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A Public Meeting on DNA Profiling Bill in Delhi
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Sep 29, 2012
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last modified
Oct 10, 2012 10:58 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On September 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a public talk at the Indian International Centre focused on the draft DNA Profiling Bill. Presenting at the meeting were international experts Dr. Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK and Jeremy Gruber, president and executive director of the Council for Responsible Genetics US, and Dr. Anupuma Raina, senior scientist at AIIMs.
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Blog
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New Trends in Industry Self-Governance
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 04, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK and Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Nominet, UK is organising this workshop on November 7, 2012 at the seventh annual IGF meeting to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This workshop will be held in Conference Room 2, from 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Sunil Abraham is one of the panelists at this workshop.
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September 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 30, 2012
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last modified
Oct 09, 2012 06:48 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Welcome to the newsletter of September 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features a second analysis by Snehashish Ghosh on the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, a research on the issues of internet governance by Smarika Kumar, publication of a report on Accessibility of Government websites in India by Nirmita Narasimhan, Mukesh Sharma and Dinesh Kaushal, the Access to Knowledge programme plan and updates from the Wikipedia community in India on Indic languages, updates from the Habits of Living workshop organised in Bengaluru, the events connected to the visits of international DNA experts, Helen Wallace and Jeremy Gruber in India, and introduce you to our Access to Knowledge team members.
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Submission by Indian Civil Society Organisations on Proposals for the Future ITRs and Related Processes
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 01, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 08:00 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the signatories of this submission which was sent in November 2012, in response to the International Telecommunication Union's call for public comments in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai from December 3 to 14, 2012.
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Statement of Civil Society Members and Groups Participating in the "Best Bits" pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 16, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 08:06 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the signatories for this submission made to the ITU on November 16, 2012.
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Blog
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Submission on India's Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU's ITRs
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 03, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 04:15 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
Given below are the responses from the representatives of civil society in India (The Society for Knowledge Commons, Centre for Internet & Society, The Delhi Science Forum, Free Software Movement of India, Internet Democracy Project and Media for Change) to the Government of India's proposals for the upcoming WCIT meeting, in December 2012, in Dubai.
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Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Dec 10, 2012 04:40 AM
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filed under:
ITU,
Internet Governance
Pranesh Prakash made a presentation at the India Internet Governance Conference (IIGC) held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on October 4 and 5, 2012. The event was organised by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, FICCI and Internet Society. CIS was one of the supporting organisations.
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Blog
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Global Censorship Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School is holding a conference on global censorship from March 30 to April 1, 2012, at Yale Law School. The programme is sponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and Thomson Reuters.
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Internet Governance
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Save Your Voice — A movement against Web censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 13, 2012
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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.
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John Doe order in Reliance Big Entertainment v. Multivision Network and Ors. (movie Bodyguard)
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by
Jai Anand
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published
May 26, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
This is the case filed by Reliance Big Entertainment, producer of movie 'Boduguard' against Jyoti Cable Network and other unkown network operators restraining them from infringing their copyrights and the Court granted an interim injunction called 'john doe' order under Order 39 Rule 1 and Rule 3 of CPC, 1908.
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