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Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Linking Facebook use to free top-up data
Just before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013. by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 14, 2016 12:33 PM — Filed under: , , ,
A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?
This is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives. by Amber Sinha last modified Feb 20, 2016 07:28 AM — Filed under: ,
Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality
Facebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback. by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:18 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India
Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:33 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Internet Freedom
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom. by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:51 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Caught in the Web
Do we need a cyber Big Brother watching us? A look at both sides of the coin. by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 12, 2011 03:32 PM — Filed under: ,
Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
The ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements ... by Nishant Shah last modified Dec 23, 2011 05:56 AM — Filed under: ,
Geekup @ CIS
CIS is hosting a Geekup tomorrow, December 27, 2011 in its office in Bangalore. Shyam Mani will be giving a talk. by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 26, 2011 07:39 AM — Filed under: ,
UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha Ramanathan
UID enrolment is in full swing, providing an official identification to millions of Indians, yet there are numerous unanswered questions. A public talk on UID ... by Natasha Vaz last modified Nov 24, 2011 04:41 AM — Filed under: ,
Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The Truth
Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician. by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:38 AM — Filed under: , ,
India's Internet Privacy Woes
“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 05, 2013 11:09 AM — Filed under: ,
Out of the Bedroom
We have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in ... by Nishant Shah last modified Sep 06, 2013 08:32 AM — Filed under: ,
An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on ... by Elonnai Hickok last modified Sep 06, 2013 09:37 AM — Filed under: , ,
Privacy Law Must Fit the Bill
The process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:25 AM — Filed under: ,
Privacy and Surveillance in India
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a talk on privacy and surveillance in India at this event organised by the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 13, 2013 09:49 AM — Filed under: , ,
The National Cyber Security Policy: Not a Real Policy
Cyber security in India is still a nascent field without an organised law and policy framework. Several actors participate in and are affected by India's still ... by Bhairav Acharya last modified Sep 25, 2013 09:49 AM — Filed under: ,
Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013: Updated Third Draft
The Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing ... by Bhairav Acharya last modified Oct 01, 2013 12:25 PM — Filed under: ,
A Privacy Meeting with the Federal Trade Commission in New Delhi
On September 20, the Centre for Internet and Society held a roundtable meeting with Betsy Broder, Counsel for International Consumer Protection, and Sarah ... by Elonnai Hickok last modified Oct 03, 2013 10:25 AM — Filed under: ,
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 11) - Anja Kovacs
CIS interviews Anja Kovacs, researcher and activist, and director of the Internet Democracy, Project as part of the Cybersecurity Series. by Purba Sarkar last modified Oct 15, 2013 03:25 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
India's Techies Angered Over Internet Censorship Plan
India has the world's largest democracy, and one of the most rambunctious. Millions of its young people are cutting edge when it comes to high-tech. Yet the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 22, 2011 05:30 AM — Filed under: , ,
The Historian Wins Over the Biographer
In Walter Isaacson's eponymous biography of Steve Jobs, the multibillion dollar man who is credited with single handedly changing the face of computing and the ... by Nishant Shah last modified Dec 31, 2011 12:15 PM — Filed under:
Click to Change
From organising political protests and flash mobs to uploading their versions of Kolaveri Di, people brought about change with the help of the internet, writes ... by Nishant Shah last modified Jan 03, 2012 09:35 AM — Filed under:
Trail of the Trolls
Bullying and abuse on the Internet is on the rise. Smitha Verma finds out why most offenders are going scot-free in this article published in the Telegraph on ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 04, 2012 07:55 AM — Filed under:
Karthikeyan R v Union of India
The court refused to direct the government to take proactive steps to curb access to Internet pornography stating that such matters require case-by-case ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 18, 2012 11:51 AM — Filed under: , ,
Constitution of Group of Experts to Deliberate on Privacy Issues
It has been decided to constitute a Small Group of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to identify the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 04, 2012 07:49 AM — Filed under: ,
Facebook, Google face censorship in India
Religious leaders in India are on a collision course with social media websites including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Two Indian courts recently asked these ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 09, 2012 05:10 AM — Filed under: ,
NGO questions people's privacy in UID scheme
Taking a leaf out of the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee on finance (SCF) that raised objections on the National Identification ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 12, 2012 11:45 AM — Filed under: ,
Keeping it Private
As we disclose more information online, we must ask who might access it and why. This article by Nishant Shah was published in the Indian Express on Sunday, 15 ... by Nishant Shah last modified Jan 27, 2012 03:50 AM — Filed under: ,