Internet Governance Blog
Artificial Intelligence in India: A Compendium
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast emerging as a key technological paradigm in different sectors across the globe including India.
Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent.
Mobile net ban during peaceful protest leaves farmers confused
Strap: Administration says it was done to prevent rumours from spreading, protesters insist they needed internet to fight it.
‘Hurt sentiments’ cost Udaipur internet access for four days
Strap: Authorities suggest it was more than a Facebook post that led to shutdown.
Another Step towards Privacy Law
A comparison between the 2012 experts’ report and the 2017 white paper on data protection.
Internet Governance Forum Report 2017
The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future!
Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breach
The task before a security developer is not only to reduce the probability of identity breach but to eliminate certain occurrences.
New Recommendations to Regulate Online Hate Speech Could Pose More Problems Than Solutions
The T.K. Viswanathan committee’s recommendations could prove to be dangerous for free speech if acted upon without resolving its flaws.
E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without Internet
Strap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
Will Darjeeling Regain the Trust of Tourists?
An agitation coupled with an internet ban that left tourists stranded, it looks like a tough time ahead for tourism in the Hills.
Silence on the Dera Front
Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns
Strap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown
Strap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
Every Town had its Jio Dara
Strap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open between the besieged towns in the region and the rest of the world.
Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the Window
Strap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans Internet
Strap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?
Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day Siege
Strap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back On
Strap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
The Rising Stars in Music Loath Losing their Only Platform
Strap: The music from Kashmir wants to find a way out, but shutting internet down only adds to the bitterness.
