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CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation: by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Feb 07, 2019 07:26 AM — filed under: International Relations, Internet Governance
The UN high-level panel on Digital Cooperation issued a call for inputs that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Response to the Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018: by Gurshabad Grover, Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Akriti — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Feb 07, 2019 08:06 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
In this response, we aim to examine whether the draft rules meet tests of constitutionality and whether they are consistent with the parent Act. We also examine potential harms that may arise from the Rules as they are currently framed and make recommendations to the draft rules that we hope will help the Government meet its objectives while remaining situated within the constitutional ambit.
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Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy: by Akriti Bopanna — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Apr 01, 2019 04:38 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Internet Freedom, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society and the University of Munich (LMU), Germany are jointly organizing an international symposium at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on April 5, 2019
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CIS Comment on ICANN's Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget: by Akriti Bopanna — published Feb 12, 2019 — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
At the Centre for Internet and Society, we are grateful for the opportunity to provide our comments on the proposed draft of ICANN’s FY20 Operating Plan and Budget along with their Five-Year Operating Plan Update. As part of the public comment process, ICANN provided a list of documents which can be found here that included their highlights of the budget, the total draft budget for FY20, an operating plan segregated by portfolios, amongst others.
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What the government's draft IT intermediary guidelines say: by Admin — published Feb 13, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Intermediaries will have to hand over to government agencies any information within 72 hours. Intermediaries will have to use automated tools to trace the person posting unlawful content.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
‘Willing to participate, but need more time’: Twitter on parliamentary panel hearing: by Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Vidhi Choudhary — published Feb 15, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Executives from social media firm Twitter’s US headquarters will not appear before a parliamentary panel that has summoned them on Monday over perceived bias towards right-wing handles on the micro-blogging platform.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
2019 International Asia Conference: by Admin — published Feb 19, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
ITECHLAW organized the 2019 edition of International Asia Conference at JW Marriott hotel in Bangalore on January 31, 2019 and February 1, 2019. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Policy Making for the Emerging Tech in India".
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Co-operation: by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 30, 2019 — last modified Feb 19, 2019 01:41 AM — filed under: Privacy, Internet Governance, ICT
The High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation was convened by the UN Secretary-General to advance proposals to strengthen cooperation in the digital space among Governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, academia, the technical community and other relevant stakeholders. The Panel issued a call for input that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
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CIS Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression: Surveillance Industry and Human Rights: by Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover, Akriti Bopanna, Shweta Mohandas, Martyna Kalvaityte — published Feb 20, 2019 — last modified Feb 20, 2019 10:48 AM — filed under: Human Rights, Internet Governance, Surveillance
CIS responded to the call for submissions from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression. The submission was on the Surveillance Industry and Human Rights.
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Resurrecting the marketplace of ideas: by Arindrajit Basu — published Feb 22, 2019 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Freedom, Internet Governance
There is no ‘silver bullet’ for regulating content on the web. It requires a mix of legal and empirical analysis.
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