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Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 27, 2011
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last modified
Dec 02, 2011 09:26 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In this blog post, Pranesh Prakash briefly analyses the DIT's response to an RTI request on website blocking alongside the most recent edition of Google's Transparency Report, and what it tells us about the online censorship regime in India.
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Blog
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Leaked Privacy Bill: 2014 vs. 2011
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Mar 31, 2014
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last modified
Apr 01, 2014 10:52 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society has recently received a leaked version of the draft Privacy Bill 2014 that the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India has drafted.
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Blog
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Exploring the Digital Landscape: An Overview
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by
Sneha PP
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published
Apr 14, 2014
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last modified
Apr 14, 2014 03:48 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Digital Humanities
One component of the Digital Humanities mapping exercise was a series of six research projects commissioned by HEIRA-CSCS, Bangalore over November 2013-March 2014. These studies attempted to chart various aspects of the digital landscape in India today, with a focus on emerging forms of humanistic enquiry engendered by the Internet and new digital technologies. This blog post presents a broad overview of some of the key learnings from these projects.
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Digital Humanities
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Digital Humanities and the Problem of Definition
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by
Sneha PP
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published
Apr 25, 2014
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last modified
Mar 30, 2015 12:47 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India,
Digital Humanities
The Digital Humanities as a field that still eludes definition has been the subject of much discourse and writing. This blog post looks at this issue as one of trying to approach the field from a disciplinary lens, and the challenges that this may pose to the attempts at a definition.
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Digital Humanities
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The Embodiment of the Right to Privacy within Domestic Legislation
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by
Tanvi Mani
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published
Apr 29, 2014
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last modified
Sep 08, 2014 02:37 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Right to Privacy is a pivotal construct, essential to the actualization of justice, fairness and equity within any democratic society. It is an instrument used to secure the boundaries of an individual’s personal space, in his interaction with not only the rest of society but also the State.
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Blog
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Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report
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by
Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali
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published
Nov 05, 2018
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last modified
Nov 05, 2018 12:08 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Aadhaar
We are issuing a second clarificatory statement on our report titled “Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar numbers with sensitive personal financial information” published on May 1, 2017.
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Blog
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 28, 2013
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last modified
Feb 13, 2013 07:05 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
The 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, African Information Research and Training and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in this event. Sunil Abraham made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies on the opening day, December 15, 2012.
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Blogs
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CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Featured,
WIPO
Pranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
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Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics (September 2012 – April 2013)
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by
T.Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jun 30, 2013
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last modified
Aug 23, 2013 01:48 AM
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filed under:
Statistics,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Openness
The Access to Knowledge team carried out a quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias over the time period from September 2012 to April 2013.
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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Aug 08, 2013
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last modified
Aug 08, 2013 11:52 AM
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filed under:
Consumer Rights,
Featured,
Access to Knowledge
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) act as an international reference point of the consumer movement, however since it has been over a quarter of a century since they were first drafted, there is a strong argument for revising them to bring them in line with new developments in technology and business practices.
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