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February 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 05:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a great year ahead and welcomes you to the second issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
People should resist enforcement of UID scheme, say experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 03, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 06:45 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Internationally recognized expert on law and poverty Dr. Usha Ramanathan Saturday urged citizens of the country to question the enforcement of the UID scheme that has no legitimacy.
Located in News & Media
An Introduction to Bitfilm & Bitcoin in Bangalore, India: by Benson Samuel — published Mar 12, 2013 — filed under: Video, Internet Governance
An event at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was organized on January 23, 2013. The all star team at CIS was awesome at organizing this event for Bitcoin. Live streaming, mainstream newspaper coverage and Twitter based Q&A made this the first Bitcoin event in India that leveraged these mediums of information transfer.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Rethinking the Internet: The Way Forward: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Telecom Italia and Financial Times are organizing this event at Telecom Italia Future Centre in Italy on March 21 and 22, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is participating in this event.
Located in News & Media
Summary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: by Maria Xynou — published Mar 14, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:33 PM — filed under: Workshop, Internet Governance, SAFEGUARDS
On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.
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Indian ID crisis unveils Aadhaar doubts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 15, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Two separate organizations are capturing biometric data of over 1 billion Indians, creating fresh doubts in the government's justification to catalogue citizens.
Located in News & Media
Responding to govt requests is a challenge for online firms: Colin Maclay: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 05:07 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Colin M. Maclay, MD of Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, on challenges in cyberspace.
Located in News & Media
Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill": by Natasha Vaz — published Jan 28, 2012 — last modified Feb 15, 2012 04:27 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured
On January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in the series of regional consultations held as “Privacy Matters”. The present conference analyzed the Draft Privacy Bill and the participants discussed the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.
Located in Internet Governance
IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability Process and India' s Position: by Jyoti Panday — published May 30, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 09:26 AM — filed under: ICANN, IANA, Internet Governance, IANA Transition
Jyoti Panday participated in the workshop organized by CCAOI on "IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability Process and India' s Position" on May 30, 2015.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation: by Bhairav Acharya — published Jul 13, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 10:12 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
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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