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PMO’s no to smart cards, insists on Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 20, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The government has decided to stop issuing new smart cards to beneficiaries of government schemes as Aadhaar is now backed by a law.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Podcast on 'Abortion rights and privacy' with PI: by Admin — published Dec 14, 2018 — last modified Dec 25, 2018 01:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Ambika Tandon recorded a podcast with Privacy International on abortion rights, bodily autonomy, and privacy in the Indian and Argentinian context, which was released on December 6, 2018.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Point By Point Rebuttal Of Indian Government’s Statement On Internet Control Rules: by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2011 — last modified May 25, 2011 12:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society has published a point-by-point rebuttal of the statement issued by India’s Department of Information Technology on India’s Internet Control Rules. The text below is reproduced from CIS India’s website, under a CC-BY license (which means anyone can re-publish it, with attribution. You can, too). We’ve highlighted (in bold) certain statements in the rebuttal. This article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in Medianama on May 13, 2011.
Located in News & Media
Point of View wins Laadli Media Award: “An encouragement to keep fighting for gender equality”: by Admin — published Sep 14, 2017 — last modified Sep 14, 2017 12:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The first season of Deep Dives - Sexing the Interwebs won the South Asian Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2017 in the “Best web series" /"Special edition” category. Rohini Lakshané was one of ten contributors to the series of long form essays on the intersection of gender, sexuality and the Internet.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Police to counter fake news on WhatsApp: by Admin — published Jun 26, 2018 — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:45 AM — filed under: WhatsApp, Internet Governance
State police across Karnataka, Assam, Telangana and Kerala are designing social media campaigns as an antidote to fake news on messaging apps like WhatsApp following claims that these platforms have been used to incite violence across several locations in recent weeks.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Policies for the Platform Economy: by Admin — published Aug 27, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Anubha Sinha and Amber Sinha will be panelists in this event being organized by IT for Change at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on August 30, 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Policy Brief on the Report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on ICT: by Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda — published Aug 23, 2016 — filed under: Privacy, Internet Governance, ICT
In light of the complex challenges and threats posed to, and by, the field of information telecommunications in cyberspace, in 1998 the draft resolution in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly was introduced and adopted without a vote (A/RES/53/70) ]. Since then, the Secretary General to the General Assembly has invited annual reports on the issue.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Policy Brief: Oversight Mechanisms for Surveillance: by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 24, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Policy Design Jam: by Admin — published Sep 25, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Pallavi Bedi, Akash Sheshadri and Anubha Sinha attended the event organized by Whatsapp and ISPP on 16 September 2019 at Indian School of Public Policy campus, Qutub Institutional Area, Delhi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Policy Lab on Artificial Intelligence & Democracy: by Admin — published Apr 12, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Shweta Mohandas participated in a policy lab on Artificial Intelligence & Democracy in India organised by Tandem Research, in partnership with Microsoft Research and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on 2 & 3 April, 2019, in Bangalore.
Located in Telecom / News & Media

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