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Big Democracy, Big Surveillance: India's Surveillance State: by Maria Xynou — published Feb 28, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Surveillance
In India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to meet the demand.
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Belling the trolls: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
Online abuse - specially against women - is like one of those rapidly-mutating viruses that resists all antibodies.
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Stand up for Digital Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2016 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) invites you to a discussion on a set of Recommendations for Ethical Research, a report on human rights and private online intermediaries which describes key areas where such actors have responsibilities. The discussion is on coming Friday, July 29, 2016 at the Centre for Internet & Society's Delhi office from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: Facebook, Internet Governance
Film makers, activists and journalists accused Facebook of blocking their accounts this week after they posted messages and images related to the violence in the trouble-torn province of Kashmir. In recent weeks, the India administered, Muslim-majority Kashmir state has been facing violence and curfews after protests erupted against the killing of a popular leader of a terrorist group.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
DIDP Request #13: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registries: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
On multiple occasions, Fadi Chehade, then President and CEO of ICANN has emphasized the importance of conducting audits (internal and external) to ensure compliance of ICANN’s contracted parties. At a US congressional hearing, he spoke about the contract monitoring function of ICANN.
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DIDP Request #14: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registrars: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
In September 2016, we filed two separate DIDP requests regarding ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Goals.
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DIDP Request #15: What is going on between Verisign and ICANN?: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
During a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on “Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53,” President and CEO of ICANN - Mr Fadi Chehade indicated that ICANN follows up with registries and registrars on receipt of any complaint against them about violations of their contract with ICANN.
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DIDP Request #16 - ICANN has no Documentation on Registrars’ “Abuse Contacts”: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
Registrars on contract with ICANN are required to maintain an “abuse contact” - a 24/7 dedicated phone line and e-mail address to receive reports of abuse regarding the registered names sponsored by the registrar.
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DIDP Request #17 - How ICANN Chooses their Contractual Compliance Auditors: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
At a congressional hearing on internet governance and progress, then President of ICANN Fadi Chehadi indicated that the number of people working on compliance audits grew substantially—from 6 to 24 (we misquoted it as 25)— in the span of a few years.
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DIDP Request #18 - ICANN’s Internal Website will Stay Internal: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
ICANN maintains an internal website accessible to staff and employees. We requested ICANN to provide us with a document with the contents of that website in the interest of transparency and accountability.
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