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Pegasus snoopgate, an opportune moment to revisit legal framework governing state surveillance framework
- January 02, 2020
Revelations of hacking call for a relook at India’s surveillance regime
Read more →ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitments
- December 17, 2019
Akriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights at ICANN and Ephraim works on Human Rights and Business for Article 19, leading their ICANN engagement.
Read more →In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public Space
- December 12, 2019
A discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
Read more →RTI Application to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on content code violations by radio stations
- December 11, 2019
A Deep Dive into Content Takedown Timeframes
- December 03, 2019
Since the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web-hosting providers, social-media platforms and search engines provide key services which propel social, economic and political development. However, these developments are also offset by instances of users engaging with the platforms in an unlawful manner. The scale and openness of the internet makes regulating such behaviour challenging, and in turn pose several interrelated policy questions.
Read more →Project on Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism with City University
- November 28, 2019
CIS is a partner on the project 'Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism in the Digital Age'. The project is lead by Dr. Carolina Matos, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media in the Department of Sociology at City University.
Read more →Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook: Launch Event
- November 28, 2019
6th December | 6 pm | Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore
Read more →Blockchain: A primer for India
- November 18, 2019
This report is presently being updated.
Read more →Draft Security Standards for The Financial Technology Sector in India
- November 15, 2019
Information security standards provide a framework for the secure development, implementation and maintenance of information systems and technology architecture. This document includes draft information security standards, which seek to ensure that not only the data of users is dealt with in a secure and safe manner but also that the smaller businesses in the fintech industry have a specific standard to look at in order to limit their liabilities for any future breaches.
Read more →Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook
- November 15, 2019
The need for intervention in the cybersecurity imagery in media publications was realised during a brainstorming workshop that was conducted by CIS with illustrators, designers, and cybersecurity researchers.
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