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The Difficult Balance of Transparent Surveillance: by Kovey Coles — published Jul 10, 2013 — last modified Jul 15, 2013 04:23 AM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Is it too much to ask for transparency in data surveillance? On occasion, companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and the other silicon valley giants would say no. When customers join these services, each company provides their own privacy statement which assures customers of the safety and transparency that accompanies their personal data.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 3) - Eva Galperin: by Purba Sarkar — published Jul 10, 2013 — last modified Aug 01, 2013 09:55 AM — filed under: Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Internet Governance, Cybercultures, Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Eva Galperin, Global Policy Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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Is CMS a Compromise of Your Security?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
By secretly monitoring and recording all Indians through a Central Monitoring System, our government will end up making citizens and businesses less safe.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 5) - Amelia Andersdotter: by Purba Sarkar — published Jul 11, 2013 — last modified Aug 01, 2013 09:54 AM — filed under: Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Internet Governance, Cybercultures, Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Amelia Andersdotter, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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CIS@IGF 2014: by Geetha Hariharan — published Sep 06, 2014 — last modified Oct 08, 2014 10:31 AM — filed under: Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance
The ninth Internet Governance Forum (“IGF2014”) was hosted by Turkey in Istanbul from September 2 to 5, 2014.
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September 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 11, 2014 — last modified Jan 02, 2015 01:26 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness
Welcome you to the ninth issue of the newsletter (September 2014).
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Much at stake for tech sector in UID project: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance raising a red flag against the National Identification Authority of India ( NIAI) Bill to grant the UID (or Aadhar) project legal status, the project looks set for a slowdown. That could have broad implications for the tech sector that had laid substantial hope on it, especially when global markets are slowing down.
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Censorship — A Death Knell for Freedom of Expression Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2011 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
On December 8, 2011, NDTV aired an interesting discussion on internet censorship. Shashi Tharoor, Soli Sorabjee, Shekhar Kapoor, Ken Ghosh and Sunil Abraham participated in this discussion with NDTV's Sonia Singh.
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Free Speech Online in India under Attack?: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 17, 2011 — last modified Mar 02, 2012 03:03 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Lecture, Event Type
When the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal suggested pre-censorship for a range of popular online platforms and social networking sites, the suggestion was met by a barrage of criticism, which soon forced him to back down. Yet Sibal’s suggestion is not the only threat to free speech on the Internet in India today. Legislation such as the Intermediary Due Diligence Rules and Cyber Café Rules (also jointly known as the IT Rules) issued in April 2011 is equally dangerous for free speech online.
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Q&A to the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy: by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 09, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In January 2012 Justice A.P. Shah formed a committee consisting of a group of experts to contribute to and create a report of recommendations for a privacy legislation in India. The committee met a total of seven times from January to September 2012. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) was a member of the committee creating the report. This blog post is CIS’s attempt to answer questions that have arisen from media coverage on the report, based on our understanding.
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