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Rebuttal of DIT's Misleading Statements on New Internet Rules
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 13, 2011
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last modified
Jul 11, 2012 01:18 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability
The press statement issued on May 11 by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) on the furore over the newly-issued rules on 'intermediary due diligence' is misleading and is, in places, plainly false. We are presenting a point-by-point rebuttal of the DIT's claims.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 09, 2011
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last modified
May 13, 2011 07:24 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
CPOV
For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia’s rapid rise, novel organization, and freely offered content have been marveled at and denounced by a host of commentators. Critical Point of View moves beyond unflagging praise, well-worn facts, and questions about its reliability and accuracy, to unveil the complex, messy, and controversial realities of a distributed knowledge platform.
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Research
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Conferences & Workshops
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Conference Blogs
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DIT's Response to RTI on Website Blocking
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 07, 2011
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:13 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For the first time in India, we have a list of websites that are blocked by order of the Indian government. This data was received from the Department of Information Technology in response to an RTI that CIS filed. Pranesh Prakash of CIS analyzes the implications of these blocks, as well as the shortcomings of the DIT's response.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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'Privacy Matters', Ahmedabad: Conference Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 31, 2011
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last modified
Apr 04, 2011 04:45 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Privacy
On 26 March 2011, civil society, lawyers, judges, students and NGO’s, gathered together at the Ahmedabad Management Association to take part in 'Privacy Matters' – a public conference organised by Privacy India in partnership with IDRC and Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI) — to discuss the challenges of privacy in India, with an emphasis on national security and privacy. The conference was opened by Prashant Iyengar, head researcher at Privacy India and Kanan Drhu, director of RFGI. Mr. Iyengar explained Privacy India’s mandate to raise awareness of privacy, spark civil action, and promote democratic dialogue around privacy challenges and violations in India. RFGI is a think tank established in 2009 which aims to research, promote, and implement various reforms to improve the legal and political process in Gujarat and across India. ‘Privacy Matters – Ahmedabad’ is the third conference out of the eight that Privacy India will be hosting across India. The next conference will take place in Hyderabad on 9 April 2011. It will focus on human rights and privacy.
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Internet Governance
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Privacy
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India's untapped potential: Are a billion people losing out because of spectrum?
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by
Shyam Ponappa
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published
Mar 29, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:31 AM
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filed under:
Telecom,
Featured
As one of the world’s fastest growing economies and with over 65% of its billion-plus population under 35, India has huge potential. But according to Shyam Ponappa of the Centre for Internet & Society, its spectrum management – the electromagnetic waves that are used from home appliances like microwaves and remote controls, to radios, cell phones, and of course, the internet – could be a huge barrier to the country’s economic and social development.
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Telecom
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Blog
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Google Policy Fellowship Program: Asia Chapter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 24, 2011
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:34 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance
For the ardent followers of free and open Internet and for those who love to debate on technology, media law and Internet-related policy issues, there is some good news. The Centre for Internet and Society, India is conducting a Google Policy Fellowship program this summer!
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Digital Natives with a Cause? —Workshop in Santiago — an Afterthought
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by
Samuel Tettner
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published
Feb 13, 2011
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last modified
Jan 03, 2012 10:16 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Workshop,
Digital Natives
The Digital Natives had their third and final workshop in Santiago, Chile from 8 to 10 February 2011. Once again CIS and Hivos joined hands to organise the event. Samuel Tettner, Digital Natives Coordinator from CIS narrates his experiences from the workshop in this blog post.
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Digital Natives
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Blog
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Privacy Matters — Conference Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 24, 2011
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last modified
Jan 27, 2011 10:22 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Privacy
A one-day conference on Privacy Matters was held on Sunday, 23 January 2011 at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Law School in Kolkata. This was the first of a series of eleven conferences on ‘privacy’ that Privacy India is scheduled to host in different Indian cities from January to June this year. Members of Parliament, Sri Manoj Bhattacharya from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and Sri Nilotpal Basu from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) spoke in the conference. Students, the civil society and lawyers also participated in it.
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Internet Governance
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Privacy
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Call for Comments for Report on Open Government Data in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 24, 2010
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last modified
Mar 01, 2013 05:50 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Featured,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society is pleased to announce a public call for comments on the Report on Open Government Data in India prepared by Glover Wright, Pranesh Prakash, Sunil Abraham and Nishant Shah.
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Call for Comments for Report on the Online Video Environment in India
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 21, 2010
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 12:12 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Open Video
The Open Video Alliance, the Centre for Internet and Society and iCommons are pleased to announce a public call for comments on version 1 of "Online Video Environment in India: A Survey Report".
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Openness
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