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- IGF Academy Regional Workshop
- Sunil Abraham will be a speaker at this event organized by LIRNE Asia in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 4, 2016. He will speak on the status of freedom of ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 06, 2016 03:30 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Digital in South Asia
- Sunil Abraham participated in this event organized by the World Economic Forum on July 19, 2016 at Taj Mahal Hotel in Bangalore. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 02, 2016 03:38 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Meeting on Net Neutrality and Related Issues
- A meeting was convened by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on July 15, 2016 in New Delhi to discuss Net Neutrality and related issues. Sunil Abraham ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 02, 2016 03:56 PM — Filed under: Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
- Book Review: Apocalypse Now Redux
- My review for Arundhati Roy and John Cusack's new book that captures their encounter with Edward Snowden, 'Things that can and cannot be said' is now out. It's ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 06, 2016 04:16 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Book Review
- Why experts are worried about Aadhaar-based authentication
- As private companies are increasingly using Aadhaar data, is the privacy and security of personal data really at risk? What do those defending Aadhaar have to ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 07, 2016 02:16 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- New Approaches to Information Privacy – Revisiting the Purpose Limitation Principle
- Article on Aadhaar throwing light on privacy and data protection. by Amber Sinha — last modified Nov 09, 2016 01:54 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Apps can give personal information to strangers
- We love our apps. A study done last year, found that app usage in India has grown 131 per cent. But apps are notorious for accessing personal data and we’re ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 08, 2016 01:22 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Roundtable: Identifying and Limiting Hate Speech and Harassment Online
- Japreet Grewal attended this event organized by Software Freedom Law Centre at Constitution Club Of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi on July 28, 2016. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2016 01:31 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Aadhaar-enabled smartphones will ease money transfer
- With its plans to make smartphones Aadhaar-enabled, the government hopes to provide users a means to do self-authentication and let businesses and banks verify ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2016 01:33 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Indian companies need to boost encrpytion adoption rate: experts
- Most banks do not follow Reserve bank of India’s standard 64/128-bit encryption policy due to laxity and unavailability of funds. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2016 02:36 PM — Filed under: Encryption, Internet Governance
- Implementing Indian languages in feature phones will be difficult
- A recent government standard requiring support for inputting text in any one Indian language in mobile phones - along with Hindi and English - has ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2016 03:51 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Analysis of the Report of the Group of Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and Implications for India
- This paper analyses the report of the Group of Experts and and India’s compliance with its recommendations based on existing laws and policies. Given the ... by Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Aug 11, 2016 09:58 AM — Filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
- And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transfer
- As reported earlier, the Indian government has planned to make Aadhaar-enabled smartphones , with which users would be able to self-authenticate and let ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 12, 2016 02:50 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Rational Internet laws essential to fulfil India’s digital goals
- India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 15, 2016 04:13 AM — Filed under: Digital India, Internet Governance
- Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestions
- Trai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 17, 2016 03:05 AM — Filed under: TRAI, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
- Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social Change
- Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2016 01:47 PM — Filed under: Digital India, Internet Governance
- UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Bangalore, August 27)
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a one day workshop, on Saturday, August 27, 2016, to discuss, raise awareness of, and devise ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Aug 22, 2016 01:25 PM — Filed under: Exclusion, Digital Governance, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Welfare Governance, UID
- Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine
- India puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2016 02:47 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Information Technology, Copyright
- Policy Brief on the Report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on ICT
- In light of the complex challenges and threats posed to, and by, the field of information telecommunications in cyberspace, in 1998 the draft resolution in the ... by Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Aug 23, 2016 03:37 PM — Filed under: Privacy, Internet Governance, ICT
- Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be dropped
- News reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2016 03:05 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Festival scan on social media
- Authorities in a south Karnataka district have started keeping tighter watch on rumour-mongering and hate messages on social media platforms ahead of religious ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2016 03:20 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
- The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and ... by Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock — last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM — Filed under: Big Data, Data Systems, Privacy, Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Aadhaar, Welfare Governance, Biometrics, Big Data for Development, UID
- We Truly are the Product being Sold
- WhatsApp has announced it will begin sharing user data such as names, phone numbers, and other analytics with its parent company, Facebook, and with the ... by Vidushi Marda — last modified Sep 01, 2016 02:08 AM — Filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Facebook, Internet Governance
- Talking Point: Futile Battle Against Torrents
- Sunil Abraham spoke to Deccan Herald to clear the air about rumours surrounding a jail threat for those logging on to Torrent sites. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 01, 2016 02:36 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Video, Internet Governance
- Indians Ask: Is Visiting a Torrent Site Really A Crime?
- India has banned various large-scale torrent sites for a long time — this is old news. But under a new federal policy in India, one can be jailed for three ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 06, 2016 02:09 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Is Facebook tracking your virtual footprints?
- Social media experts claim number of cases of privacy violations against the site has increased in past few months; Facebook rubbishes the allegations. This ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 24, 2011 03:02 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- An Interview with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada
- Elonnai Hickok interviewed Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada. The full interview is reproduced below. by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Dec 03, 2011 01:26 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- International human rights community vs SOPA
- The Centre for Internet and Society was mentioned in a news story published in BoingBoing. Cory Doctorow wrote the story published on November 17, 2011. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 28, 2011 10:15 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2012 03:38 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Telecom, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Openness
- “The Internet and Controls: A Disturbing Scenario”
- Prof. Mohan SundaraRajan, a renowned science writer will give a talk at the Bangalore International Centre in TERI on March 7, 2014 at 6.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 12:09 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
