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Campaign against curbs on websites gathers steam: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
For political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and his blogger-cum-journalist friend Alok Dixit, who both ran a website against corruption, a tryst with the blind side of law triggered their mission against “gagging” of the new-age Indian Internet user.
Located in News & Media
Information Disorders and their Regulation: by Torsha Sarkar, Shruti Trikanad, and Anoushka Soni — published Jan 31, 2024 — filed under: Information Disorders, Access to Knowledge, Internet Governance, Information Security, Information Technology
The Indian media and digital sphere, perhaps a crude reflection of the socio-economic realities of the Indian political landscape, presents a unique and challenging setting for studying information disorders.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Reconfiguring Data Governance: Insights from India and the EU: by Swati Punia, Srishti Joshi, Siddharth Peter De Souza, Linnet Taylor, Jhalak M. Kakkar, Isha Suri, Arindrajit Basu, and Anushka Mittal — published Feb 17, 2024 — last modified Feb 20, 2024 12:30 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Data Governance, Data Protection, Data Management
This policy paper is the result of a workshop organised jointly by the Tilburg Institute of Law, Technology and Society, Netherlands, the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University Delhi, India and the Centre for Internet & Society, India in January, 2023. The workshop brought together a number of academics, researchers, and industry representatives in Delhi to discuss a range of issues at the core of data governance theory and practice.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024: by Abhineet Nayyar, Isha Suri, and Pallavi Bedi (in alphabetical order) — published May 16, 2024 — last modified Jun 11, 2024 10:13 AM — filed under: Telecom, Digital Media, Digital Technologies, Internet Governance
This submission is a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society India (CIS) to the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, published by the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), (hereafter “draft DCB” or “draft Bill”).
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Supreme Court Order is a Good Start, but is Seeding Necessary?: by Elonnai Hickok and Rohan George — published Aug 29, 2015 — last modified Sep 07, 2015 01:21 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog post seeks to unpack the ‘seeding’ process in the UIDAI scheme, understand the implications of the Supreme Court order on this process, and identify questions regarding the UID scheme that still need to be clarified by the court in the context of the seeding process.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CIS Comments and Recommendations to the Human DNA Profiling Bill, June 2015: by Elonnai Hickok, Vipul Kharbanda and Vanya Rakesh — published Aug 27, 2015 — last modified Sep 02, 2015 05:09 PM — filed under: DNA Profiling, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted a clause-by-clause comments on the Human DNA Profiling Bill that was circulated by the Department of Biotechnology on June 9, 2015.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India: by Vidushi Marda — published Sep 03, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
August 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2015 — last modified Oct 27, 2015 12:25 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Located in About Us / Newsletters
The seedy underbelly of revenge porn: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2015 — last modified Sep 27, 2015 02:25 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Intimate photos posted by angry exes are becoming part of an expanding online body of dirty work.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 v/s 2015 Bill: by Vanya Rakesh — published Sep 06, 2015 — filed under: DNA Profiling, Internet Governance, Privacy
This entry analyses the Human DNA Profiling Bill introduced in 2012 with the provisions of the 2015 Bill
Located in Internet Governance / Blog

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