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- Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
- Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 14, 2012 09:51 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured, Homepage
- Whose Change is it Anyway?
- This thought piece is an attempt to reflect critically on existing practices of “making change” and its implications for the future of citizen action in ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AM — Filed under: Digital Activism, RAW Publications, Digital Natives, Youth, Featured, Publications, Homepage
- Negative of porn
- The post deals with what has been written about Savita Bhabhi in an attempt to make sense of her peccadiloes and with the seeming futility of Porn studies ... by Namita A. Malhotra — last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:35 AM — Filed under: Featured, Art, Censorship
- Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
- CIS analyses the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from a public interest perspective to sift the good from the bad, and importantly to point out what crucial ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 21, 2011 06:01 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Consumer Rights, Copyright, Fair Dealings, Public Accountability, Intellectual Property Rights, RTI, Featured, Broadcasting, Publications, Submissions, Technological Protection Measures
- Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates
- At a recent conference on counterfeiting and piracy, industry representatives variously pushed for stiffer laws for IP violation, more stringent enforcement of ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:43 AM — Filed under: Featured, Intellectual Property Rights
- Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
- There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 12, 2013 02:13 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Fair Dealings, Piracy, Intellectual Property Rights, Economics, Intermediary Liability, Featured, Technological Protection Measures
- Super Cassettes v. MySpace
- The Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of ... by Ujwala Uppaluri — last modified Oct 31, 2012 10:27 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Featured
- Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!
- As a part of the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace research project, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is researching 12 ... by Jadine Lannon — last modified Dec 21, 2012 07:48 AM — Filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
- The State of the Internet's Languages Report
- The first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages Report was launched by Whose Knowledge? on February 23, 2022 (just after the International Mother Language ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Mar 07, 2022 03:01 PM — Filed under: RAW Research, Featured, Researchers at Work, RAW Blog
- The All India Privacy Symposium: Conference Report
- Privacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and Society in Action Group, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Privacy ... by Natasha Vaz — last modified Apr 30, 2012 05:16 AM — Filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
- List of Recommendations on the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 - Letter Submitted to the Members of Parliament
- On Friday, March 11, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. The Bill was ... by Amber Sinha, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, and Vanya Rakesh — last modified Mar 21, 2016 08:50 AM — Filed under: UID, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics, Homepage
- Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in India
- Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing ... by Anubha Sinha — last modified Mar 16, 2016 03:23 PM — Filed under: Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
- Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 - Studying Internet in India: Call for Sessions (Extended to Nov 22)
- With great excitement, we are announcing the beginning of an annual conference series titled Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC), the first edition of which ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Nov 15, 2015 07:48 AM — Filed under: Internet Researcher's Conference, Featured, Learning, IRC16, Researchers at Work
- Online Gender Based Violence on Short Form Video Platforms
- An inquiry into platform policies and safeguards. This report explores how short-form video platforms in India address online gender based violence (oGBV) by ... by Divyansha Sehgal and Lakshmi T. Nambiar — last modified Apr 11, 2024 03:24 AM — Filed under: Gender, Researchers at Work, Featured, Gender, Welfare, and Privacy, Homepage
- The Platform Economy’s Gatekeeping of Class and Caste Dominance in Urban India
- Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi contributed an essay on how gated society management apps like MyGate and NoBrokerHood feed on caste and income inequalities in ... by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Apr 19, 2024 03:11 AM — Filed under: Labour Futures, Digital Economy, Homepage, Digital Labour, Featured, Researchers at Work
- Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015
- This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge ... by Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Featured, Homepage
- Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities
- The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture on January 23, 2013 seeking remedial action ... by Rahul Cherian — last modified Jan 24, 2013 11:10 AM — Filed under: Featured, Accessibility
- Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts
- In response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Sep 03, 2019 01:38 PM — Filed under: Researchers at Work, List, RAW Blog, Featured, Internet Studies
- White Paper on RTI and Privacy V1.2
- This white paper explores the relationship between privacy and transparency in the context of the right to information in India. Analysing pertinent case law ... by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Nov 09, 2014 02:53 AM — Filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Initiatives: A Report
- Zainab Bawa reports on the Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies for Public Initiatives, hosted by the Centre for ... by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:28 PM — Filed under: Social media, Digital Activism, Digital Access, Public Accountability, Discussion, Featured, Transparency, Politics
- Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader
- For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia’s rapid rise, novel organization, and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 13, 2011 07:24 AM — Filed under: Featured, CPOV
- Wikiwars: 12th, 13th January, Bangalore
- The Centre for Internet and Society and the Institute of Network Cultures brought together a critical range of scholars, academicians, practitioners, artists ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — Filed under: Featured, Wikipedia
- WikiWars - A report
- The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, hosted WikiWars – an international event that brought ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 06, 2010 11:21 AM — Filed under: Digital Governance, Wikipedia, Featured, Cybercultures, Workshop, CPOV
- CPOV : Wikipedia Research Initiative
- The Second event, towards building the Critical Point of View Reader on Wikipedia, brings a range of scholars, practitioners, theorists and activists to ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:52 AM — Filed under: Conference, Open Standards, Digital Activism, Digital Governance, Digital Access, Public Accountability, Research, Featured
- Critical Point of View: Videos
- The Second event for the Critical Point of View reader on Wikipedia was held in Amsterdam, by the Institute of Network Cultures and the Centre for Internet and ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 20, 2010 08:04 PM — Filed under: Conference, Art, Featured, Cybercultures, Communities, CPOV
- Locating Internets: Histories of the Internet(s) in India — Research Training and Curriculum Workshop: Call for Participation
- Deadline for submission: 26th July 2011-06-08; When: 19th - 22nd August, 2011; Where: Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 21, 2011 06:00 AM — Filed under: Development, Gaming, Digital Activism, Digital Governance, Research, CISRAW, Featured, Cybercultures, archives, New Pedagogies, Workshop, IT Cities
- Big Data and Positive Social Change in the Developing World: A White Paper for Practitioners and Researchers
- I was a part of a working group writing a white paper on big data and social change, over the last six months. This white paper was produced by a group of ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 01, 2014 03:52 AM — Filed under: Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Openness, Homepage
- An Analysis of the Cases Filed under Section 46 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 for Adjudication in the State of Maharashtra
- This is a brief review of some of the cases related to privacy filed under section 46 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 ("the Act") seeking adjudication ... by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Oct 01, 2013 03:29 PM — Filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Net Neutrality Resources
- Submissions by the Centre for Internet and Society to TRAI and DoT, 2015-2017. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 22, 2017 09:11 AM — Filed under: Featured, Homepage, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
- Analysis of Aadhaar Act in the Context of A.P. Shah Committee Principles
- Whilst there are a number of controversies relating to the Aadhaar Act including the fact that it was introduced in a manner so as to circumvent the majority ... by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Mar 17, 2016 07:43 PM — Filed under: Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics, Homepage
