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Is India Ignoring its own Internet Protections?
India’s information technology law of 2008 limits the liability of Internet companies for material posted on their Web sites by users, including anything ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 17, 2012 05:33 AM — Filed under: , ,
Whose Data is it Anyway?
Tactical Technology Collective and the Centre for Internet & Society invite you to the second round of discussions of the Exposing Data Series at the CIS ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 28, 2012 04:12 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Internet Freedom Fellows Program Emphasizes Defense of Fundamental Freedoms Online
At the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United States has consistently placed special emphasis on the protection and promotion of the freedoms of expression, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 02, 2012 06:47 AM — Filed under: ,
Global Networks, Individual Freedoms: A Peer Forum on Internet Freedom and Human Rights
In Connection with the 2012 Internet Freedom Fellows Program, the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is pleased to invite Pranesh Prakash to ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 28, 2012 09:12 AM — Filed under: ,
CENSORSHIP 2020: The Future of Free Speech Online
The DC Chapter of the Internet Society, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, invite you to an informal discussion on CENSORSHIP 2020: The Future ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 28, 2012 10:01 AM — Filed under:
How Facebook is Blatantly Abusing our Trust
‘Don’t fix it, if it ain’t broken’ is not an adage Facebook seems to subscribe to. Nishant Shah's column on privacy and Facebook was published in First Post on ... by Nishant Shah last modified Jun 28, 2012 12:42 PM — Filed under: ,
Clear and Present Danger: Attempts to Change Internet Governance and Implications for Press Freedom
The event was organised by National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2012. Emma Llansó, Rebecca MacKinnon, Emin Milli, Susan Morgan and ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 29, 2012 03:59 AM — Filed under: ,
GeekUp with Alan Knott-Craig
HasGeek and CIS invite you to a lecture by Alan Knott-Craig at CIS office in Bangalore on June 30, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 29, 2012 11:11 AM — Filed under: ,
India Privacy Meet
Microsoft, DSCI and Greyhead came together to organise India Privacy Meet at Hotel LeMeridien on June 29, 2012 in New Delhi. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 02, 2012 10:48 AM — Filed under: ,
January 2012 Bulletin
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of events ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 09, 2012 09:36 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
A Net of Hatred
Citizens worlwide have been resisiting the threat of internet censorship that governments seek to impose — and justifiably so. But while we have seen ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 20, 2012 06:09 AM — Filed under:
Parliament panel blasts govt over ambiguous internet laws
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation has come out with a report in which it has lambasted the government and asked it to make ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 28, 2013 08:37 AM — Filed under: , , ,
What’s In a Name? — DNS Singularity of ICANN and The Gold Rush
March 2013 being the 28th birthday of the first ever registered Internet domain as well as the exigent launch of the Trademark Clearing House disguised as a ... by Sharath Chandra Ram last modified Mar 31, 2013 05:35 AM — Filed under: ,
India's Biometric Identification Programs and Privacy Concerns
The invasiveness of individual identification coupled with the fallibility of managing big data which biometric identification presents poses a huge risk to ... by Divij Joshi last modified Jul 21, 2016 10:51 AM — Filed under: , ,
A Privacy Round Table in Bangalore
The Centre for Internet and Society, Data Security Council of India and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry cordially invite you to a ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 17, 2013 06:55 AM — Filed under: , ,
Comments on the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011
Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society prepared the following comments on the Sensitive Personal Data Rules. These were submitted to ... by Bhairav Acharya last modified Jul 12, 2013 12:13 PM — Filed under: , ,
Comments on the Information Technology (Electronic Service Delivery) Rules, 2011
Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society prepared the following comments on the Information Technology (Electronic Services Delivery) ... by Bhairav Acharya last modified Jul 12, 2013 12:12 PM — Filed under: , ,
What if the Net shut down for a few days
When spammers attacked Spamhaus, a European spam-fighting group in what was billed as the "biggest cyber attack in history", they managed to temporarily slow ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 03, 2013 11:01 AM — Filed under: ,
Why did India fail to discover the ISIS Twitter handle?
India's surveillance system fails to track the servers of internet giants like Google or Facebook because these do not have servers in the country, says a ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 27, 2014 03:27 AM — Filed under:
Digital Security Training
Rohini Lakshane participated as a trainer in a digital security training conducted by Front Line Defenders for the Afghan Women's Network in New Delhi in ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 27, 2014 03:16 PM — Filed under:
Are Cab Apps safe?
Cab services are increasingly relying on mobile apps to book, track and charge you for journeys. While tech watchers say there is a digital trail. by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 27, 2014 05:01 PM — Filed under:
Targeting surveillance
In the fall of 2005, Scotland Yard raided a flat in west London and arrested a suspected al-Qaeda militant known by a teasing Arabic nickname, Irhabi ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 30, 2014 02:10 PM — Filed under: , ,
National Seminar on Cyber Security & Cyber Laws - Issues and Concerns
Sharath Chandra Ram was a panelist at this seminar organized by the Advanced Centre for Research, Development & Training in Cyber Laws & Forensics on December ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 31, 2014 02:04 AM — Filed under: ,
December 2014 Bulletin
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a very happy new year and welcomes you to the twelfth issue of the newsletter (December 2014). by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 12, 2015 04:56 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS
On December 17, 2014, the Dept. of Telecommunications blocked 32 URLs (as it was ordered to do so by the by Dept. of Electronics & IT — specifically the ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 31, 2014 02:36 PM — Filed under: , ,
Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 02, 2015 01:46 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Centre blocks 32 websites for security reasons, restores some later
The Centre on Wednesday asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to block 32 websites citing national security concerns, especially from terror group ISIS. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 02, 2015 02:13 PM — Filed under: , , ,
DoT Reportedly Orders Blocking of 32 Websites Including GitHub, Archive.org, SourceForge
Many users on Twitter are claiming that several websites, including many software development resources such as GitHub and SourceForge, along with research ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 02, 2015 02:51 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin Among Sites Blocked In India For 'Anti-India' Content From ISIS
The Indian government has convinced ISPs to block dozens of popular websites accused of hosting “anti-India” content posted by members of the Islamic State ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 02, 2015 04:43 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Minds that (should) matter
Thinkers who best explain a rapidly-changing India to the world (and the world to India). by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 26, 2015 04:34 PM — Filed under: , ,