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Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
- February 12, 2020
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
Read more →How India Censors The Web
- January 17, 2020
An empirical study of web censorship in India
Read more →Comments to National Security Council on National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020
- January 13, 2020
CIS submitted brief comments to the National Security Council on the National Cybersecurity Strategy within the 5000 character limit provided. CIS will continue producing outputs building on these ideas.
Read more →How safe is your harbour? Discussions on intermediary liability and user rights
- January 06, 2020
The Centre for Internet and Society is holding discussions on 10 January 2020 to discuss research on automated content filtering, content takedown, traceability and the future of intermediary liability in India
Read more →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.
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