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Terms of Website Use: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: Policies, Internet Governance
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Terror recruiters target Indians on internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 18, 2014 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
What's in a name? If it indicates your religious identity, then you could get trolled by strangers wanting to draw you in with videos on the importance of archaic customs and doctored accounts of world history.
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Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 27, 2011 — last modified Oct 28, 2011 02:37 PM — filed under: RTI, Internet Governance, Censorship
CIS had filed a request under the Right to Information Act with the government, asking a number of questions relating to blocking of content under the IT Act. We have reproduced below the response we got from the government.
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Thank You To Our 2014 Sponsors: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 22, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:27 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Today’s the last day of work in 2014 for the editorial team at MediaNama, though we’ll run a Holiday Wire update intermittently this week, we’ll have a brief year end review for each major segment. Thank you for reading us in 2014, and have a great Christmas and New Year.
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That’s the unkindest cut, Mr Sibal: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
There’s Kolaveri-di on the Internet over Kapil Sibal’s diktat to social media sites to prescreen users’ posts. That diktat goes far beyond the restrictions placed on our freedom of expression by the IT Act. But, says Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society, India is not going to be silenced online.
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The 'Global Multistakholder Community' is Neither Global Nor Multistakeholder: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2015 — last modified Nov 03, 2016 10:42 AM — filed under: Multi-stakeholder, ICANN, IANA Transition, Internet Governance
CIS research shows how Western, male, and industry-driven the IANA transition process actually is.
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The 2nd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series — A Post-event Report: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 17, 2011 — last modified Nov 17, 2011 10:25 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), organised the 2nd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series on the 21st and 22nd of May 2011 at the National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore. The main theme for this year was Emerging Issues in Privacy Law: Law, Policy and Practice.
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The 12-digit conundrum: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 14, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Even as the Centre plans to link as many as 500 schemes to Aadhaar, concerns over data safety are rising. Richa Mishra reports.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The Aadhaar Act is Not a Money Bill: by Amber Sinha — published Apr 25, 2016 — filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar
While the authority of the Lok Sabha Speaker is final and binding, Jairam Ramesh’s writ petition may allow the Supreme Court to question an incorrect application of substantive principles. This article by Amber Sinha was published by The Wire on April 24, 2016.
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The Aadhaar Case: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Sep 05, 2014 — last modified Sep 05, 2014 09:12 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance, Privacy
In 2012 a writ petition was filed by Justice K.S. Puttaswamy in the Supreme Court of India challenging the policy of the government in making an Aadhaar card for every person in India and its later plans to link various government benefit schemes to the same.
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