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CENSORSHIP 2020: The Future of Free Speech Online
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 25, 2012 — last modified Jun 28, 2012 10:01 AM — filed under:
The DC Chapter of the Internet Society, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, invite you to an informal discussion on CENSORSHIP 2020: The Future of Free Speech Online on Monday, June 25, 2012.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry How Facebook is Blatantly Abusing our Trust
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 28, 2012 — filed under: ,
‘Don’t fix it, if it ain’t broken’ is not an adage Facebook seems to subscribe to. Nishant Shah's column on privacy and Facebook was published in First Post on June 27, 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
Clear and Present Danger: Attempts to Change Internet Governance and Implications for Press Freedom
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 29, 2012 — filed under: ,
The event was organised by National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2012. Emma Llansó, Rebecca MacKinnon, Emin Milli, Susan Morgan and Katitza Rodriguez were the speakers.
Located in News & Media
GeekUp with Alan Knott-Craig
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 29, 2012 — filed under: ,
HasGeek and CIS invite you to a lecture by Alan Knott-Craig at CIS office in Bangalore on June 30, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance
India Privacy Meet
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2012 — filed under: ,
Microsoft, DSCI and Greyhead came together to organise India Privacy Meet at Hotel LeMeridien on June 29, 2012 in New Delhi. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the event.
Located in News & Media
January 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2012 — last modified Jul 09, 2012 09:36 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of events organized by us during the month of January 2012!
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A Net of Hatred
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2012 — last modified Jul 20, 2012 06:09 AM — filed under:
Citizens worlwide have been resisiting the threat of internet censorship that governments seek to impose — and justifiably so. But while we have seen democratic revolutions such as the Arab Spring emerge from the power of the net, it is increasingly becoming clear to even the most ardent defender
Located in News & Media
Parliament panel blasts govt over ambiguous internet laws
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation has come out with a report in which it has lambasted the government and asked it to make changes to IT rules that govern internet-related cases in India.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry What’s In a Name? — DNS Singularity of ICANN and The Gold Rush
by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Mar 31, 2013 — filed under: ,
March 2013 being the 28th birthday of the first ever registered Internet domain as well as the exigent launch of the Trademark Clearing House disguised as a milestone in rights protection by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for it’s new gTLD program, Sharath Chandra Ram, dissects the transitory role of ICANN from being a technical outfit to the Boardroom Big Brother of Internet Governance.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry India's Biometric Identification Programs and Privacy Concerns
by Divij Joshi — published Mar 31, 2013 — last modified Jul 21, 2016 10:51 AM — filed under: , ,
The invasiveness of individual identification coupled with the fallibility of managing big data which biometric identification presents poses a huge risk to individual privacy in India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
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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.

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