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The trouble with trolls: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 05:42 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
Social networking sites give trolls the ability to hide their real identity and cause grief to others. Here is what you need to do if you face an online attack.
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Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015: by Jyoti Panday — published Nov 23, 2015 — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Big Data, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Internet Governance Forum, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Cyber Security, Digital Governance, Anonymity, Civil Society, Blocking
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
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Call for Comments: Model Security Standards for the Indian Fintech Industry: by Pranav M B — published Dec 16, 2019 — last modified Dec 16, 2019 01:16 PM — filed under: Financial Technology, Cybersecurity, internet governance, Internet Governance, Cyber Security
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy Concerns: by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — published Jan 02, 2020 — filed under: Cybersecurity, Cyber Security, internet governance, Internet Governance
Arindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way Forward: by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — published Jan 02, 2020 — filed under: Cybersecurity, Cyber Security, internet governance, Internet Governance
Arindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the third of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
Located in Internet Governance
Cryptocurrency Regulation in India – A brief history: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Mar 05, 2020 — last modified Mar 05, 2020 06:36 PM — filed under: Cybersecurity, internet governance, Bitcoin, Internet Governance, Cryptocurrencies, Cyber Security
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India quashed the RBI order passed in 2018 that banned financial services firms from trading in virtual currency or cryptocurrency. Keeping this policy window in mind, the Centre for Internet & Society will be releasing a series of blog posts and policy briefs on cryptocurrency regulation in India
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European Summer School on Internet Governance: by Admin — published Jul 23, 2019 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Internet Freedom
The 13th European Summer School on Internet Governance was held at Meissen in Germany from 13 - 20 July 2019. Akriti Bopanna attended the school. The event was organized by EuroSSIG.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India is falling down the facial recognition rabbit hole: by Prem Sylvester and Karan Saini — published Jul 25, 2019 — filed under: Cyber Security, Facial Recognition
Its use as an effective law enforcement tool is overstated, while the underlying technology is deeply flawed.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 20) – Saumil Shah: by Purba Sarkar — published Aug 30, 2014 — last modified Sep 06, 2014 05:03 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Cyber Security Interview, Privacy
CIS interviews Saumil Shah, security expert, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
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Cyber Dialogue Conference 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2014 — last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:09 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Cyber Dialogue conference, presented by the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, will convene an influential mix of global leaders from government, civil society, academia and private enterprise to participate in a series of facilitated public plenary conversations and working groups around cyberspace security and governance.
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