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Emerging Issues in the Internet of Things: by Admin — published Oct 03, 2017 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
Andrew Rens will give a talk about research that he is doing at the Internet Governance Lab on October 23, 2017 at the Centre for Internet & Society in Bengaluru.
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Now, police use apps to catch a criminal: by Ketaki Desai — published Mar 31, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Recently, Punjab police detained three suspects on a tip-off. The cops clicked their photographs, uploaded them on an app called the Punjab Artificial Intelligence System or PAIS which uses facial recognition, and immediately got the lowdown on their criminal history, which involved a contract killing and looting. Four stolen vehicles and five weapons were recovered from them.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Report - State of Consumer Digital Security in India: by Pranav M B — published Jul 05, 2021
Located in Internet Governance
Welcome to r@w blog!: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Jan 02, 2019 — last modified Jan 02, 2019 11:48 AM — filed under: Homepage, RAW Blog, Researchers at Work, Featured, Internet Studies
We from the researchers@work programme at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are delighted to announce the launch of our new blog, hosted on Medium. It will feature works by researchers and practitioners working in India and elsewhere at the intersections of internet, digital media, and society; and highlights and materials from ongoing research and events at the researchers@work programme.
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Internet L@w: by Prasad Krishna — published May 30, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
Vanya Rakesh will attend the Internet law course organized by the University of Geneva from 20 June 2016 to 1 July 2016 as part of the Geneva Summer School.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 14) – Menaka Guruswamy: by Purba Sarkar — published Jun 04, 2014 — last modified Jul 21, 2014 10:39 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Menaka Guruswamy, lawyer at the Supreme Court of India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Located in Internet Governance
NETmundial Day 2: by Achal Prabhala — published Apr 25, 2014 — filed under: ICANN, IANA, Internet Governance, NETmundial
Fadi Chehade, the ICANN boss, closed NETmundial 2014 with these words "In Africa we say if you want to go first, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together." He should have added: And if you want to go nowhere, go multi-stakeholder.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Transparency Reports — A Glance on What Google and Facebook Tell about Government Data Requests: by Prachi Arya — published Sep 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 13, 2013 09:44 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Transparency Reports are a step towards greater accountability but how efficacious are they really?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On Censorship: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 03, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
At the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when then PM Indira Gandhi determined democracy an inconvenience.
Located in News & Media
Privacy after Big Data: Compilation of Early Research: by Saumyaa Naidu — published Nov 12, 2016 — last modified Nov 12, 2016 01:37 AM — filed under: Human Rights, IT Act, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Smart Cities, Data Protection, Information Technology, Publications
Evolving data science, technologies, techniques, and practices, including big data, are enabling shifts in how the public and private sectors carry out their functions and responsibilities, deliver services, and facilitate innovative production and service models to emerge. In this compilation we have put together a series of articles that we have developed as we explore the impacts – positive and negative – of big data. This is a growing body of research that we are exploring and is relevant to multiple areas of our work including privacy and surveillance. Feedback and comments on the compilation are welcome and appreciated.
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