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Notes From a Foreign Field: The European Court of Human Rights on Russia’s Website Blocking: by Gurshabad Grover — published Dec 31, 2020 — last modified Feb 13, 2021 08:42 AM — filed under: Content takedown, 69A, Constitutional Law
This blogpost summarises the human rights principles applied by the Court to website blocking, and discusses how they can be instructive to petitions in the Delhi High Court that challenge arbitrary censorship in India.
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India Digital Freedom Series: Internet Shutdowns, Censorship and Surveillance: by Gurshabad Grover — published Dec 26, 2020 — last modified Jan 11, 2021 10:07 AM
A series of reports on digital rights and civic space in India, focusing on four areas where restrictive policies threaten fundamental freedoms and impede public participation: internet shutdowns, censorship, platform governance and surveillance.
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Intermediary liability and Safe Harbour: On due diligence and automated filtering: by Gurshabad Grover — published Nov 29, 2020
This post discusses this ‘due diligence’ obligation in the intermediary liability regime in India, with a focus on its scope and whether it includes the possibility of automated content filtering.
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Finance Manager (withdrawn): by Gurshabad Grover — published Apr 30, 2020 — last modified May 15, 2020 08:39 AM
CIS is now inviting applications for the role of Director - Finance and Operations. The position would ideally be based out of Bengaluru, could be flexible depending on the unfolding of events in relation to COVID-19, so we encourage all potential candidates to apply.
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Divyank Katira: by Gurshabad Grover — last modified Mar 23, 2020 09:48 AM
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Programme Associate (Communications): by Gurshabad Grover — published Mar 22, 2020 — last modified Aug 09, 2020 01:51 PM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Associate (Communications), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. In keeping with efforts within the larger Wikimedia movement in encouraging an inclusive workplace and addressing issues of gender disparity This position is presently open only to applicants who identify as women.
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Programme Associate (Graphic designer): by Gurshabad Grover — published Mar 22, 2020 — last modified May 12, 2020 04:01 PM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Associate (Graphic designer), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. In keeping with efforts within the larger Wikimedia movement in encouraging an inclusive workplace and addressing issues of gender disparity Women applicants are encouraged for this position, however this position for anyone to apply.
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Internet shutdowns: Its legal and commercial dimensions in Kashmir: by Gurshabad Grover — published Feb 10, 2020 — last modified Feb 10, 2020 12:51 PM
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How India Censors The Web: by Gurshabad Grover — published Jan 17, 2020 — last modified Jun 12, 2020 08:12 AM
An empirical study of web censorship in India
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Policy Officer (Policy research around building the cybersecurity discourse in India): by Gurshabad Grover — published Jan 13, 2020 — last modified Jan 21, 2020 01:31 PM
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