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Roundtable: Identifying and Limiting Hate Speech and Harassment Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 28, 2016
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last modified
Aug 09, 2016 01:31 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Japreet Grewal attended this event organized by Software Freedom Law Centre at Constitution Club Of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi on July 28, 2016.
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News & Media
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Aadhaar-enabled smartphones will ease money transfer
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 10, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
With its plans to make smartphones Aadhaar-enabled, the government hopes to provide users a means to do self-authentication and let businesses and banks verify the identity of their clients through their smartphones, a move that could potentially lead the way to a cashless society.
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News & Media
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Indian companies need to boost encrpytion adoption rate: experts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 10, 2016
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filed under:
Encryption,
Internet Governance
Most banks do not follow Reserve bank of India’s standard 64/128-bit encryption policy due to laxity and unavailability of funds.
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News & Media
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Implementing Indian languages in feature phones will be difficult
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 10, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance
A recent government standard requiring support for inputting text in any one Indian language in mobile phones - along with Hindi and English - has manufacturers worried. The companies argue that the well-intentioned move may be difficult to implement, especially in the case of feature phones, because inventory and logistics will have to be planned for each state.
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News & Media
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Analysis of the Report of the Group of Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and Implications for India
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by
Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Jul 30, 2016
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last modified
Aug 11, 2016 09:58 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This paper analyses the report of the Group of Experts and and India’s compliance with its recommendations based on existing laws and policies. Given the global nature of these challenges and the need for nations to holistically address such challenges from a human rights and security perspective, CIS believes that the Group of Experts and similar international forums are useful and important forums for India to actively engage with.
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Blog
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And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transfer
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 12, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As reported earlier, the Indian government has planned to make Aadhaar-enabled smartphones , with which users would be able to self-authenticate and let businesses and banks verify the identity of their clients. This would also help in the government's aim of a cashless society.
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News & Media
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Rational Internet laws essential to fulfil India’s digital goals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 15, 2016
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last modified
Aug 15, 2016 04:13 AM
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance
India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws.
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News & Media
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Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 17, 2016
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filed under:
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
Trai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this month.
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News & Media
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Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social Change
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 19, 2016
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in Bangalore on August 22, 2016.
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News & Media
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UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Bangalore, August 27)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 22, 2016
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last modified
Aug 22, 2016 01:25 PM
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filed under:
Exclusion,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
UID
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a one day workshop, on Saturday, August 27, 2016, to discuss, raise awareness of, and devise countermeasures to exclusion due to implementation of UID-based verification for and distribution of welfare services. We look forward to making this a forum for knowledge exchange and a learning opportunity for our friends and colleagues.
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