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What’s up with WhatsApp?
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by
Aayush Rathi and Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 23, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
WhatsApp,
Homepage
In 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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National Resource Kit: The Lakshadweep Chapter (Call for Comments)
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Mar 25, 2013
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last modified
Feb 20, 2014 10:00 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Lakshadweep.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT Rules
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 27, 2013
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last modified
Apr 03, 2013 10:54 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes the report by the Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation, in which it has lambasted the government and has recommended that the government amend the Rules it passed in April 2011 under section 79 of the Information Technology Act.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill
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by
Elonnai Hickok, Vanya Rakesh, and Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Apr 13, 2016
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last modified
Apr 13, 2016 02:06 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics,
Homepage
This FAQ attempts to address the key questions regarding the Aadhaar/UIDAI project and the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 (henceforth, Bill). This is neither a comprehensive list of questions, nor does it contain fully developed answers. We will continue to add questions to this list, and edit/expand the answers, based on our ongoing research. We will be grateful to receive your comments, criticisms, evidences, edits, suggestions for new answers, and any other responses. These can either be shared as comments in the document hosted on Google Drive, or via tweets sent to the information policy team at @CIS_InfoPolicy.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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The Bots That Got Some Votes Home
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by
Nilofar Ansher
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published
Jun 20, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:56 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
Nilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
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Digital Natives
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Institute on Internet & Society: Event Report
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by
Srividya Vaidyanathan
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published
Jul 30, 2013
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last modified
Oct 15, 2013 06:48 AM
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filed under:
Video,
Internet Studies,
Featured,
Homepage
The Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
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Telecom
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Knowledge Repository on Internet Access
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Banking and Accessibility in India: A Report by CIS
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Aug 12, 2013
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last modified
Aug 13, 2013 04:00 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Accessibility
The report gives an analysis of banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India. Besides a detailed look at the legal provisions and guidelines on banking and technology, the report also provides a view on different disabilities in relation to banking and accessibility in India and contains case studies and guidelines from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the Netherlands. The report sums up the analysis with suggestions and recommendations to improve banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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Not a Goodbye; More a ‘Come Again’: Thoughts on being Research Director at a moment of transition
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 15, 2014
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
Internet Studies,
Research
As I slowly make the news of my transition from being the Research Director at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, to taking up a professorship at the Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany, there is a question that I am often asked: “Are you going to start a new research centre?” And the answer, for the most part, is “No.”
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RAW
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet
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by
Rishabh Dara
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published
Apr 27, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:22 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched upon issues relating to freedom of expression. The results of the paper demonstrate that the ‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’ notified by the Government of India on April 11, 2011 have a chilling effect on free expression.
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Internet Governance
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Digital Design: Human Behavior vs. Technology - Vita Beans
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Mar 04, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:29 PM
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filed under:
Making Change,
Net Cultures,
Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
What comes first? Understanding human behavior and communication patterns to design digital technologies? Or should our technologies have the innate capacity to adapt to the profiles of all its potential users? This post will look at accessibility challenges for digital immigrants and the importance of behavioral science for the design of digital technologies. We interview Amruth Bagali Ravindranath from Vita Beans.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change