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Programme Officer - Privacy: by Amber Sinha — published Apr 15, 2019 — last modified Apr 15, 2019 06:53 AM — filed under: Jobs, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to undertake public policy research on privacy and related themes. For this position, we will hire one full time researcher, to be based in the Delhi office of CIS, for the duration of one year.
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Project on Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism with City University: by Ambika Tandon — published Nov 28, 2019 — last modified Dec 02, 2019 09:38 AM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
CIS is a partner on the project 'Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism in the Digital Age'. The project is lead by Dr. Carolina Matos, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media in the Department of Sociology at City University.
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Prometheus bound and gagged: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
Funny how a healthy person like me can collapse one day and end up in the hospital. The doctor who made me go through every lab test available, finally diagnosed the cause after a chat with me. Apparently, I collapsed because I’m getting angry, increasing my blood pressure. The only solution he said is to stop reading newspapers, as I’m getting agitated by headlines like ‘India can go the China way and block sites’, or by how the government says there’s no Internet censorship while all it’s actions point the other way.
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Proposals to regulate social media run into multiple roadblocks: by Saumya Tewari and Abhijit Ahaskar — published Nov 28, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Pegasus spyware attack on WhatsApp and the growing misuse of social media platforms to spread misinformation have made governments world over, including in India, realise the limitations of existing laws in dealing with the misuse of these platforms.
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Proposed Intermediary Liability Rules threat to privacy and free speech, global coalition tells MeitY: by Zaheer Merchant — published Mar 20, 2019 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Privacy
“We respectfully call on you to withdraw the draft amendments proposed to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules in December. As published, the draft amendments would erode digital security and undermine the exercise of human rights globally.”
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Protection of Privacy in Mobile Phone Apps: by Hitabhilash Mohanty and Edited by Leilah Elmokadem — published Dec 15, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The term “Fintech” refers to technology-based businesses that compete against, enable and/or collaborate with financial institutions. The year 2015 was a critical year for the Indian fintech industry, which saw the rise of numerous fintech start-ups, incubators and investments from the public and private sector.
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Protest@ censorship.com: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 05, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
Activism goes online as more angry young citizens decide to make their voices heard, writes Sandhya Soman in an article published in the Times of India. Pranesh Prakash is quoted in the article.
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Provide hacker details, outfit that claimed data leak told: by Prasad Krishna — published May 18, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 12:14 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the regulatory authority for Aadhaar, has written to a Bengaluru-based research organisation, Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), seeking details about a suspected hack attack on government websites that led to the leak of information about 13 crore users.
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Proxies and VPNs: Why govt can't ban porn websites?: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 03, 2015 — last modified Sep 13, 2015 08:26 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
The government's move to block more than 800 pornographic websites has led experts to question whether this latest attempt to police the internet is even feasible.
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Public data on the Web leaves much to be desired: by Prasad Krishna — published May 28, 2011 — last modified May 30, 2011 07:38 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Making government data accessible to all is a vital challenge, says Deepa Kurup in her article published in the Hindu on May 28, 2011.
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