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CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch Call
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Tanaya Rajwade, Elonnai Hickok, and Raouf Kundil Peedikayil
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Oct 31, 2019
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last modified
Nov 04, 2019 02:13 PM
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
In the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2018 to “bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism.”
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Through the looking glass: Analysing transparency reports
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by
Torsha Sarkar, Suhan S and Gurshabad Grover
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published
Oct 30, 2019
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last modified
Nov 02, 2019 05:48 AM
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
An analysis of companies' transparency reports for government requests for user data and content removal
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Blog
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Department of Labour Interaction Program: Online Business Platforms
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by
Bharath Gururagavendran
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Oct 29, 2019
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Department of Labour convened an interaction program of sorts at Vikas Soudha in Bangalore on 21st October, 2019 to hear the issues plaguing the emergent gig economy.
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Comments to the Code on Social Security, 2019
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by
Aayush Rathi , Amruta Mahuli and Ambika Tandon
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published
Oct 27, 2019
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filed under:
Social Security,
Internet Governance
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet & Society, India (CIS) to the draft Code on Social Security, 2019 (hereinafter “ Draft Code ”) prepared by the Government of India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and Privacy
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Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Oct 24, 2019
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last modified
Dec 30, 2019 05:40 PM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Gender,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
This submission to UNHRC presents a response by researchers at the CIS to ‘gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and individuals of diverse sexual orientations gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics’. It was prepared by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, and Pallavi Bedi in response to a report of consultation by a thematic taskforce established by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy on ‘Privacy and Personality’ (hereafter, HRC Gender Report).
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Trending Hate Against Muslims: Is Twitter Complicit?
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Puja Bhattacharjee
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published
Oct 23, 2019
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Twitter claimed that it had ‘prevented’ the Hashtag while it had not.
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News & Media
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NIPFP Seminar on Exploring Policy Issues in the Digital Technology Arena
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 20, 2019
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filed under:
Privacy,
Digital Knowledge,
Internet Governance,
Digital Technologies,
Digital India
Anubha Sinha participated in this seminar as a discussant on the "Regulating emerging technologies" panel. The event was held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 10 - 11, 2019.
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Discussion at CyFy on Technology, Policy and National Security: Building 21st Century Curricula in India’s Law Schools
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Admin
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Oct 20, 2019
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Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Financial Technology
Arindrajit Basu attended the session and gave comments on the course outline which included thoughts on:
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Due Diligence Project FGD by UN Women
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Admin
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published
Oct 20, 2019
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filed under:
Due Diligence,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On October 11, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan attended a focussed group discussion at the UN House, New Delhi, organized by UN Women for their multi-country research study on online violence (Due Diligence Project).
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Roundtable Discussion on Intermediary Liability
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Admin
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published
Oct 20, 2019
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
Tanaya Rajwade participated in a roundtable discussion on intermediary liability organised by SFLC and the Dialogue in New Delhi on October 17, 2019.
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