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Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Feb 07, 2019
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last modified
Apr 01, 2019 04:38 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Internet Freedom,
Event
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
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Internet Governance
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Events
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Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Feb 26, 2019
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last modified
Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Apr 01, 2019
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last modified
Apr 26, 2019 06:40 AM
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filed under:
E-Commerce,
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on the draft national e-commerce policy. This response was authored by Amber Sinha, Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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SVG Translation Workshop at KBC North Maharashtra University
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Apr 10, 2019
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last modified
Apr 26, 2019 06:47 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
CIS-A2K,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) wing organized an SVG translation workshop in collaboration with KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon on 14-15 March 2019. The workshop was a part of India level campaign. Total 58 participants attended the workshop and contributed to Commons till 31 March 2019.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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What’s up with WhatsApp?
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by
Aayush Rathi and Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 23, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
WhatsApp,
Homepage
In 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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National Resource Kit: The Lakshadweep Chapter (Call for Comments)
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Mar 25, 2013
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last modified
Feb 20, 2014 10:00 AM
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Featured,
Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Lakshadweep.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT Rules
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 27, 2013
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last modified
Apr 03, 2013 10:54 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes the report by the Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation, in which it has lambasted the government and has recommended that the government amend the Rules it passed in April 2011 under section 79 of the Information Technology Act.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill
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by
Elonnai Hickok, Vanya Rakesh, and Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Apr 13, 2016
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last modified
Apr 13, 2016 02:06 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics,
Homepage
This FAQ attempts to address the key questions regarding the Aadhaar/UIDAI project and the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 (henceforth, Bill). This is neither a comprehensive list of questions, nor does it contain fully developed answers. We will continue to add questions to this list, and edit/expand the answers, based on our ongoing research. We will be grateful to receive your comments, criticisms, evidences, edits, suggestions for new answers, and any other responses. These can either be shared as comments in the document hosted on Google Drive, or via tweets sent to the information policy team at @CIS_InfoPolicy.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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The Bots That Got Some Votes Home
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by
Nilofar Ansher
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published
Jun 20, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:56 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
Nilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
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Digital Natives
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Institute on Internet & Society: Event Report
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by
Srividya Vaidyanathan
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published
Jul 30, 2013
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last modified
Oct 15, 2013 06:48 AM
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filed under:
Video,
Internet Studies,
Featured,
Homepage
The Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
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Telecom
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Knowledge Repository on Internet Access