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‘Willing to participate, but need more time’: Twitter on parliamentary panel hearing
by Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Vidhi Choudhary — published Feb 15, 2019 — filed under:
Executives from social media firm Twitter’s US headquarters will not appear before a parliamentary panel that has summoned them on Monday over perceived bias towards right-wing handles on the micro-blogging platform.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?
by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — published Feb 14, 2019 — last modified Dec 30, 2019 04:44 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” Casting a critical feminist lens, the historicity of surveillance practices unveils the gendered power differentials wedded into taken-for-granted “benign” monitoring processes. The unpacking of the Mother and Child Tracking System and the National Health Stack reveals the neo-liberal aspirations of the Indian state.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
What the government's draft IT intermediary guidelines say
by Admin — published Feb 13, 2019 — filed under:
Intermediaries will have to hand over to government agencies any information within 72 hours. Intermediaries will have to use automated tools to trace the person posting unlawful content.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Intermediary liability law needs updating
by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 13, 2019 — filed under: ,
The time has come for India to exert its foreign policy muscle. There is a less charitable name for intermediary liability regimes like Sec 79 of the IT Act — private censorship regimes.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry CIS Comment on ICANN's Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget
by Akriti Bopanna — published Feb 12, 2019 — filed under: ,
At the Centre for Internet and Society, we are grateful for the opportunity to provide our comments on the proposed draft of ICANN’s FY20 Operating Plan and Budget along with their Five-Year Operating Plan Update. As part of the public comment process, ICANN provided a list of documents which can be found here that included their highlights of the budget, the total draft budget for FY20, an operating plan segregated by portfolios, amongst others.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry The Future of Work in the Automotive Sector in India
by Harsh Bajpai, Ambika Tandon, and Amber Sinha — published Feb 08, 2019 — last modified Mar 18, 2020 09:00 AM — filed under: , ,
This report empirically studies the future of work in the automotive sector in India. The report has been authored by Harsh Bajpai, Ambika Tandon and Amber Sinha. Rakhi Sehgal and Aayush Rathi have edited the report.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy
by Akriti Bopanna — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Apr 01, 2019 04:38 PM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society and the University of Munich (LMU), Germany are jointly organizing an international symposium at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on April 5, 2019
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Blog Entry Response to the Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018
by Gurshabad Grover, Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Akriti — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Feb 07, 2019 08:06 AM — filed under: , ,
In this response, we aim to examine whether the draft rules meet tests of constitutionality and whether they are consistent with the parent Act. We also examine potential harms that may arise from the Rules as they are currently framed and make recommendations to the draft rules that we hope will help the Government meet its objectives while remaining situated within the constitutional ambit.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 07, 2019 — last modified Feb 07, 2019 07:26 AM — filed under: ,
The UN high-level panel on Digital Cooperation issued a call for inputs that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
MediaNama roundtables on intermediary liability rules
by Admin — published Feb 02, 2019 — last modified Feb 17, 2019 03:59 PM — filed under: ,
MediaNama hosted one policy round-table on Intermediary Liability protections in Bangalore and another round-table in New Delhi, to discuss inputs sought by MEITY on the amendments to Safe Harbor for platforms (payments services, content services, ISPs, etc.) in India. Centre for Internet & Society is a community partner for the event.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
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