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Are RSS's fears about Tik Tok true? Here's what you should know: by Admin — published Feb 22, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Swadeshi Jagran Manch has flagged security, business and social risks posed by Chinese apps such as TikTok. The RSS fears may not be totally unfounded.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Webinar on counter-comments to the draft Intermediary Guidelines: by Admin — published Feb 22, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
CCAOI and the ISOC Delhi Chapter organised a webinar on February 11 to discuss the comments submitted to the Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018, and counter-comments that were due by February 14.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
CIS Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression: Surveillance Industry and Human Rights: by Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover, Akriti Bopanna, Shweta Mohandas, Martyna Kalvaityte — published Feb 20, 2019 — last modified Feb 20, 2019 10:48 AM — filed under: Human Rights, Internet Governance, Surveillance
CIS responded to the call for submissions from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression. The submission was on the Surveillance Industry and Human Rights.
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Civil Liberties Groups Warn Proposed EU 'Terrorist Content' Rule a Threat to Democratic Values: by Admin — published Feb 19, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Requiring filtering tools would be "a gamble with European Internet users' rights to privacy and data protection, freedom of expression and information, and non-discrimination and equality before the law."
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
2019 International Asia Conference: by Admin — published Feb 19, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
ITECHLAW organized the 2019 edition of International Asia Conference at JW Marriott hotel in Bangalore on January 31, 2019 and February 1, 2019. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Policy Making for the Emerging Tech in India".
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Make our digital backyard safe: by Nilanjana Bhowmick — published Feb 18, 2019 — last modified Feb 18, 2019 02:37 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
India has been patting itself on the back for being at the forefront of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ driven by digitisation. Reports have gushed about the speed and scale of digitisation. But this speed and scale have come at a cost to our privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Even years later, Twitter doesn't delete your direct messages: by Zack Whittaker and Natasha Lomas — published Feb 18, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
When does “delete” really mean delete? Not always, or even at all, if you’re Twitter .
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two Workshops: by Saumyaa Naidu — published Feb 17, 2019 — last modified Feb 26, 2019 01:53 AM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Centre for Internet & Society organized two workshops at the Unbox Festival 2019, in Bangalore, on 15 and 17 February 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
‘Willing to participate, but need more time’: Twitter on parliamentary panel hearing: by Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Vidhi Choudhary — published Feb 15, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Executives from social media firm Twitter’s US headquarters will not appear before a parliamentary panel that has summoned them on Monday over perceived bias towards right-wing handles on the micro-blogging platform.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?: by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — published Feb 14, 2019 — last modified Dec 30, 2019 04:44 PM — filed under: Big Data, Data Systems, Privacy, Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Research, BD4D, Healthcare, Surveillance, Big Data for Development
In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” Casting a critical feminist lens, the historicity of surveillance practices unveils the gendered power differentials wedded into taken-for-granted “benign” monitoring processes. The unpacking of the Mother and Child Tracking System and the National Health Stack reveals the neo-liberal aspirations of the Indian state.
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