Internet Governance Blog
Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checks
— by [in alphabetical order] Anamika Kundu, Digvijay Singh, Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Feb 09, 2022 05:31 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation.
Launching CIS’s Flagship Report on Private Crypto-Assets
— by Aman Nair — last modified Dec 13, 2021 09:11 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society is launching its flagship report on regulating private crypto-assets in India, as part of its newly formed Financial Technology (or Fintech) research agenda. The event will be held on Zoom, at 17:30 IST on Wednesday, 15th December, 2021
Facial Recognition Technology in India
— by Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Aman Nair and Amber Sinha — last modified Sep 02, 2021 04:21 PMThe Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, University of Essex, UK and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) have jointly published a research paper on facial recognition technology. Authors, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Aman Nair and Amber Sinha, examine technological tools such as CCTV and FRT which are increasingly being deployed by the government.
Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19
— by Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair — last modified Aug 10, 2021 03:34 PMThe Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed.
Finding Needles in Haystacks - Discussing the Role of Automated Filtering in the New Indian Intermediary Liability Rules
— by Shweta Mohandas and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Aug 03, 2021 07:28 AMOn the 25th of February this year The Government of India notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The new Rules broaden the scope of which entities can be considered as intermediaries to now include curated-content platforms (Netflix) as well as digital news publications. This blogpost analyzes the rule on automated filtering, in the context of the growing use of automated content moderation.
The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End Encryption
— by Gurshabad Grover, Tanaya Rajwade and Divyank Katira — last modified Jul 12, 2021 08:18 AMA legal and technical analysis of the 'traceability' rule and its impact on messaging privacy.
State of Consumer Digital Security in India
— by Pranav M B — last modified Jul 05, 2021 11:07 AMThis report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded by the Asia Foundation.
At the Heart of Crypto Investing, There is Tether. But Will its Promise Pan Out?
— by Aman Nair — last modified Jul 01, 2021 02:46 PMThe $18.5 million fine levied by the New York attorney general’s office earlier this year to settle a legal dispute, raises more questions than answers.
On the legality and constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
— by Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover, Raghav Ahooja, Pallavi Bedi and Divyank Katira — last modified Jun 21, 2021 11:52 AMThis note examines the legality and constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The analysis is consistent with previous work carried out by CIS on issues of intermediary liability and freedom of expression.
Beyond Public Squares, Dumb Conduits, and Gatekeepers: The Need for a New Legal Metaphor for Social Media
— by Amber Sinha — last modified May 31, 2021 10:23 AMIn the past few years, social networking sites have come to play a central role in intermediating the public’s access to and deliberation of information critical to a thriving democracy. In stark contrast to early utopian visions which imagined that the internet would create a more informed public, facilitate citizen-led engagement, and democratize media, what we see now is the growing association of social media platforms with political polarization and the entrenchment of racism, homophobia, and xenophobia.
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