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Pleasure and Pornography: Pornography and the Blindfolded Gaze of the Law: by Namita A. Malhotra — published Apr 02, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:37 AM — filed under: histories of internet in India, Obscenity, internet and society, Art, cybercultures, women and internet, YouTube, Cybercultures, cyberspaces, Digital subjectivities, History
In the legal discourse, pornography as a category is absent, except as an aggravated form of obscenity. Does this missing descriptive category assist in the rampant circulation of pornography, either online or offline? Rather than ask that question, Namita Malhotra, in this second post documenting her CIS-RAW project, explores certain judgments that indeed deal with pornographic texts and uncovers the squeamishness that ensures that pornography as an object keeps disappearing before the law.
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Plugging into India’s broadband revolution: by Navadha Pandey — published Jun 05, 2019 — filed under: Telecom
After many false starts, the plan to wire India’s digital future may finally take off with Jio GigaFiber’s entry.
Located in Telecom / News & Media
PMA Policy and COAI Recommendations: by Dipankar Das — published Jun 26, 2014 — last modified Jul 02, 2014 06:45 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Poesis in the Information Age: Language and its Limit[ation]s: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 26, 2015 — last modified Jan 26, 2015 01:57 PM — filed under: Wikipedia, Event, Access to Knowledge
Alec Schachner, an independent scholar, translator, multi-genre musician and sound artist will give a talk on the limits/limitations of languages at the Centre for Internet & Society's office on January 30, 2015 at 5 p.m.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
Policies to Sustain India's Market: by Shyam Ponappa — published May 20, 2017 — filed under: Telecom
The question is whether policies can be better framed to harness the market potential. Why is so much investment flowing into India's securities markets?
Located in Telecom / Blog
Policy Brief: Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in the Public Domain: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2014
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Policy Brief: Oversight Mechanisms for Surveillance: by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 24, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Policy for Government's Presence in Social Media - Recommendations: by krithika — published Mar 24, 2011 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:37 AM
In pursuance of the Office Memorandum issued by the DIT dated March 4, 2011, the e-Governance Group of the DIT, convened on March 23, 2011, the first meeting of an exclusive group to propose guidelines for government presence on social networking and social media sites. The Centre for Internet and Society being one of the invitees to the meeting, has submitted its recommendations for a Policy for the Government's presence in social networking and social media sites.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Policy Paper on Surveillance in India: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Aug 03, 2015
This policy brief analyses the different laws regulating surveillance at the State and Central level in India and calls out ways in which the provisions are unharmonized. The brief then provides recommendations for the harmonization of surveillance law in India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Comparative Analysis of Recommendations by NASSCOM and iSPIRT, 2013-2016: by Pavishka Mittal — published Jul 04, 2016 — last modified Jul 04, 2016 09:34 AM — filed under: NASSCOM, Research, iSPIRT, Network Economies, Industrial Policy, Researchers at Work
This is the second of a series of three blog posts, authored by Pavishka Mittal, tracking the engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT in suggesting and shaping the IT industry policies in India during 2006-2016. This post conducts a detailed comparative analysis of NASSCOM’s and iSPIRT’s specific policy recommendations from 2013-2016. To facilitate comparison, the blog post is written thematically on the lines of major issues highlighted by market players in the IT industry.
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