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CPRsouth 2016 – Young Scholars Programme: by Prasad Krishna — published May 30, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data
Rohini Lakshané, Amber Sinha and Vidushi Marda have been selected to attend the two-day Young Scholars' Programme to be held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in early September this year. The programme is a part of the CPRSouth conference.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Creeped out by Netflix's 'You'? Here's how you can avoid online stalkers, data thieves: by Admin — published Jan 12, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Several social media users have no idea of how much of their information is stored on the Internet and what kind of information they are allowing the applications to access.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Criminal Defamation and the Supreme Court’s Loss of Reputation: by Bhairav Acharya — published Jun 03, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Supreme Court’s refusal, in Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, to strike down the anachronistic colonial offence of criminal defamation is wrong. Criminalising defamation serves no legitimate public purpose; the vehicle of criminalisation – sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – is unconstitutional; and the court’s reasoning is woolly at best.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Criminal Defamation: The Urgent Cause That has United Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 16, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
Three years ago when the then Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy accused Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and his mother of misappropriation of funds while trying to revive the National Herald newspaper, the Nehru-Gandhi scion threatened to sue him.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Crisis for identity or identity crisis?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 24, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:16 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The hurry with which the government is pushing its most ambitious project to assign a number (UID) to every citizen without any feasibility study or public debate has raised many questions.
Located in News & Media
Criticism mounts over India censorship: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
India’s government is facing fierce criticism from privacy groups, political opponents and irate internet users accusing it of an excessive and poorly targeted censorship drive as it seeks to contain social alarm triggered by communal unrest.
Located in News & Media
Critics of India's ID card project say they have been harassed, put under surveillance: by Admin — published Feb 24, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Surveillance
Researchers and journalists who have identified loopholes in India’s massive national identity card project have said they have been slapped with criminal cases or harassed by government agencies because of their work.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Cross Border Sharing of Data: Challenges and Solutions: by Admin — published Nov 14, 2017 — last modified Nov 20, 2017 03:20 PM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has been following the debates around MLAT process taking place globally and researching potential areas of tension in the tools that India uses to access data across borders. As part of this research, CIS is hosting a workshop on cross border sharing of data on December 8, 2017 at India Islamic Centre from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Cross-Border Data Sharing and India: A study in Processes, Content and Capacity: by Amber Sinha, Elonnai Hickok, Udbhav Tiwari and Arindrajit Basu — published Sep 27, 2018 — last modified Sep 29, 2018 12:37 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
A majority of criminal investigations in the modern era necessitate law enforcement access to electronic evidence stored extra-territorially. The conventional methods of compelling the presentation of evidence available for investigative agencies often fail when the evidence is not present within the territorial boundaries of the state.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Crowdsourced innovation for government projects and services is easier said than done: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 07, 2017 — last modified Feb 07, 2017 03:36 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Late January. The buzz was palpable at the MLR Convention Centre in South Bengaluru. Developers were streaming into 50p, a conference organised by HasGeek, which has curated technology forums since 2011. But this wasn't just one of the six HasGeek communions that the programmers attend annually. 50p put the spotlight on digital payments, which meant the gathering would be more diverse than anything before.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

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