Centre for Internet & Society

Did you not find what you were looking for? Try the Advanced Search to refine your search.

Search results 2987 items matching your search terms.

Subscribe to an always-updated feed of these search terms

How India Regulates Encryption
by Pranesh Prakash & Japreet Grewal last modified Jul 23, 2016 01:24 PM — Filed under: ,
DNA Research
In 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to ... by Vanya Rakesh last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:02 AM — Filed under: ,
Sectoral Privacy Research
The Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues. by Vanya Rakesh last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:46 AM — Filed under: ,
CIS's Position on Net Neutrality
As researchers committed to the principle of pluralism we rarely produce institutional positions. This is also because we tend to update our positions based on ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Dec 09, 2015 01:06 PM — Filed under: , , ,
A lifetime of five years on the internet
Centre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday. by Prasad Krishna last modified May 20, 2013 09:04 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checks
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation. by [in alphabetical order] Anamika Kundu, Digvijay Singh, Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar last modified Feb 09, 2022 05:31 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Notes for India as the digital trade juggernaut rolls on
Sitting out trade negotiations could result in the country losing out on opportunities to shape the rules. by Arindrajit Basu last modified Feb 09, 2022 03:04 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
This document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill. by Pallavi Bedi and Shweta Mohandas last modified Feb 14, 2022 04:07 PM — Filed under: , ,
Window on the World
Subsequent to the publishing of a peer reviewed essay titled Resisting Revolutions: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen Action, the Centre for ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2012 05:49 AM — Filed under:
Tata Communications embraces the change to IPv6
The Internet was operational since 1983 and at the time there was no way that one could image as to what extent it will reach. With a rapid growth and after ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2012 05:56 AM — Filed under:
Connecting People Apart - Events Series
Post-Media Lab is organising an event series at Lüneburg/Berlin from June 20 to June 23, 2012. Nishant Shah will be speaking at this event. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 15, 2012 11:32 AM — Filed under:
Medical Privacy
Privacy India in partnership with the Indian Network for People living with HIV/AIDS, Centre for Internet & Society, IDRC, Society in Action Group and Privacy ... by Natasha Vaz last modified Jun 15, 2012 04:11 PM — Filed under: , ,
'Anonymous' hackers to protest Indian Internet laws
Global hacking movement Anonymous has called for protesters to take to the streets in 16 cities around India on Saturday over what it considers growing ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2012 04:55 AM — Filed under: , , ,
HasGeek presents The Fifth Elephant
HasGeek and the Centre for Internet & Society invite you the Fifth Elephant at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore on July 27 and 28, 2012. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 19, 2012 06:38 AM — Filed under: ,
Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
India would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Feb 23, 2016 02:10 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing
India distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Feb 25, 2016 01:21 AM — Filed under: ,
‘Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended’
The Indian government has asked social media operators to delete information on the Internet that might offend the ‘‘sensibilities’’ of people in India, Kapil ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 06, 2011 01:11 PM — Filed under:
FTN: Should social networking sites be censored?
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal met the representatives of Facebook, Google and others seeking to device a screening mechanism. Sunil Abraham was on CNN-IBN from ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 08, 2011 05:32 AM — Filed under: ,
Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
Social media sites refuse Indian censorship request
The Indian government's proposal to crack down on offensive internet content has sparked anger among the population. by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 08, 2011 08:26 AM — Filed under: ,
Los internautas indios se oponen a la censura a través de la Red
La idea del Gobierno indio de censurar los contenidos de internet ha chocado con el rechazo de la empresas del sector y de los internautas, que están usando ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 09, 2011 12:25 AM — Filed under: ,
Internet, social media access should not be blocked: Ban
Amidst a raging controversy over the federal government’s proposal to monitor content in cyber space, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said access to ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 12, 2011 04:16 AM — Filed under: ,
Internet Freedom At Home: Governments, Companies Need Accountability, Speakers Say
The freedom to access the internet does not translate into freedom of expression in many countries of the world, including in western economies, according to ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 28, 2012 05:27 AM — Filed under: ,
Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics’
Digital Empowerment Foundation, Association for Progressive Communications, Department of Information Technology and National Internet Exchange of India came ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 25, 2012 10:22 AM — Filed under: ,
Fourth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah
The next meeting of the two Sub-Groups (4th meeting) on privacy issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 07, 2012 10:12 AM — Filed under: ,
Internet At Liberty 2012
Activists and experts from all over the world came together for this event organised by Google on May 23 and 24, 2012 to explore free expression in the digital ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 05, 2012 05:24 AM — Filed under: , ,
The kids are all on Facebook
In one photo, Prerna stands in front of the mirror, back slightly arched, a fringe covering her left eye, one hand on her hip, pursing her lips. The other hand ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 20, 2012 06:24 AM — Filed under:
ICANN’s Problems with Accountability and the .WEB Controversy
The Post-Transition IANA promised enhanced transparency and accountability to the global multistakeholder community. The series of events surrounding the ... by Padma Venkataraman last modified Oct 28, 2017 03:49 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Big Data for governance
Recent times have witnessed an explosion of data as users started leaving a huge data footprint everywhere they go. Interestingly, this period has seen a ... by Admin last modified Nov 08, 2017 01:42 AM — Filed under: ,
#NAMAprivacy: The economics and business models of IoT and other issues
On 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) ... by Admin last modified Nov 08, 2017 02:09 AM — Filed under: ,