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The Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption Policy
- November 29, 2015
Written for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
Read more →The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India
- November 29, 2015
The Modi government’s attack on Sathiyam TV is another manifestation of the Indian state’s paranoia of the medium of film and television, and consequently, the irrational controlling impulse of the law.
Read more →Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- November 29, 2015
This proposal was made to the Global Multistakeholder Community on August 9, 2015. The proposal was drafted by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. The research assistance was provided by Padmini Baruah, Vidushi Marda, and inputs from Sunil Abraham.
Read more →CIS Response to Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- November 29, 2015
Predictive Policing: What is it, How it works, and its Legal Implications
- November 24, 2015
This article reviews literature surrounding big data and predictive policing and provides an analysis of the legal implications of using predictive policing techniques in the Indian context.
Read more →CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations
- November 23, 2015
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted the below to ICANN's CCWG-Accountability.
Read more →WhatsApps with fireworks, apps with diyas: Why Diwali needs to go beyond digital
- November 23, 2015
The idea of a 'digital' Diwali reduces our social relationships to a ledger of give and take. The last fortnight, I have been bombarded with advertisements selling the idea of a “Digital Diwali”. We have become so used to the idea that everything that is digital is modern, better and more efficient.
Read more →Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015
- November 23, 2015
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
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