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Taming the Web, are we?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Two decades after its advent changed our lives, the world wide web - as we know it - faces a grave threat. Not from governments alone, but also from tech companies seeking to play gatekeepers.
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MPs oppose curbs on internet; Sibal promises discussions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
With MPs raising concerns over open-ended interpretations of restrictive terms in the rules seeking to regulate social media and internet, the government promised to evolve a consensus on points of contention.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar Urges PM To Withdraw India’s Proposal For UN Committee On Internet-Policy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Rajya Sabha MP, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has written a letter to the Indian Prime Minister, urging him to withdraw India’s proposal to UN seeking governance of Internet control.
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The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development
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by
Shweta Mohandas, Amrita Sengupta and Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 06, 2025
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last modified
Mar 06, 2025 06:32 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Artificial Intelligence
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments and recommendations on the Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development.
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The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and feedback to the: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
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by
Pallavi Bedi, Vipul Kharbanda, Shweta Mohandas, Anubha Sinha and Isha Suri
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published
Mar 06, 2025
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
Data Protection,
Data Management
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments and feedback to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 initiated by the Indian government.
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Education, Epistemologies and AI: Understanding the role of Generative AI in Education
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by
Aparna Bhatnagar and Amrita Sengupta
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published
Mar 21, 2025
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filed under:
Responsible AI Integration,
Critical Thinking,
Knowledge Production,
Education Policy,
Internet Governance,
Epistemic Trust,
Algorithmic Bias,
Artificial Intelligence
As generative AI becomes more deeply embedded in educational contexts, it raises critical questions about trust, epistemic reliability, and the nature of knowledge production. While AI offers significant opportunities for enhancing pedagogical methodologies, facilitating personalised learning, and augmenting research, it also raises concerns regarding cognitive offloading, the erosion of critical thinking skills, and the perpetuation of biases inherent in training data.
This essay examines how higher education institutions navigate these complexities, focusing on institutional adaptation, ethical considerations, and policy responses. Central to this inquiry is an analysis of key theoretical frameworks in education and epistemology to understand how these impact the discourse around generative AI in the classroom. This essay looks at existing educational theory to understand the role of AI in the classroom. Furthermore, the study assesses existing institutional and national AI policies, evaluating their efficacy in addressing governance challenges, and offers future-looking questions and recommendations to guide the responsible integration of generative AI in education.
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Emotional Contagion: Theorising the Role of Affect in COVID-19 Information Disorder
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by
Yesha Tshering Paul and Amrita Sengupta
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published
Apr 11, 2025
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last modified
Apr 14, 2025 06:51 PM
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filed under:
Information Disorders,
Fake News,
Internet Governance,
Covid19
In this paper, we investigate the underexplored emotional drivers of information disorder, with a particular focus on how it manifested in COVID-19 misinformation in India. While "fake news" has received considerable attention for its impact on elections, marginalized communities, and public health, mainstream information disorder research does not sufficiently prioritise the underlying psychological factors that influence information trust.
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The Cost of Free Basics in India: Does Facebook's 'walled garden' reduce or reinforce digital inequalities?
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by
Amrita Sengupta
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published
Apr 05, 2025
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
In this essay—written in April 2016 soon after India's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) upheld net neutrality and effectively banned Free Basics in India— the author uses development theories to study the Free Basics programme. The author explored three key paradigms: 1) Construction of knowledge, power structures and virtual colonization in the Free Basics Programme, (2) A sub-internet of the marginalized and (3) the Capabilities Approach and explored how the programme reinforces levels of digital inequalities as opposed to reducing it. This essay was written in 2016 and there have been various shifts in the digital and tech landscape. Further a lot of numbers and statistics are from 2016 and not all ideas held here may be transferable today. This should be read as such. This is being published now, on account of 10 years since the Free Basics project was set to be implemented in India.
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Blog
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Aadhaar by Numbers
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 21, 2016
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last modified
Sep 11, 2016 04:36 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Sunil Abraham will be addressing a public seminar at an event organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in New Delhi on Friday, April 29, 2016.
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News & Media
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You will need a license to create a WhatsApp group in Kashmir
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 21, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
WhatsApp
The internet rights activists have criticised the move stating it as unconstitutional.
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