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Letter for Civil Society Involvement in WCIT
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by
Center for Democracy & Technology
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published
May 24, 2012
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last modified
May 24, 2012 06:55 AM
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Internet Governance
This page features a letter from academics and civil society groups from around the world to International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré regarding the lack of opportunity for civil society participation in the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) process.
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The Private Eye
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The world’s largest digital social networking system, oh ok, Facebook, to just name names, was recently in a lot of buzz.
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Internet Governance
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Open letter to Kolaveri Di makers: How Dare You!
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
May 23, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
When it comes to piracy, you are sure to have an opinion. You might either make a virtue out of it, talking about cultural commons and collaborative conditions of production. Or you might vilify it as the social fault-line that is destroying the very pillars of commerce and cultural negotiations.
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Internet Governance
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The Awesome Contracts Project (Geekup @ CIS)
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 10, 2012
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last modified
May 11, 2012 12:17 PM
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filed under:
Lecture,
Event Type,
Internet Governance
Vivek Durai, co-founder at Awesome Contracts, a Singapore-India startup will give a public lecture on May 18, 2012 at the Centre for Internet & Society in Bangalore. Lawyer, musician, legal recruiter and entrepreneur, Amith Narayan will also participate through Skype!
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Internet Governance
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Chilling Effects and Frozen Words
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by
Lawrence Liang
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published
Apr 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
What if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in the Hindu on April 30, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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It’s mainstream vs social
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 30, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Mainstream and social media share an increasingly uneasy relationship. Mahima Kaul, a Guest Columnist with the Sunday Guardian wrote this article. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
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News & Media
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet
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by
Rishabh Dara
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published
Apr 27, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:22 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched upon issues relating to freedom of expression. The results of the paper demonstrate that the ‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’ notified by the Government of India on April 11, 2011 have a chilling effect on free expression.
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Internet Governance
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Social Media 1, Indian Government 0
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 26, 2012
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last modified
Apr 27, 2012 04:44 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The futility of the Indian government’s attempts to control what is posted on Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites was thrown into high relief this week, after a video purportedly showing Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singvi having sex in his office resulted in his resignation.
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News & Media
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India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 26, 2012
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last modified
Apr 26, 2012 01:45 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Encryption,
Intermediary Liability,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Cyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable of framing fair, just, and informed laws and policies. Pranesh Prakash suggests they learn from the DEIT's Internet Governance Division, and Brazil, and adopt multi-stakeholderism as a core principle of Internet policy-making.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Private sector censors
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 26, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
If business decides what’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ speech, it can lead to multiple interpretations and arbitrary decisions. The article by Salil Tripathi was published in LiveMint on April 25, 2012.
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News & Media