Internet Governance Blog
ICANN Diversity Analysis
- July 16, 2018
The by-laws of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) state that it is a non-profit public-benefit corporation which is responsible at the overall level, for the coordination of the “global internet's systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet's unique identifier systems”. As key stakeholders of ICANN are spread across the world, much of the communication discussing the work of ICANN takes place over email. This analysis of the diversity of participation at the ICANN processes, through a study of their mailing lists, was undertaken by Paul Kurian and Akriti Bopanna.
Read more →Digital Native: How smart cities can make criminals out of denizens
- August 01, 2018
People download information and share it without knowing about the intellectual property rights. On social media bullying, harassment and hate speech find easy avenues.
Read more →CIS contributes to the Research and Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)
- July 05, 2018
The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) is an initiative of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and the East West Institute that seeks to promote mutual awareness and understanding among various cyberspace communities. It seeks to develop norms and policies that advance the stability and security of cyberspace.
Read more →Digital Native: The bigger picture
- August 01, 2018
For all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things.
Read more →The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI framework
- June 27, 2018
The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy recommendations on the deployment of AI for India.
Read more →Comments on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations
- June 22, 2018
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations which was released to the public by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 29th May 2018 for comments and views.
Read more →NITI Aayog Discussion Paper: An aspirational step towards India’s AI policy
- June 12, 2018
The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence — a discussion paper on India’s path forward in AI, is a welcome step towards a comprehensive document that reflects the government's AI ambitions. The 115-page discussion paper attempts to be an all encompassing document looking at a host of AI related issues including privacy, security, ethics, fairness, transparency and accountability.
Read more →Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention
- June 12, 2018
The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
Read more →Network Disruptions Report by Global Network Initiative
- June 12, 2018
Around 70% of all known shutdowns in the world took place in India in 2017. The same year Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) released the “Temporary Suspension of Internet Services” giving State and Central Government officials the power to terminate Internet services as per the guidelines.
Read more →Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics
- June 07, 2018
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics which was released to the public by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17th May 2018 for comments and views.
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