Search results

Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big Data: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data, Privacy
A study tour on privacy and big data was organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from September 3 to 10, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg. Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia who went for the tour.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Internet Rights and Wrongs: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 22, 2016 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Internet Governance, Censorship
With a rise in PIL's for unwarranted censorship, do we need to step back and inspect if it's about time unreasonable trends are checked?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Young Scholars' Programme, CPRSouth 2016: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 23, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, ICT
Rohini Lakshané took part in the Young Scholars' Programme organized by Communication Policy Research South from September 6 to 7, 2016 in Zanzibar.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance, Privacy
On August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Eye on Mumbai: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 02, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The feeds will be beamed to a video wall that stretches 21 feet across at the police’s command and control room.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
An 'app'ening world: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 05, 2016 — filed under: WhatsApp, Internet Governance, Privacy
A ‘forward’ has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp about the privacy concerns relating to that instant messaging app; it’s asking for permission to share user data with Facebook.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground: Addressing Online Child Sexual Exploitation: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 05, 2016 — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
Japreet Grewal spoke at a panel on 'Prevention through Awareness and Education' at a meeting titled 'Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground:Addressing Online Child Sexual Exploitation' that was organised by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Singapore (ICMEC) and TULIR - Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse, India on October 3-4, 2016 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Internet Democratisation: IANA Transition Leaves Much to be Desired: by Vidushi Marda — published Oct 08, 2016 — last modified Nov 03, 2016 07:52 AM — filed under: ICANN, IANA, Internet Governance
At best, the IANA transition is symbolic of Washington’s oversight over ICANN coming to an end. It is also symbolic of the empowerment of the global multistakeholder community. In reality, it fails to do either meaningfully.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Tech companies like Gmail, WhatsApp may be asked to store user information: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 14, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance
The government is moving to formulate rules that will require technology ‘intermediaries’— including email services like Gmail, chat apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat or even ecommerce firms like Amazon — to retain user information, a development that is expected to be met with determined opposition.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 16, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Internet Governance
You have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

« Previous 10 items Next 10 items » 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 … 299

Support Us

Please help us defend citizen and user rights on the Internet!

You may donate online via danamojo. Or, write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at #32, 1st Floor, 2nd Block, Austin Town, Viveka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560047. These charitable contributions will be towards the Institutional Corpus Fund of the Centre for Internet and Society.

Follow our Works

Newsletter: Subscribe

researchers@work blog: medium.com/rawblog

Twitter (CIS): @cis_india

Twitter (CIS-A2K): @cisa2k

Instagram: @cis.india

Youtube: Centre for Internet and Society

Request for Collaboration

We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to us at communications[at]cis-india[dot]org with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in.

In general, we offer financial support for collaborative/invited works only through public calls.

About Us

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

© Centre for Internet & Society

Unless otherwise specified, content licensed under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported.