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Through the looking glass: Analysing transparency reports
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Torsha Sarkar, Suhan S and Gurshabad Grover
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Oct 30, 2019
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
An analysis of companies' transparency reports for government requests for user data and content removal
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Department of Labour Interaction Program: Online Business Platforms
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Bharath Gururagavendran
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Oct 29, 2019
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Department of Labour convened an interaction program of sorts at Vikas Soudha in Bangalore on 21st October, 2019 to hear the issues plaguing the emergent gig economy.
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Comments to the Code on Social Security, 2019
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Aayush Rathi , Amruta Mahuli and Ambika Tandon
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Oct 27, 2019
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Social Security,
Internet Governance
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet & Society, India (CIS) to the draft Code on Social Security, 2019 (hereinafter “ Draft Code ”) prepared by the Government of India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and Privacy
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Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon and Pallavi Bedi
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Oct 24, 2019
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last modified
Dec 30, 2019 05:40 PM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Gender,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
This submission to UNHRC presents a response by researchers at the CIS to ‘gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and individuals of diverse sexual orientations gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics’. It was prepared by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, and Pallavi Bedi in response to a report of consultation by a thematic taskforce established by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy on ‘Privacy and Personality’ (hereafter, HRC Gender Report).
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Trending Hate Against Muslims: Is Twitter Complicit?
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Puja Bhattacharjee
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Oct 23, 2019
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Twitter claimed that it had ‘prevented’ the Hashtag while it had not.
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NIPFP Seminar on Exploring Policy Issues in the Digital Technology Arena
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Admin
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Oct 20, 2019
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Privacy,
Digital Knowledge,
Internet Governance,
Digital Technologies,
Digital India
Anubha Sinha participated in this seminar as a discussant on the "Regulating emerging technologies" panel. The event was held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 10 - 11, 2019.
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Discussion at CyFy on Technology, Policy and National Security: Building 21st Century Curricula in India’s Law Schools
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Admin
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Oct 20, 2019
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Financial Technology
Arindrajit Basu attended the session and gave comments on the course outline which included thoughts on:
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Due Diligence Project FGD by UN Women
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Admin
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published
Oct 20, 2019
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Due Diligence,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On October 11, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan attended a focussed group discussion at the UN House, New Delhi, organized by UN Women for their multi-country research study on online violence (Due Diligence Project).
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Roundtable Discussion on Intermediary Liability
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Admin
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Oct 20, 2019
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
Tanaya Rajwade participated in a roundtable discussion on intermediary liability organised by SFLC and the Dialogue in New Delhi on October 17, 2019.
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“Politics by other means”: Fostering positive contestation and charting ‘red lines’ through global governance in cyberspace
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Arindrajit Basu
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published
Oct 20, 2019
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last modified
Oct 21, 2019 03:40 PM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Internet Governance
The past year has been a busy one for the fermentation of global governance efforts in cyberspace with multiple actors-states, industry, and civil society spearheading a variety of initiatives. Given the multiplicity of actors, ideologies, and vested interests at play in this ecosystem, any governance initiative will be, by default, political, and desirably so.
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