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Interview with Pranesh Prakash: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship, Information Technology
Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society talks to Mint’s Surabhi Agarwal about the controversial Section 66A of the IT Act and the government’s decision to tweak it.
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Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?: by Elonnai Hickok, Vipul Kharbanda, Shweta Mohandas and Pranav M. Bidare — published Dec 29, 2018 — filed under: IT Act, Privacy, Internet Governance, Cyber Security, Information Technology
The government could always authorise intelligence agencies to intercept and monitor communications, but the lack of clarity is problematic.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 Working Group Meetings - A Summary: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 16, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Information Technology
The Centre for Internet & Society attended the ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 Working Group Meetings from 22 to 27 October 2016 in Abu Dhabi at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, 69 Rules: Draft and Final Version Comparison: by Jadine Lannon — published Apr 30, 2013 — last modified Apr 30, 2013 09:56 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
Jadine Lannon has performed a clause-by-clause comparison of the Draft 69 Rules and official 69 Rules under Section 69B in order to better understand how the two are similar and how they differ. Very brief notes have been included on some changes we deemed to be important.
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IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, 69B Rules: Draft and Final Version Comparison: by Jadine Lannon — published Apr 30, 2013 — last modified Apr 30, 2013 09:47 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Information Technology
Jadine Lannon has performed a clause-by-clause comparison of the Draft 69B Rules and official 69B Rules under Section 69B in order to better understand how the two are similar and how they differ. Notes have been included on some changes we deemed to be important.
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Kapil Sibal & Co shoot down motion to kill IT Rules: cite terrorism, drugs: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 24, 2012 09:45 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 (The Rules) continue to breathe after the statutory motion to annul them moved by member of parliament (MP) from Kerala P Rajeeve was defeated by voice vote in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
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Leveraging Web Application Vulnerabilities for Reconnaissance and Intelligence Gathering: by Admin — published Jul 22, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Information Technology
Karan Saini gave a talk at the JSFoo Conference at the GRD College of Science in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on July 5, 2019. The event was organized by Has Geek.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
List of Chairman and Members of CRAC: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Dec 02, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Information Technology
Notification on the constitution of the "Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee"
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
M-governance gains momentum: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2011 — filed under: Information Technology
Governments worldwide have successfully deployed mobile-based technologies for providing a wide variety of public services, and the Indian States are following suit.
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Names Not Numbers Mumbai: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2011 — last modified Nov 21, 2011 05:04 AM — filed under: Information Technology
Names Not Numbers Mumbai is part of an annual series of invitation-only ideas conferences for 100 key players and thinkers across politics, business, media, culture, academia and technology to discuss and debate what individuality in a mass age means. Names Not Numbers Mumbai is put together by the Media, Analysis & Networking company Editorial Intelligence in association with the British Council, the Financial Times and partners including Jnanapravaha.
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