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Primer on the New IT Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 29, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: IT Act, Digital Governance, Public Accountability, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
With this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill": by Natasha Vaz — published Jan 28, 2012 — last modified Feb 15, 2012 04:27 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured
On January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in the series of regional consultations held as “Privacy Matters”. The present conference analyzed the Draft Privacy Bill and the participants discussed the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.
Located in Internet Governance
Private sector censors: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
If business decides what’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ speech, it can lead to multiple interpretations and arbitrary decisions. The article by Salil Tripathi was published in LiveMint on April 25, 2012.
Located in News & Media
Prometheus bound and gagged: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
Funny how a healthy person like me can collapse one day and end up in the hospital. The doctor who made me go through every lab test available, finally diagnosed the cause after a chat with me. Apparently, I collapsed because I’m getting angry, increasing my blood pressure. The only solution he said is to stop reading newspapers, as I’m getting agitated by headlines like ‘India can go the China way and block sites’, or by how the government says there’s no Internet censorship while all it’s actions point the other way.
Located in News & Media
Regulating the Internet by fiat: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 26, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Union government’s move to ban or block 310 online entities is worrisome.
Located in News & Media
Resources: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2009 — last modified Oct 20, 2009 03:29 AM — filed under: Bayh-Dole, Access to Knowledge, Access to Medicine, Open Access, Public Accountability, Open Innovation
A collection of resources that will help one navigate through the arguments and evidence for and against the Indian "Bayh-Dole" bill.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Publications / PUPFIP Bill
Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Initiatives: A Report: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jun 24, 2009 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:28 PM — filed under: Social media, Digital Activism, Digital Access, Public Accountability, Discussion, Featured, Transparency, Politics
Zainab Bawa reports on the Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies for Public Initiatives, hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, on 17 June 2009, in collaboration with the Liberty Institute, New Delhi.
Located in Events / Event Blogs
RTI Applications on Blocking of Websites: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 08, 2011 — last modified Dec 21, 2012 06:34 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, RTI, Public Accountability
In recent weeks, an increasing number of incidents have come to light on government-ordered blocking of websites. In one case involving Zone-H.org, it is clear who has ordered the block (a Delhi district court judge, as an interim order), even though the block itself is open to constitutional challenge. In all others cases, including the TypePad case, it is unclear who has ordered the block and why. We at CIS have sent in two right to information requests to find out.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Save Your Voice — A movement against Web censorship: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
‘Save Your Voice (SYV)’ is a movement against Web censorship and its main demand is the repealing of the Information Technology Act, said SYV founders, Aseem Trividi, a cartoonist, and Alok Dixit, a journalist, on Monday.
Located in News & Media
Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 07, 2009 — last modified Jul 07, 2009 04:49 PM — filed under: Open Standards, Public Accountability, Software Patents
Another draft (labelled "version 2", dated May 26, 2009) of the draft national policy on open standards for e-governance was made available to Fosscomm, while many software companies were speaking out against NASSCOM's position on the policy. CIS drafted a second response addressing both the allegations against NASSCOM as well as the few shortcomings we perceive in the draft policy.
Located in Openness / Publications / Open Standards

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