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India’s dreams of web censorship
by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 06, 2011 — last modified Mar 26, 2012 06:59 AM — filed under: ,
If you are offended by this post, please contact Kapil Sibal, India’s telecoms and IT minister, and he will make sure it is promptly taken down.
India bid to censor Internet draws flak
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2011 — last modified Dec 09, 2011 10:36 AM — filed under: ,
Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.
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CIS in GNI Annual Report
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2013 — last modified Apr 25, 2013 07:31 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) joined the Global Network Intiative (GNI) in March 2012. Recently, GNI brought out its Annual Report. Sunil Abraham is quoted in it.
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Blog Entry Off the Record
by Nishant Shah — published Apr 06, 2013 — last modified Apr 26, 2013 05:58 AM — filed under:
Social networks track our world but not relationships. We live in a world where things happen. And yet, with the presence of digital objects, the things that happen have increased in intensity and volume.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Women on Covid lists get lewd calls and messages
by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2021 — filed under: ,
Perverts are eating into precious time in the middle of a pandemic and adding to the overall anxiety.
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Blog Entry Regulating Sexist Online Harassment as a Form of Censorship
by Amber Sinha — published May 31, 2021 — filed under: , ,
This paper is part of a series under IT for Change’s project, Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Combating Sexist Hate Speech Online. The series, titled Rethinking Legal-Institutional Approaches to Sexist Hate Speech in India, aims to create a space for civil society actors to proactively engage in the remaking of online governance, bringing together inputs from legal scholars, practitioners, and activists. The papers reflect upon the issue of online sexism and misogyny, proposing recommendations for appropriate legal-institutional responses. The series is funded by EdelGive Foundation, India and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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Blog Entry Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest Test
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 27, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
Gautam Bhatia analyses the first case in which the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to privacy, Gobind v. State of Madhya Pradesh, and argues that the holding in that case adopted the three-pronged American test of strict scrutiny, compelling State interest, and narrow tailoring in its approach to privacy violations.
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Is Bhutan selling its soul to Google?
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2014 — last modified Jan 30, 2014 12:27 PM — filed under: ,
Migrating Bhutan government’s communications to Google servers, allowing the United States access to confidential data, raises questions
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Worldwide: International Privacy - 2013 Year in Review - Asia
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 08, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 08:44 AM — filed under: ,
Asian Data Privacy Updates
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EU parliament report slams US surveillance
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:13 AM — filed under: ,
Report that outlines need for stringent laws for protecting citizen privacy, democratizing Internet governance holds lessons for India, say analysts.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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