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- Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text – II: What India’s ITU Proposal May Mean for Internet Governance
- The UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is hosting its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) this year in South Korea. At PP-14, India introduced a ... by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Nov 03, 2014 07:07 AM — Filed under: Multi-stakeholder, ITU, Internet Governance
- India's Statement at ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, 2014
- India's Draft Resolution at the ITU Plenipot, which we have previously blogged about, was not passed following discussions at the Ad Hoc Working Group on ... by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Nov 04, 2014 05:50 AM — Filed under: ITU, Internet Governance
- Training for Internet Governance Activists
- Geetha Hariharan attended a training session for Internet rights activists in Cambridge, organised by Global Partners Digital, UK on September 23 and 24, 2014. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 07, 2014 12:38 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- October 2014 Bulletin
- Welcome to the tenth issue of the newsletter (October 2014). by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 23, 2014 04:40 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
- 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
- Getting Strategic about Openness and Privacy
- This blog post by Tim Davies, Open Data Research Lead at Web Foundation was published in Open Up? on November 3, 2014. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 09, 2014 09:19 AM — Filed under: Openness, Internet Governance
- IOCOSE's talk at CIS
- Please join us at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore on Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 7 p.m. for a presentation of the work of the artists group ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 25, 2014 01:02 AM — Filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Introduction: About the Privacy and Surveillance Roundtables
- The Privacy and Surveillance Roundtables is a Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) initiative, in partnership with the Cellular Operators Association of India ... by Manoj Kurbet — last modified Nov 27, 2014 01:34 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Twitter users find several accounts suspended for unknown reasons
- Twitter users woke up on Saturday to find several accounts suspended for unknown reasons, triggering conspiracy theories that only the accounts of right-wing ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2014 01:27 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- The Socratic debate: Whose internet is it anyway?
- In the US, President Obama recently spoke out on the seemingly arcane topic of net neutrality. What is more astounding is that the popular satire news show ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 09, 2014 01:35 PM — Filed under: Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
- November 2014 Bulletin
- We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the eleventh issue of the newsletter (November 2014). by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 15, 2014 01:27 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Digital Humanities
- Security and Surveillance: A public discussion on Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a public discussion on optimizing security and safeguarding human rights at its Bangalore office on ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 19, 2014 08:46 AM — Filed under: Surveillance, Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
- A Study of the Privacy Policies of Indian Service Providers and the 43A Rules
- by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jan 13, 2015 02:37 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Reply to RTI filed with BSNL regarding Network Neutrality and Throttling
- As part of its work on Network Neutrality, the Centre for Internet and Society through Tarun Krishnakumar had filed a Right To Information (RTI) application ... by Tarun Krishnakumar — last modified Dec 22, 2014 02:45 PM — Filed under: Internet Access, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance, Information Technology
- Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy
- The Centre for Internet & Society and the Observer Research Foundation invite you to a one day conference on January 8, 2015 in New Delhi. by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Dec 24, 2014 08:06 AM — Filed under: Event, Internet Governance
- UID: Are your biometric I-cards stacked against you?
- Imagine a rural family of five. Mom. Dad. Two kids. And Grandma. Assume too that they are below the poverty line. The day is coming when this family will have ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 26, 2012 09:33 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- March 2017 Newsletter
- Welcome to March 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 20, 2017 12:47 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
- Get an Aadhaar card if you don't have one
- The Aadhaar number has been made compulsory for filing tax return. With both the government and private parties insisting on it for various activities despite ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2017 03:39 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Right to be Forgotten: A Tale of Two Judgements
- In the last few months, there have been contrasting judgments from two Indian high courts, Karnataka and Gujarat, on matters relating to the right to be ... by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 07, 2017 02:27 AM — Filed under: Right to be Forgotten, Internet Governance, Privacy
- NGOs, individuals urge state CMs to curb Internet shutdown
- Amid rising instances of Internet curbs, a group of individuals and organisations have urged the chief ministers of 12 states to only restrict specific online ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2017 02:43 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Freedom, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India’s National ID Program May Be Turning The Country Into A Surveillance State
- For seven years, India’s government has been scanning the irises and fingerprints of its citizens into a massive database. The once voluntary program was ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2017 12:49 PM — Filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Privacy in the Age of Big Data
- Personal data is freely accessible, shared and even sold, and those to whom this information belongs have little control over its flow. by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 11, 2017 02:43 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Aadhaar, Big Data, Privacy
- Identities Research
- Caribou Digital organized an identity research event in Bengaluru at TERI on April 6, 2017. A total of 16 participants attended the event. Sunil Abraham and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 12, 2017 01:54 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Opposition questions govt move to make Aadhaar must
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Aadhaar system was becoming an instrument of social exclusion rather than one of identity. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 12, 2017 02:19 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- An Open Digital Global South: Risks and Rewards
- Pranesh Prakash will be speaking at a conference to be organized by UC Davis Law School on May 25 and 26, 2017, in California, USA. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 12, 2017 02:25 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Digital Rights
- Brainstorming Session on the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS 2017)
- I attended a brainstorming session on the Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 on April 12, 2017 at Electronics Niketan that was organised by the Ministry of ... by Japreet Grewal — last modified Apr 14, 2017 04:43 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Regulating Bitcoin in India
- The article discusses the possible contours of future bitcoin regulation in India. Bitcoin, often considered a ‘notorious’ virtual currency limited only to ... by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Apr 20, 2017 01:17 PM — Filed under: Financial Technology, Digital Payment, Bitcoin, Internet Governance, Digital India, Virtual Currencies
- Aadhaar: A widening net
- As India makes Aadhaar compulsory for a range of services, concerns about potential data breaches remain more than six years after the govt started building ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 22, 2017 05:06 AM — Filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Internet Shutdowns in 2016
- An internet shutdown is an intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific ... by Japreet Grewal — last modified Apr 28, 2017 01:50 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- India bans social media in Kashmir for one month
- Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have banned 22 social media sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter in an effort to calm tensions in the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 27, 2017 04:09 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance
