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More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 31, 2013 02:26 PM
For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara — by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Mar 25, 2014 08:51 AM
On Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.
India's National Cyber Security Policy in Review — by Jonathan Diamond — last modified Jul 31, 2013 10:40 AM
Earlier this month, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology released India’s first National Cyber Security Policy. Years in the making, the Policy sets high goals for cyber security in India and covers a wide range of topics, from institutional frameworks for emergency response to indigenous capacity building.
The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ — by Kovey Coles — last modified Jul 31, 2013 10:08 AM
There has long been speculation over the permanency of our online presence. Posting about excessively-personal details, commenting in a way which is later embarrassing, being caught in unflattering public photos; to our chagrin, all of these unfortunate situations often persist on the web, and can continue to haunt us in future years.
Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions — by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Aug 02, 2013 08:27 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
National Resource Kit: The Chandigarh Chapter (Call for Comments) — by CLPR — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:13 AM
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Chandigarh.
National Resource Kit: The Maharashtra Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Maharashtra.
National Resource Kit: The Uttarakhand Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:15 AM
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Uttarakhand.
National Resource Kit: The Punjab Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Punjab.
Google brings tabs to sneak advertisements into your inbox — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2013 11:05 AM
The shift away from desktop browsing to mobile web has put the squeeze on Google's advertising revenues from traditional payper-click . But the tech giant is trying to set things right by sneaking ads into the user's inbox.
South Asia Conference on Higher Education — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2013 08:13 AM
The Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications (HEIRA), Centre for Study of Culture and Society is hosting the South Asia Conference on Higher Education at the Ford Foundation office in New Delhi from August 5 to 7, 2013. Sunil Abraham will participate in this conference.
Konkani Wikipedia next? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 01, 2013 08:32 AM
A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.
Your telco could help spy on you — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2013 06:13 AM
Telecom minister gives approval to changes in rules for mobile licences to enable such mass surveillance.
Institute on Internet & Society: Event Report — by Srividya Vaidyanathan — last modified Oct 15, 2013 06:48 AM
The Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
ଓଡିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର କର୍ମଶାଳା ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି ବୀର ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାଏ ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ବୁର୍ଲାରେ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 05, 2013 08:25 AM
Odishan.com covered the Wikipedia event organized at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla on July 26 and 27, 2013.
Odia Wikipedia Workshop at VSSUT, Burla (Coverage in the Sambad) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2013 08:51 AM
An Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla. The Sambad (Sambalpur edition) covered the event.
ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ମେଳଣ/ବୁର୍ଲା (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 05, 2013 08:04 AM
There was a news coverage on The Sambad, Sambalpur edition about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla.
Guilty until Proven Innocent: Pirates, Pornographers, Terrorists and the IT Act in India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2013 10:19 AM
The Research Center of Media and Communication at the University of Hamburg organized the Summer School 2013 at Hamburg, Germany from July 29 to August 2, 2013. Dr. Nishant Shah was a panelist in the session on "Guilty until Proven Innocent: Pirates, Pornographers, Terrorists and the IT Act in India".
Whats & Hows of Wiki — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:00 AM
The Kings School students of class 10 were blessed to have Nitika Tandon & Subhashish Panigrahi of Wikipedia Foundation to conduct a workshop on the whats & hows of Wiki, creating & editing Wiki pages, etc. Our students also got a hands on experience, and they edited the Bibinca page on Wiki.
Connaught Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 26, 2013 09:17 AM
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at this event being held at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Bloor Street West.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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