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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: , ,
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: ,
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: ,
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: ,
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:
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: , , , , , , , ,
“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 Intermediary Liability: Towards Evidence-based Policy and Regulatory Reform to Secure Human Rights on the internet
Elonnai Hickok participated as a speaker at this event organized by Association for Progressive Communications at the Wedgwood, 75A 2nd Ave. Melville, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 06, 2014 05:51 AM — Filed under:
Will You be Paid to Post a Picture?
The wave of free information production on the web is on the wane. by Nishant Shah last modified Mar 06, 2014 11:58 AM — Filed under: ,
India ‘tea parties’ enable politicians to woo urban youth with technology
Babalal Patel’s tiny tea stall in southern Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent. by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 06, 2014 12:13 PM — Filed under: ,
Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was ... by Samantha Cassar last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
New Standard Operating Procedures for Lawful Interception and Monitoring
Government issues new guidelines to TSP’s to assist Lawful Interception and Monitoring. by Divij Joshi last modified Mar 20, 2014 05:13 AM — Filed under: ,
RightsCon 2014
RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 was an incredible mixture of more than 700 attendees from more than 65 countries and 375 institutions. Pranesh Prakash and ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:04 AM — Filed under:
India's social media election battle
Ahead of the general elections, political parties in India are attempting to woo voters on social media for the first time. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 03, 2014 09:37 AM — Filed under: ,
The Age of Shame
The ability to capture private images is breeding a dangerous form of digital shaming. Within the online space, where wonderments often run rife, and ... by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 04, 2014 04:05 AM — Filed under: ,
When politics gets social
In the run-up to the general election, social media companies explain how the political campaigns this time are very different from what they were five years ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 04, 2014 07:52 AM — Filed under: ,
No to homosexuals, yes to their vote
The ad appears at the bottom of the page. It has BJP’s symbol and Modi’s photograph displayed prominently. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 04, 2014 09:54 AM — Filed under: , ,
Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy vs. The Leaked 2014 Privacy Bill
Following our previous post comparing the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill with the leaked 2011 Privacy Bill, this post will compare the recommendations provided in ... by Elonnai Hickok last modified Apr 14, 2014 06:10 AM — Filed under: , ,
Very Big Brother
The Centre for Internet and Society, the organization I work for, currently serves on a committee established by the Government of India's Department of ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Apr 14, 2014 11:39 AM — Filed under: ,
Banking Policy Guide
To gain a practical perspective on the existing banking practices and policies in India in this project, an empirical study of five separate and diverse banks ... by Kartik Chawla last modified Jan 22, 2015 02:54 PM — Filed under: , , ,
NETmundial - Contributions by Countries of Origin
This set of analysis of the contributions submitted to NETmundial 2014 is part of the effort by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India, to ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:55 AM — Filed under: ,
NETmundial - Which Governments Have Not Submitted Contributions to NETmundial?
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:47 AM — Filed under: ,
NETmundial Day 1
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's speech at the opening of NETmundial in São Paulo was refreshingly free of the UN-speak that characterised virtually every ... by Achal Prabhala last modified Apr 24, 2014 09:02 AM — Filed under: , , ,
NETmundial: Tracking *Multistakeholder* across Contributions
This set of analysis of the contributions submitted to NETmundial 2014 is part of the effort by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India, to ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:53 AM — Filed under: , , ,
6th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at the conference organized by Eticas Research and Consulting at the University of Barcelona and CCCB from April 24 to 26, 2014. by Prasad Krishna last modified May 05, 2014 04:57 AM — Filed under: ,
No party's got a clear stand, Aadhaar's fate hangs in balance
A non-UPA government for sure will review the multi-crore UID programme, but none of the parties have yet talked about scrapping it. by Prasad Krishna last modified May 05, 2014 06:01 AM — Filed under: , ,
Privacy Law in India: A Muddled Field - I
The absence of a statute expressing the legislative will of a democracy to forge a common understanding of privacy is a matter of concern, says BHAIRAV ... by Bhairav Acharya last modified May 05, 2014 06:17 AM — Filed under: ,
Networks: What You Don’t See is What You (for)Get
When I start thinking about DML (digital media and learning) and other such “networks” that I am plugged into, I often get a little confused about what to call ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 28, 2014 09:30 AM — Filed under: ,
Ninth Workshop on Media Economics
The Higher School of Economics and the New Economic School have joined hands to organize the ninth workshop on media economics in Moscow on October 28 and 29, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 28, 2011 09:12 AM — Filed under:
CCTVs in Public Spaces and the Data Protection Bill, 2021
This article has been authored by Ms. Anamika Kundu, Research Assistant at the Centre for Internet and Society, and Digvijay S. Chaudhary, Researcher at the ... by Anamika Kundu and Digvijay S Chaudhary last modified Apr 28, 2022 02:29 AM — Filed under: , ,