Internet Governance Blog
Click to Change
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 03, 2012 09:35 AMFrom organising political protests and flash mobs to uploading their versions of Kolaveri Di, people brought about change with the help of the internet, writes Nishant Shah in this article published in the Indian Express on 1 January 2012.
The Historian Wins Over the Biographer
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Dec 31, 2011 12:15 PMIn Walter Isaacson's eponymous biography of Steve Jobs, the multibillion dollar man who is credited with single handedly changing the face of computing and the digital media industry, we face the dilemma of a biographer: how do you make sense of a history that is so new, it is still unfolding? Nishant Shah's detailed review of Steve Jobs' biography is now out in the Biblio and is is available online (after a free registration) as a PDF.
Of Surrogate Futures and Scattered Temporalities
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Dec 30, 2011 10:15 AMThere can be no refuting Michael Edwards’ claim that the world we live in is not only thick with problems, but that the problems that we are collectively trying to address are ‘thick...complex, politicized and unpredictable...complicated and contested’.
Exposing Data: Art Slash Activism
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 29, 2011 01:31 PMTactical Tech and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) organised a public discussion on the intersection of Art and Activism at the CIS office in Bangalore on 28 November 2011. Videos of the event are now online. Ward Smith (Lecturer, University of California, LA), Stephanie Hankey and Marek Tuszinsky (Co-founders, Tactical Technology Collective), Ayisha Abraham (Film maker, Srishti School of Art Design) and Zainab Bawa (Research Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society) spoke in this event.
US Clampdown Worse than the Great Firewall
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 26, 2012 08:42 PMIf you thought China’s Internet censorship was evil, think again. American moves to clean up the Web could hurt global surfers, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published in Tehelka, Volume 8, Issue 50, 17 December 2011.
Now Streaming on Your Nearest Screen
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Dec 24, 2011 08:58 AMDigital cinema, especially the kinds produced using mobile devices and travelling on Internet social networking systems like YouTube and MySpace, are often dismissed as apolitical and ‘merely’ a fad. Moreover, content in the non-English language, due to incomprehensibility or lack of understanding of the cultural context of the production, is labeled as frivolous, or inconsequential, writes Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in the Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2009.
Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Dec 23, 2011 05:56 AMThe ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements for change around the globe. As more of our environment gets connected to the circuits of the World Wide Web, we witness a significant transformation in the way we understand the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of the world we live in, says Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2010.
Spy in the Web
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 26, 2012 06:38 AMThe government’s proposed pre-censorship rules undermine the intelligence of an online user and endanger democracy.
Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AMThe Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
That’s the unkindest cut, Mr Sibal
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 12, 2011 04:59 AMThere’s Kolaveri-di on the Internet over Kapil Sibal’s diktat to social media sites to prescreen users’ posts. That diktat goes far beyond the restrictions placed on our freedom of expression by the IT Act. But, says Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society, India is not going to be silenced online.
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