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Blog Entry Comments and recommendations to the Guidelines for “Influencer Advertising on Digital Media”
by Torsha Sarkar and Shweta Mohandas — published Apr 05, 2021 — last modified Apr 05, 2021 09:58 AM — filed under: ,
In February, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) had issued draft rules for regulation of digital influencers, with an aim to "understand the peculiarities of [online] advertisements and the way consumers view them", as well as to ensure that: "consumers must be able to distinguish when something is being promoted with an intention to influence their opinion or behaviour for an immediate or eventual commercial gain". In lieu of this, we presented our responses.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless Metadata
by Maria Xynou — published Aug 13, 2013 — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:30 AM — filed under: , ,
In this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
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India’s Big Bet on Identity
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 07, 2012 — filed under: ,
The world’s largest biometric authentication system reaches its first major milestone, but lots of challenges remain, writes Joshua J. Romero in ieeespectrum. Sunil Abraham was quoted in this story which was featured in March 2012 edition.
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Blog Entry So Much to Lose
by Nishant Shah — published Dec 02, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 04:39 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you have been a witness to the maelstrom of events that accompanied the death of the political leader Bal Thackeray.
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Cloudy Jurisdiction: Addressing the thirst for Cloud Data in Domestic Legeal Processes
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 06, 2012 — last modified Dec 09, 2012 01:00 AM — filed under: ,
Elonnai Hickok was a panelist at this workshop held at the IGF in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 7, 2012. The workshop was co-organised by Electronic Frontier Foundation (Peru) and University of Ottawa.
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Government washes hands of Google's new privacy policy
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 10, 2012 — filed under: ,
The government has more or less washed its hands of internet giant Google's new privacy policy that is being criticised in Europe and elsewhere, but wants Indian residents to watch out for themselves, writes Jayadevan in this article published in the Economic Times on April 10, 2012.
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Blog Entry The Impact of Consolidation in the Internet Economy on the Evolution of the Internet
by Akriti Bopanna and Gurshabad Grover — published Jul 03, 2019 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with the Internet Society organized an event on the impact of consolidation in the Internet economy. It was divided into two roundtable discussions, the first one focusing on the policies and regulation while the latter dealt with the technical evolution of the Internet. This report contributed to the Internet Society’s 2019 Global Internet Report on Consolidation in the Internet Economy.
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Pranesh Prakash as Resource Person for ITD seminar on Competition
by Admin — published Jun 26, 2019 — last modified Jul 04, 2019 04:23 PM — filed under: ,
Pranesh Prakash represented the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as a resource person for a training seminar held by the International Institute for Trade and Development, which is an organization with a UN mandate and funding by the Thai government. The event was held from 24 - 26 June 2019 at Bangkok.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Chasing fame and fun 15 seconds at a time: Why TikTok has India hooked
by Tora Agarwala, Surbhi Gupta, and Karishma Mehrotra — published Jun 23, 2019 — last modified Jul 05, 2019 02:13 AM — filed under:
How TikTok, an app owned by a Chinese firm, has become a playground for India’s young.
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PIB plans a fact-checking unit to counter fake news
by Smriti Kak Ramachandran — published Jul 05, 2019 — filed under:
Countering fake news has been high on the government’s agenda; in 2016; the MIB suggested expanding its analytics wing to monitor social media and set up an early warning system for possible flashpoints that the government may be unprepared for.
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