Bill'). The draft Bill comes after a series of roundtable discussions in 2013. The last CIS roundtable on …
5 Mar 2014
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“The Internet and Controls: A Disturbing Scenario”Prof. Mohan SundaraRajan, a renowned science writer will give a talk at the Bangalore International Centre in TERI on March 7, 2014 at 6.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham will chair and moderate the session.
5 Mar 2014
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‘Mobile’ voters may sway pollsBABALAL Patel’s tiny tea stall in Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
4 Mar 2014
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RightsCon 2014RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 was an incredible mixture of more than 700 attendees from more than 65 countries and 375 institutions. Pranesh Prakash and Malavika Jayaram were speakers at this event organized by RightsCon at San Francisco on …
4 Mar 2014
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Internet Governance Round-table at British High CommissionA Internet Governance Round-table was hosted at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Delhi on March 4, 2014. Geeta Hariharan participated in the round-table.
3 Mar 2014
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Comparison of Section 35(1) of the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and Section 4 of the Identification Act Revised Statute of CanadaA comparison of section 35(1) of the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill, section 4 of the Identification Act, Revised Statute of Canada, and a review of international best practices.
28 Feb 2014
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Big Democracy, Big Surveillance: India's Surveillance StateIn India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to meet the demand.
27 Feb 2014
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India ‘tea parties’ enable politicians to woo urban youth with technologyBabalal Patel’s tiny tea stall in southern Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
25 Feb 2014
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UIDAI Practices and the Information Technology Act, Section 43A and Subsequent RulesUIDAI practices and section 43A of the IT Act are analyzed in this post.
25 Feb 2014
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Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 3: The Public/Private Distinction and the Supreme Court’s Wrong TurnAfter its decision in Gobind, the Supreme Court's privacy floodgates opened; a series of claims involving private parties came before its docket, and the resulting jurisprudence ended up creating confusion between state-individual …
25 Feb 2014
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Open Call for Comments: The Privacy Protection Bill 2013 drafted by the Centre for Internet and SocietyThe Centre for Internet and Society is announcing an Open Call for Comments to the CIS Privacy Protection Bill 2013.
24 Feb 2014
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CIS Welcomes 52nd Report on Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, and Right to PrivacyThe “Fifty Second Report on Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, and Right to Privacy” issued by the 2013 -2014 Standing Committee on Information Technology on February 12th 2014, highlights the urgent need for reform in India’s cyber security …
24 Feb 2014
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Calcutta High Court Strengthens Whistle Blower ProtectionCalcutta High Court has ordered for protection of whistle blower's privacy in its November 20, 2013 order. The court has directed the government to accept RTI applications without the applicant's personal details.
21 Feb 2014
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The Forbes India 30 Under 30 ListShowcasing an enterprising new generation that dreams big and refuses to say die.
18 Feb 2014
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Will You be Paid to Post a Picture?The wave of free information production on the web is on the wane.
17 Feb 2014
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Dark days for the creative class in India: SiddiquiAs India’s literacy rate improves, governments, courts, media, publishers and big business are all stifling free speech.
14 Feb 2014
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Workshop on Media Law & Policy Curriculum DevelopmentCentre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi and University of Oxford in support with the International Higher Education-Knowledge Economy Partnerships Programme of the British Council is organizing this workshop on …
14 Feb 2014
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The Internet WayDr. Nishant Shah's review of the book “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Bantam Press/Random House Group, London was published in Biblio Vol. 19 No.8 (1&2), January – February 2014.
14 Feb 2014
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February 11: The Day We Fight Back Against Mass SurveillanceThe expansive surveillance being perpetuated by governments and corporations is the single biggest threat to individual liberties in the digital age.