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SC seeks govt reply on PIL challenging powers of IT Act
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 04:45 AM — filed under: ,
Section 66A of the IT Act punishes sending offensive messages through communication services, including posts on social media websites like Facebook.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The Uncertain Future of India's Plan to Biometrically Identify Everyone
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 05:31 AM — filed under: , ,
Last Sunday an 11-year-old boy in Andhra Pradesh, a state in southeast India, hung himself from a ceiling fan as his family slept.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Centre for Internet and Society joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility
by Jyoti Panday — published Sep 23, 2014 — last modified Oct 07, 2014 10:54 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the multistakeholder cooperative engagement amidst stakeholders towards creating Due Diligence Recommendations for online platforms and Model Contractual Provisions to be enshrined in ToS. This blog provides a brief background of the role of dynamic coalitions within the IGF structure, establishes the need for the coalition and provides an update on the action plan and next steps for interested stakeholders.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Dialogue Cafe @ Centre for Internet and Society
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 29, 2011 — last modified Dec 07, 2011 11:10 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society announces the launch of its dialogue cafe, where every month, we approach seminal thinkers, scholars and practitioners to help explore knowledge paradigms that help us understand and research techno-social realities through innovative thought, concepts and frameworks.
Located in Internet Governance
Blog Entry What is Dilligaf?
by Nishant Shah — published Dec 01, 2011 — filed under:
On the web, time moves at the speed of thought: Groups emerge, proliferate and are abandoned as new trends and fads take precedence. Nowhere else is this dramatic flux as apparent as in the language that evolves online. While SMS lingo – like TTYL (Talk To You Later) and LOL (Laughing Out Loud)– has endured and become a part of everyday language, new forms of speech are taking over.
Located in Internet Governance
Watch out for cyber bullies
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 05, 2012 — last modified Jun 05, 2012 06:08 AM — filed under: ,
It's time to take a closer look at this form of cyber crime in India, writes KV Kurmanath in an article published in the Hindu Business Line on June 4, 2012.
Located in News & Media
CPDP 2015
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2014 — filed under: ,
The eighth international conference on computers, privacy and data protection will be held in Brussels from January 21 to 23, 2015. The Centre for Internet and Society is a moral supporter of CPDP.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Preserving a Universal Internet: The Costs of Fragmentation
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 03, 2014 — last modified Oct 05, 2014 09:05 AM — filed under:
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by OECD and Centre for International Governance Innovation on September 3, 2014.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Stats from 2014 reveal horror of scrapped section 66A of IT Act
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 20, 2015 — last modified Sep 26, 2015 07:28 AM — filed under: , ,
An average of six netizens were arrested every day in 2014 for posting offensive content online under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, a draconian and much abused law no longer in use.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The new tattler in town
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2015 — last modified Sep 26, 2015 04:31 PM — filed under:
WhatsApp messages, and in particular ‘admins’ of WhatsApp groups come under pressure as rumour-mongering catches the attention of the police.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
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