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DIDP Request #5: The Ombudsman and ICANN's Misleading Response to Our Request: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 06, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of the complaints received and resolved, parties involved and the nature of complaints under the Ombudsman process. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below. ICANN's response is misleading in its insistence on confidentiality of all Ombudsman complaints and resolutions.
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DIDP Request #7: Globalisation Advisory Groups: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 17, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking information regarding the creation and dissolution of the President's Globalisation Advisory Groups. The GAGs were created to advise the ICANN Board on its globalisation efforts, and to address questions on Affirmation of Commitments (AOC), policy structures, legal structure, root server system, the IANA multistakeholder accountability, and Internet governance. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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DIDP Request #8: ICANN Organogram: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 17, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of its oragnisational structure and headcount of all staff. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 1 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, Patents
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CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 3 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS (SECOND) RTI - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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CIS Comments: Enhancing ICANN Accountability: by Geetha Hariharan — published Jun 10, 2014 — last modified Jun 10, 2014 01:03 PM — filed under: IANA, Internet Governance, NETmundial, ICANN, Accountability
On May 6, 2014, ICANN published a call for public comments on "Enhancing ICANN Accountability". This comes in the wake of the IANA stewardship transition spearheaded by ICANN and related concerns of ICANN's external and internal accountability mechanisms. Centre for Internet and Society contributed to the call for comments.
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ICANN’s Problems with Accountability and the .WEB Controversy: by Padma Venkataraman — published Oct 24, 2017 — last modified Oct 28, 2017 03:49 PM — filed under: ICANN, Transparency, Internet Governance, Accountability
The Post-Transition IANA promised enhanced transparency and accountability to the global multistakeholder community. The series of events surrounding the .WEB auction earlier this year has stirred up issues relating to the lack of transparency and accountability of ICANN. This post examines the .WEB auction as a case study to better understand exact gaps in accountability.
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Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights: by Jyoti Panday — published Jul 02, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:31 AM — filed under: Social Media, Consumer Rights, Google, internet and society, Privacy, Transparency and Accountability, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Facebook, Data Protection, Policies, Safety
This year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities of providers of platforms for user-created content with regard to consumer rights.
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Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015: by Jyoti Panday — published Nov 23, 2015 — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Big Data, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Internet Governance Forum, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Cyber Security, Digital Governance, Anonymity, Civil Society, Blocking
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
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