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Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019: by Amber Sinha, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Shweta Mohandas, Tanaya Rajwade — published Feb 12, 2020 — last modified Feb 21, 2020 10:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
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Comments to the proposed amendments to The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021: by Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar — published Feb 07, 2023 — filed under: Digital Media, Internet Governance, Information Technology, IT Act
This note presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India, on the proposed amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“proposed amendments”). We thank Isha Suri for her review of this submission.
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Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and Privacy: by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon and Pallavi Bedi — published Oct 24, 2019 — last modified Dec 30, 2019 05:40 PM — filed under: Privacy, Gender, Internet Governance, Research, Gender, Welfare, and Privacy, Researchers at Work
This submission to UNHRC presents a response by researchers at the CIS to ‘gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and individuals of diverse sexual orientations gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics’. It was prepared by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, and Pallavi Bedi in response to a report of consultation by a thematic taskforce established by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy on ‘Privacy and Personality’ (hereafter, HRC Gender Report).
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Common man as crusader: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
Tamil Nadu saw its highest poll turn out in 44 years when 75% of its adults exercised their franchise in the 2011 assembly elections. There were 48 lakh Google searches for ‘Anna Hazare’ on June 8 2011 (when he began his fast) compared to a negligible number on any day in 2010. A 42-year-old man immolated himself in Kutch last year when he was told to bribe officials to access his own ancestral land records.
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Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 21, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 09:27 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
This event took place on 19 June 2014 from 09:00-17:30 BST at ICANN50 | London in the Viscount room. It was organized by the CTO, hosted by ICANN, and supported by Nominet and the Public Interest Registry.
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Communication Design and Visualising Information: by Prasad Krishna — published May 05, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 02:45 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
Saumyaa conducted a session on the broad principles of communication design and visualising information.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Communication Rights in the Age of Digital Technology: by rakesh — published Oct 13, 2015 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 07:45 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) invites you to a conference to discuss the evolution of privacy and surveillance in India on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Deck Suite Hall, 5th Floor, Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, Near Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi - 110003, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Communications from DeitY regarding blocking of Traffic emanating from IP addresses from States assessed to be sensitive in the current prevailing situation: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 11, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Community Informatics: Successfully Applying Information and Communications Technologies as a Support to Local Economic and Social Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 22, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Dr. Gurstein will present a talk on the current state of development in Community Informatics and facilitate a broader discussion on community based ICTs for local development and community empowerment as are currently applied in India and worldwide.
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Community Standards Roundtable Conversations: by Admin — published Oct 16, 2018 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Hate Speech, Internet Governance, Privacy
Ambika Tandon was a participant in a roundtable organized by Facebook, School of Media & Cultural Studies, and Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bengaluru on October 7, 2018.
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