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The debate over internet governance and cyber crimes: West vs the rest?: by Elizabeth Dominic — published Jun 08, 2020
The post looks at the two models proposed for internet governance and the role of cyber crimes in shaping the debate. In this context, it will also critically analyze the Budapest Convention (the “convention”) and the recently proposed Russian Resolution (the “resolution”), and the strategies adopted in each to deal with the menace of cybercrimes. It will also briefly discuss India’s stances on these issues.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
The Digital Classroom: Social Justice and Pedagogy: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 23, 2011 — last modified May 08, 2015 12:36 PM — filed under: Higher Education, Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Featured, New Pedagogies, Researchers at Work, Digital Pluralism
What happens when we look at the classroom as a space of social justice? What are the ways in which students can be engaged in learning beyond rote memorisation? What innovative methods can be evolved to make students stakeholders in their learning process? These were some of the questions that were thrown up and discussed at the 2 day Faculty Training workshop for participant from colleges included in the Pathways to Higher Education programme, supported by Ford Foundation and collaboratively executed by the Higher Education Innovation and Research Application and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
Located in Digital Natives / Pathways to Higher Education
Net neutrality advocates hail Trai verdict: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2016 — filed under: Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
Facebook 'disappointed' with the ruling on differential pricing.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
How To Win Friends, FB Style: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 18, 2015 — filed under: Social Media, Facebook, Internet Governance
True to form—and Facebook—there was a warm, friendly and familial feel to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s townhall meeting at Melon, California, with Mark Zuckerberg on September 27. Modi got emotional (yet again) while talking about his mother. Zuckerberg, the youngish founder of the world’s largest social networking site, got his parents to meet and pose with Modi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Methods for Social Change: by Denisse Albornoz — published Nov 30, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:42 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Web Politics, Making Change, Digital Natives
On this brief introduction, I outline the main targets of my research project for CIS and the HIVOS Knowledge Program. As a response to the thought piece ‘Whose Change is it Anyway’ I will explore civic engagement among middle class youth over the course of the next 9 months by interviewing change makers and collectives that are part of multi-stakeholder projects in Bangalore.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
CIS Comments on NDHB: by Admin — published Aug 07, 2019
Located in Internet Governance / Files
India's social media crackdown reveals clumsy govt machinery: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
"High-handed" and "reckless" are some of the words used in the media to describe the government's online crackdown.
Located in News & Media
India's Latest Data Leak: People's Aadhaar Number And Bank Account Are Just One Google Search Away: by Admin — published Jul 13, 2018 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Even Truecaller doesn't reveal this much.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Developing Screen Reader and Text to Speech Synthesizer for Indian Languages: Quarterly Report (November 2013): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 01, 2014 — last modified Sep 29, 2016 01:16 PM
Report of the activities of the NVDA and Espeak project between November 2012 and February 2013.
Located in Accessibility / Resources
Intermediary Liability Rules 2018.pdf: by Karan Saini — published Feb 07, 2019
Located in Internet Governance / Resources

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