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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM — filed under: IT Act, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, YouTube, Social media, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Social Networking
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if the government's heart is in the right place. Further, he points out that now is the time to take action on the draconian IT Rules which are before the Parliament.
Located in Internet Governance
Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 11, 2010 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM — filed under: Openness, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
Located in News & Media
Screening of Partners in Crime: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 07, 2011 — last modified Sep 07, 2011 11:03 AM
Vikalp@Smriti Nandan along with Centre for Internet and Society invite you to a screening of 'Partners in Crime' by Paromita Vohra on Friday, September 9, 2011, followed by a discussion with the director.
Located in Events
Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 08, 2012 — last modified Apr 08, 2012 10:53 PM
Section 295A. Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 18, 2016 — last modified Sep 18, 2016 03:22 AM — filed under: UID, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
This response note by Pranesh Prakash questions Unique Identification Authority of India’s reply to Hans Verghese Mathews' article titled “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW, March 12, 2016), which found “serious mathematical errors” in the article.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 13, 2015 — last modified Nov 23, 2015 02:58 PM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted the below to ICANN's CCWG-Accountability.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Will Indians have to pay for WhatsApp?: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 25, 2015 — last modified Aug 24, 2015 02:00 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) formed a panel in January 2015 to look into net neutrality in the country.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Open Government Data Study: by Pranesh Prakash — published May 20, 2011 — last modified Sep 03, 2015 08:08 AM — filed under: Open Data, Featured, Publications, Openness
CIS produced a report on the state of open government data in India, looking at policy, infrastructure, and particular case studies, as well as emerging concerns, future strategies and recommendations. The report is authored by Glover Wright, Pranesh Prakash, Sunil Abraham, and Nishant Shah. We are grateful to the Transparency and Accountability Initiative for providing generous funding for this report.
Located in Openness / Blog
RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological University: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 30, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under: FLOSS, RTI
The Centre for Internet and Society filed an RTI application to Visvesvaraya Technological University asking it to provide details about its curriculum design, and its tie-ups with various software vendors.
Located in Openness / Blog
The National Public Meeting on Software Patents: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 04, 2008 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:02 AM — filed under: Conference, Campaign, Software Patents, FLOSS, Openness, Meeting
On Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Centre for Internet and Society, with the support of eighteen other organization, held a meeting on the National Public Meeting on Software Patents in the United Theological College campus. The aim of the event was to explore various issues surrounding software patents, especially from the perspective of the draft Patent Manual.
Located in Openness / Blog

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