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Blog Entry RTI response regarding the UIDAI
by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 12, 2015 — last modified Dec 22, 2015 02:57 AM — filed under: ,
This is a response to the RTI filed regarding UIDAI
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Rule 419A of the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951
by Jadine Lannon — published Apr 27, 2013 — last modified Nov 19, 2013 07:16 AM — filed under:
The Central Government made the following rules to amend the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951.
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Ruling in India shields Web posts
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2015 — filed under: , , , ,
The Supreme Court in India struck down a section of its country’s information technology act Tuesday that had made it illegal for anyone to spread ‘‘offensive messages’’ on electronic devices and resulted in arrests over posts on Facebook and other social media.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Rural Indians don’t trust messages on WhatsApp blindly: Survey
by Admin — published Oct 28, 2018 — filed under: ,
Only 8% of the respondents marked 10 as their trust score on a scale of 1-10, where 1 stands for complete distrust and 10 for complete trust, in information received on WhatsApp, found a survey.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Russian social network VKontakte temporarily blocked in India for Blue Whale threat
by Admin — published Sep 14, 2017 — last modified Sep 14, 2017 01:17 AM — filed under:
Russian social network Vkontakte, where the suicidal online "game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have originated, was blocked on certain internet service provider networks on Tuesday.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Sales of surveillance cameras are soaring, raising questions about privacy
by Admin — published Oct 16, 2018 — filed under: ,
The Telangana government wants more eyes on the streets to upgrade Hyderabad’s safety. It has asked enterprises, public sectors, residential associations and individuals to install closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) in and around their premises.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Salient Points in the Aadhaar Bill and Concerns
by Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 21, 2016 — filed under: , , , ,
Since the release of the Aadhaar Bill, the Centre for Internet and Society has been writing a number of posts analyzing the Bill and calling out problematic areas and the implications of the same. This post is meant to contribute to this growing body of writing and call out our major concerns with the Bill.
Located in Internet Governance
Save Your Voice — A movement against Web censorship
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2012 — filed under: , , ,
‘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.
Located in News & Media
Saving privacy as we knew it
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 29, 2013 — filed under: ,
Long overdue protection law still on the back-burner; meanwhile, depts put more of one's personal details online.
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Blog Entry Say 'Password' in Hindi
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 08, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:18 AM — filed under:
English might be the language of the online world, but it’s time other languages had their say, writes Nishant Shah. The article was published in the Indian Express on June 5, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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