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Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Jul 18, 2015
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last modified
Aug 23, 2015 12:20 PM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
In the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse.
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7th Best Practices Meet 2015
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 17, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the 7th edition of its Best Practices Meet (BPM) from July 9 - 10, 2015 at Hotel ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru. BPM2015 had “Architecting Security for Digital Transformation” as its theme. Sunil Abraham and Elonnai Hickok were speakers at this event.
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A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling
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Elonnai Hickok
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published
Jul 17, 2015
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last modified
Jul 21, 2016 11:01 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. CIS respectively dissents from the January 2015 draft of the Bill.
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Criminal Defamation: The Urgent Cause That has United Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Jul 16, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
Three years ago when the then Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy accused Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and his mother of misappropriation of funds while trying to revive the National Herald newspaper, the Nehru-Gandhi scion threatened to sue him.
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Corporate push to Modi’s Rs.4.5-billion digital dream
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 16, 2015
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Internet Governance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Rs. 4.5-billion digital dream seems to find favour with the corporate world, which calls it a “very progressive step” and “massive tech push”.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 24) – Shantanu Ghosh
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Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 15, 2015
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filed under:
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security Film,
Cyber Security,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 23) – Justin Searle
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 15, 2015
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filed under:
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security Film,
Cyber Security,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Justin Searle, security expert, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
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Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age
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by
Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday
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published
Jul 14, 2015
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last modified
Jul 15, 2015 02:42 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 22) - Anonymous
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 13, 2015
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filed under:
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security Film,
Cyber Security,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews a Tibetan security researcher and information activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series. He prefers to remain anonymous.
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Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Jul 13, 2015
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last modified
Aug 23, 2015 10:12 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
This note summarises my panel contribution to the conference on Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age at New Delhi on 21 April 2015, which was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Internet Policy Observatory of the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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