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NETmundial and Suggestions for IANA Administration
- April 22, 2014
Following NTIA's announcement to give up control over critical Internet functions, the discussion on how that role should be filled has gathered steam across the Internet governance space.
Read more →Very Big Brother
- April 14, 2014
The Centre for Internet and Society, the organization I work for, currently serves on a committee established by the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology in January 2013. The committee has been charged with preparing a report on the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.
Read more →Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution - I
- April 14, 2014
In this post, I will explore net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
Read more →Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy vs. The Leaked 2014 Privacy Bill
- April 14, 2014
Following our previous post comparing the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill with the leaked 2011 Privacy Bill, this post will compare the recommendations provided in the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy by the Justice AP Shah Committee to the text of the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill. Below is an analysis of recommendations from the Report that are incorporated in the text of the Bill, and recommendations in the Report that are not incorporated in the text of the Bill.
Read more →European Union Draft Report Admonishes Mass Surveillance, Calls for Stricter Data Protection and Privacy Laws
- April 04, 2014
Ever since the release of the “Snowden files”, the secret documents evidencing the massive scale of surveillance undertaken by America’s National Security Agency and publically released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, surveillance in the digital age has come to the fore of the global debate on internet governance and privacy.
Read more →Who Governs the Internet? Implications for Freedom and National Security
- April 04, 2014
The second half of last year has been quite momentous for Internet governance thanks to Edward Snowden. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became aware that they were targets of US surveillance for economic not security reasons. They protested loudly.
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