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ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics
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by
Vinayak Mithal
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published
Jul 01, 2014
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Accountability,
ICANN,
DIDP,
Transparency
In a series of blogposts, Vinayak Mithal analyses ICANN's reactive transparency mechanism, comparing it with freedom of information best practices. In this post, he describes the DIDP and its relevance for the Internet community.
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ICANN’s Problems with Accountability and the .WEB Controversy
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by
Padma Venkataraman
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published
Oct 24, 2017
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last modified
Oct 28, 2017 03:49 PM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Transparency,
Internet Governance,
Accountability
The Post-Transition IANA promised enhanced transparency and accountability to the global multistakeholder community. The series of events surrounding the .WEB auction earlier this year has stirred up issues relating to the lack of transparency and accountability of ICANN. This post examines the .WEB auction as a case study to better understand exact gaps in accountability.
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Iceland’s proposed porn ban ‘like repression in Iran, N. Korea’ – activists
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 01, 2013
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last modified
Mar 21, 2013 03:56 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
A group of 40 human rights activists from around the world fear that Iceland could become “a role model for Internet censorship” if it introduces Internet filters blocking online content deemed pornographic.
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ICT Awareness Program for Myanmar Parliamentarians in Yangon
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 27, 2014
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last modified
Jul 29, 2014 09:37 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
ICT
Myanmar ICT for Development Organization-MIDO conducted ICT policy training for multi- party parliamentarian representatives in Yangon on July 26 and 27, 2014. Sunil Abraham presented on Innovation Ecosystem and Thinking about Internet Regulation.
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ICTs for Improving Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Aug 19, 2009
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last modified
Oct 21, 2011 06:48 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
CIS is co-hosting a talk by Mr. Michael Riggs (FAO) covering the topic on Information and Communication Technology and
e-Agriculutre and how Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture can benefit from ICTs.
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ID programme faces first challenge over privacy, data
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 29, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 12:20 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The government is looking to the ID programme to help ensure that various welfare programmes reach the poor
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Identifying Aspects of Privacy in Islamic Law
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by
Vidushi Marda and Bhairav Acharya
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published
Dec 14, 2014
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last modified
Jan 01, 2015 02:04 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This white paper seeks to identify aspects of privacy in Islamic Law and demonstrate that the notion of privacy was recognized and protected in traditional Islamic law.
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Identities Research
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 12, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Caribou Digital organized an identity research event in Bengaluru at TERI on April 6, 2017. A total of 16 participants attended the event. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash represented CIS at the event.
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Identity and Databases
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 07, 2014
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filed under:
Event,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Say No to UID Campaign invite you to a discussion identity, databases and facilitating technologies that explores the use of personal identifiers across databases and the potential violations of privacy on August 9, 2014 (10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.) at the CIS office in Bangalore.
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Identity of the Aadhaar Act: Supreme Court and the Money Bill Question
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by
Vanya Rakesh and Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 09, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar
A writ petition has been filed by former Union minister Jairam Ramesh on April 6 challenging the constitutionality and legality of the treatment of this Act as a money bill. The Supreme Court heard the matter on April 25 and invited the Union government to present its view. It is our view that the Supreme Court can not only review the Lok Sabha speaker’s decision, but should also ask the government to draft the Aadhaar Bill again, this time with greater parliamentary and public deliberation. Vanya Rakesh and Sumandro Chattapadhyay wrote this article on The Wire.
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