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CIS submission to the UNGA WSIS+10 Review

Posted by Jyoti Panday at Aug 09, 2015 04:24 PM |

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments to the non-paper on the UNGA Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS outcomes, evaluating the progress made and challenges ahead.

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Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group Analysis

Posted by Jyoti Panday at Jul 31, 2015 06:00 PM |

This analysis has been done to see the trend in the selection and rotation of the members of the Multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The MAG has been functional for nine years from 2006-2015. The analysis is based on data procured, collated and organised by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. Shambhavi Singh, Law Student, NLU Delhi who was interning with CIS at the time also assisted with the organisation and analysis of the data.

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Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse

The Internet can be a hostile space and protecting users from abuse without curtailing freedom of expression requires a balancing act on the part of online intermediaries.

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Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme

Posted by Sumandro Chattapadhyay at Jul 28, 2015 01:04 AM |

The Digital India initiative takes an ambitious 'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' approach to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India. I of course use 'public life' in the sense of the wide sphere of interactions between people and public institutions.

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First draft of Technology Business Incubators: An Indian Perspective and Implementation Guidance Report

Posted by Vidushi Marda at Jul 25, 2015 04:14 PM |
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The Centre for Internet and Society presents the first draft of its analysis on technology business incubators("TBI") in India. The report prepared by Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak looks at operating procedures, success stories and lessons that can be learnt from TBIs in India.

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Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says (and Doesn't)

Posted by Pranesh Prakash at Jul 21, 2015 09:30 AM |

There have been many misconceptions about what the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality says: the most popular ones being that they have recommended higher charges for services like WhatsApp and Viber, and that the report is an anti-Net neutrality report masquerading as a pro-Net neutrality report. Pranesh Prakash clears up these and other incorrect notions about the report in this brief analysis.

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Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number

Posted by Elonnai Hickok at Jul 21, 2015 02:15 AM |

This blog calls out the differences between the Aadhaar Number and the Social Security Number

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Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality

Posted by Bhairav Acharya at Jul 18, 2015 01:00 PM |

In the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse.

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A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling

Posted by Elonnai Hickok at Jul 17, 2015 05:55 AM |

The Centre for Internet and Society has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. CIS respectively dissents from the January 2015 draft of the Bill.

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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 24) – Shantanu Ghosh

CIS interviews Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.

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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 23) – Justin Searle

CIS interviews Justin Searle, security expert, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.

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Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age

Posted by Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday at Jul 14, 2015 04:25 PM |

The Centre for Internet & Society, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi.

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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 22) - Anonymous

CIS interviews a Tibetan security researcher and information activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series. He prefers to remain anonymous.

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Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation

This note summarises my panel contribution to the conference on Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age at New Delhi on 21 April 2015, which was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Internet Policy Observatory of the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

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Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality

Posted by Pranesh Prakash at Jul 08, 2015 02:30 PM |

In this paper Pranesh Prakash gives an overview on why India needs to put in place net neutrality regulations, and the form that those regulations must take to avoid being over-regulation.

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India’s digital check

India’s digital check

Posted by Sunil Abraham at Jul 08, 2015 08:00 AM |

All nine pillars of Digital India directly correlate with policy research conducted at the Centre for Internet and Society, where I have worked for the last seven years. This allows our research outputs to speak directly to the priorities of the government when it comes to digital transformation.

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Anti-Spam Laws in Different Jurisdictions: A Comparative Analysis

Posted by Rakshanda Deka at Jul 02, 2015 04:21 PM |

This paper is divided into three sections. The first section puts forth a comparative table of the spam laws of five different countries - the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom - based on eight distinct parameters- jurisdiction of the legislation, definition of ‘spam’, understanding of consent, labelling requirements, types of senders covered, entities empowered to sue, exceptions made and penalties prescribed. The second section is a brief background of the problem of spam and it attempts to establish the context in which the paper is written. The third section is a critical analysis of the laws covered in the first section. In an effort to spot the various loopholes in these laws and suggest effective alternatives, this section points out the distinctions between the various legislations and discusses briefly their respective advantages and disadvantages.

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The generation of e-Emergency

The generation of e-Emergency

Posted by Sunil Abraham at Jun 22, 2015 06:00 PM |

The next generation of censorship technology is expected to be ‘real-time content manipulation’ through ISPs and Internet companies.

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IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability (II)

Posted by Jyoti Panday at Jun 21, 2015 10:35 AM |

This paper is the second in a multi-part series, in which we provide an overview of submitted proposals and highlight areas of concern that will need attention moving forward. The series is a work in progress and will be updated as the processes move forward. It is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback.

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DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India

DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India

As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary. The film produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad.

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