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India’s record on internet shutdown gets bleaker; now blocked in 2 NE states
India reported over 100 internet shutdown in 2018, according to an annual study of Freedom House, a US-based non-profit research organization. by Admin last modified Dec 15, 2019 05:51 AM — Filed under: ,
Stakeholder Consultation on Digital Assets for Women’s Economic Empowerment | UN Women + SEWA
On December 06, 2019, Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi participated in a "Stakeholder Consultation on Digital Assets for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Addressing ... by Admin last modified Apr 07, 2020 01:14 PM — Filed under: ,
IETF106
Gurshabad Grover participated at IETF106, which was held in Singapore 16-22 November, 2019. by Admin last modified Dec 15, 2019 06:14 AM — Filed under: ,
Call for Comments: Model Security Standards for the Indian Fintech Industry
by Pranav M B last modified Dec 16, 2019 01:16 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and Privacy
This submission to UNHRC presents a response by researchers at the CIS to ‘gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and ... by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon and Pallavi Bedi last modified Dec 30, 2019 05:40 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy Concerns
Arindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is ... by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:09 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way Forward
Arindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the third of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is ... by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:12 PM — Filed under: , , ,
How to Shut Down Internet Shutdowns
This talk will focus on the challenges and opportunities for research on internet shutdowns after the judgement of the Supreme Court in Anuradha Bhasin v. ... by Pranav M B last modified Feb 03, 2020 11:13 AM — Filed under: , ,
Divergence between the General Data Protection Regulation and the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
by Pallavi Bedi last modified Feb 21, 2020 11:08 AM — Filed under: , ,
Governing ID: A Framework for Evaluation of Digital Identity
by Vrinda Bhandari, Shruti Trikanad, and Amber Sinha last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:22 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Governing ID: 
Use of Digital ID for Verification
by Shruti Trikanad last modified Mar 02, 2020 11:16 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Governing ID: Kenya’s Huduma Namba Programme
by Amber Sinha last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:19 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Cryptocurrency Regulation in India – A brief history
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India quashed the RBI order passed in 2018 that banned financial services firms from trading in virtual currency or ... by Vipul Kharbanda last modified Mar 05, 2020 06:36 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Look Who’s Chasing... The Twitter God
The celebrity isn’t the known face, it’s the Twitter handle that gets the following, writes Arpita Basu in this article published in Outlook's April 2012 ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 10, 2012 09:24 AM — Filed under:
Sixth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah
The sixth meeting of the two sub-groups on privacy issues will be held on August 31, 2012 at 10.00 a.m. in Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Sansad Marg, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 23, 2012 09:48 AM — Filed under: , ,
Censoring the Internet: A brief manual
Blocking websites on the Internet should be proportionate to harm they intend. However, the government of India's approach is against the principles of natural ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Aug 24, 2012 09:39 AM — Filed under: , ,
India’s ethnic clashes intensify within social-media maelstrom
It began in mid-July: First came a series of retaliatory killings between ethnic communities in the state of Assam in mid-July. Soon nearly 500,000 people had ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:25 PM — Filed under: , ,
Govt cracks down on Twitter
India’s crackdown on social media platforms for hosting “inflammatory” content — following the violence in Assam and the exodus of northeastern people from ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 25, 2012 02:09 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Twitter users hit back at government ban
The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 25, 2012 02:51 AM — Filed under: , , ,
India Dismisses Charges of Internet Censorship
Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:29 AM — Filed under: , , ,
India’s Internet Curbs Under Legal Cloud
India’s crackdown on the Internet has caused much debate. But was it legal? by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:48 AM — Filed under: , , ,
When #GOIBlocks, twitterati fly off their ‘handles’
Ever since the news broke mid-week that some genuine Twitter accounts and six spoof accounts were blocked, the social networking platform has been in a tizzy. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:56 AM — Filed under: , , ,
To regulate Net intermediaries or not is the question
Given the disruption to public order caused by the mass exodus of North-Eastern Indians from several cities, the government has had for the first time in many ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Aug 26, 2012 06:12 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Blocked websites: Where India flawed
Apart from not giving 48 hours response time, the Indian government has blocked some websites which don't exist or don't have web addresses, says an analyst. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 27, 2012 03:00 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Indian government defends Internet blocking
India on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 28, 2012 10:07 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Watch out for fettered speech
The constant attempts at censorship in the name of national security should give all right-thinking Indians pause. by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 02, 2012 09:30 AM — Filed under: , , ,
India Blocks Facebook, Twitter, Mass Texts in Response to Unrest
The Indian government has gone on the offensive against Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, demanding hundreds of pages be removed or blocked ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 03, 2012 02:46 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Bangalore's new champions for culture
The hundred and ninth imprint of TimeOut Bengaluru edition is dedicated to a group of people who TimeOut believes are playing critical roles in determining the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 07, 2012 08:59 AM — Filed under: ,
Communications from DeitY regarding blocking of Traffic emanating from IP addresses from States assessed to be sensitive in the current prevailing situation
by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 11, 2012 02:27 PM — Filed under: , ,
Consumer Privacy
This chapter will examine the present legal state of consumer privacy in India and seek to understand the gap between policy and implementation of policy. In ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 13, 2012 09:21 AM — Filed under: , ,