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Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text - I: Why India’s Proposal at the ITU is Troubling for Internet Freedoms: by Geetha Hariharan — published Oct 28, 2014 — last modified Nov 02, 2014 03:13 PM — filed under: Cryptography, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Internet Governance, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Chilling Effect, Multi-stakeholder, Anonymity, ITU
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 new draft resolution on ITU's Role in Realising Secure Information Society. The Draft Resolution has grave implications for human rights and Internet governance. Geetha Hariharan explores.
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India’s dedicated Cryptology centre gets Rs. 115 crore funding: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 29, 2014 — filed under: Cryptography, Internet Governance
Work on India's first dedicated cryptology centre – plans for which were first announced in June 2012 – will likely accelerate as the project has gained initial funding of Rs. 115 crore from the federal government, stepping up the nation's efforts to stay on top of an area critical to its military and financial interests.
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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF: by Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover and Sunil Abraham — published Nov 30, 2018 — last modified Jan 22, 2019 07:29 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Internet Governance, Surveillance, IETF, Encryption Policy
The institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental agencies to focus adequate resources geared towards achieving favourable outcomes at standards development fora.
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The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End Encryption: by Gurshabad Grover, Tanaya Rajwade and Divyank Katira — published Jul 12, 2021 — last modified Jul 12, 2021 08:18 AM — filed under: Cryptography, Intermediary Liability, Constitutional Law, Internet Governance, Messaging, Encryption Policy
A legal and technical analysis of the 'traceability' rule and its impact on messaging privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
What Are The Consumer Protection Concerns With Crypto-Assets?: by Aman Nair and Vipul Kharbanda — published Jul 18, 2022 — filed under: Consumer Rights, Internet Governance, Cryptography
Existing consumer protection regulations are not sufficient to cover the extent of protection that a crypto-investor would require.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog

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