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Breaking Down ICANN Accountability: What It Is and What the Internet Community Wants
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by
Ramya Chandrasekhar
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published
Nov 05, 2015
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last modified
Nov 05, 2015 03:29 PM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Internet Governance
At the recent ICANN conference held in Dublin (ICANN54), one issue that was rehashed and extensively deliberated was ICANN's accountability and means to enhance the same. In light of the impending IANA stewardship transition from the NTIA to the internet's multi-stakeholder community, accountability of ICANN to the internet community becomes that much more important. In this blog post, some aspects of the various proposals to enhance ICANN's accountability have been deconstructed and explained.
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Big Data in the Global South International Workshop
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 06, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Event,
Big Data
Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro welcomes you to an international workshop on Big Data at Hotel Windsor Florida, Rua Ferreira Viana, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 16 and 17, 2015. Open Society Foundations and British Embassy Brasilia are sponsors for the event. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is a research partner. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash and Vipul Kharbanda will be speaking at this event.
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Events
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Open Forum - DINL, Digital Infrastructure Association
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 07, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2015 will be held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 is Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. Digital Infrastructure Netherlands Foundation is organizing this workshop at IGF on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Jyoti Panday will be speaking at this workshop.
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News & Media
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Transnational Due Process: A Case Study in MS Cooperation
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 08, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance
nternet Governance Forum (IGF) 2015 will be held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 is Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. Internet & Jurisdiction Project is organizing a workshop on Transnational Due Process on November 13, 2015. Sunil Abraham is a panelist.
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News & Media
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A Dialogue on "Zero Rating" and Network Neutrality
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 08, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2015 will be held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 is Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. The workshop on Zero Rating and Network Neutrality will be held on November 12, 2015 at IGF 2015. Pranesh Prakash will be speaking at this event.
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News & Media
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Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Nov 18, 2015
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last modified
Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM
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filed under:
ICT4D,
Call for Comments,
WSIS+10,
Access to Knowledge,
Accessibility,
Human Rights Online,
Internet Governance,
ICANN,
IANA Transition,
Open Source,
Open Access
Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
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WhatsApps with fireworks, apps with diyas: Why Diwali needs to go beyond digital
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Nov 23, 2015
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Internet Governance
The idea of a 'digital' Diwali reduces our social relationships to a ledger of give and take. The last fortnight, I have been bombarded with advertisements selling the idea of a “Digital Diwali”. We have become so used to the idea that everything that is digital is modern, better and more efficient.
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Blog
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Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 30, 2015
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last modified
Nov 29, 2015 06:35 AM
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filed under:
IANA,
Internet Governance,
IANA Transition
This proposal was made to the Global Multistakeholder Community on August 9, 2015. The proposal was drafted by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. The research assistance was provided by Padmini Baruah, Vidushi Marda, and inputs from Sunil Abraham.
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The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Nov 29, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Modi government’s attack on Sathiyam TV is another manifestation of the Indian state’s paranoia of the medium of film and television, and consequently, the irrational controlling impulse of the law.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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How India Regulates Encryption
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by
Pranesh Prakash & Japreet Grewal
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published
Oct 30, 2015
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last modified
Jul 23, 2016 01:24 PM
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filed under:
Encryption,
Internet Governance
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