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Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 02, 2011 09:26 AMIn this blog post, Pranesh Prakash briefly analyses the DIT's response to an RTI request on website blocking alongside the most recent edition of Google's Transparency Report, and what it tells us about the online censorship regime in India.
Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Oct 28, 2011 02:37 PMCIS had filed a request under the Right to Information Act with the government, asking a number of questions relating to blocking of content under the IT Act. We have reproduced below the response we got from the government.
Privacy & Sexual Minorities
— by Danish Sheikh — last modified Sep 20, 2013 09:22 AMDanish Sheikh examines the status of sexual minorities in the light of privacy framework in India. Culling out some real life examples based on various studies, media reports and judgments from the Supreme Court and the High Courts of Delhi and Allahabad, the research brings to light the privacy violations being committed by both individuals as well as state authorities. The research concludes by saying that privacy doesn’t necessarily encompass a one-size-fits-all approach, and can raise as many questions as it answers.
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi: A Summary
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 24, 2011 09:09 AMThe sixth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum was held from 27 to 30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. Sunil Abraham participated in six workshops: Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A Technical and Policy Analyses, Use of Digital Technologies for Civic Engagement and Political Change: Lessons Learned and Way Forward, The Impact of Regulation: FOSS and Enterprise, Proprietary Influences in Free and Open Source Software: Lessons to Open and Universal Internet Standards, Access and Diversity of Broadband Internet Access and Putting Users First: How Can Privacy be Protected in Today’s Complex Mobile Ecosystem?
SCOSTA and UID Comparison not Valid, says Finance Committee
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 22, 2011 04:37 PMThe Standing Committee on Finance Branch, Lok Sabha Secretariat has responded to the suggestions offered by CIS on the National Identification Authority of India, Bill 2010 and has requested it to mail its views by 14 October 2011.
Seventh Open Letter to the Finance Committee: A Note on the Deduplication of Unique Identifiers
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 22, 2011 07:28 AMSahana Sarkar on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent in a Right to Information application on 30 June 2011 to Ashish Kumar, Central Public Information Officer, UIDAI. The UIDAI sent in its reply. Through the seventh open letter, Hans attempts to characterize in an abstract way the replies that CIS managed to elicit and makes some elementary observations.
Hack Night in CIS ― A Meeting of Java Script Hackers
— by Tom Dane — last modified Oct 27, 2011 11:36 AMCIS hosted a hack night in conjunction with the tech-event organizers HasGeek at its office on 24 September 2011. The event brought together local java script hackers on a common platform. Tom Dane and Kiran Jonnalagadda participated in the event.
UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha Ramanathan
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Nov 24, 2011 04:41 AMUID enrolment is in full swing, providing an official identification to millions of Indians, yet there are numerous unanswered questions. A public talk on UID was held at the Institute of Science, Bangalore on September 6, 2011. Usha Ramanathan, an independent law researcher on jurisprudence, poverty and rights, discussed the questions that plague the UID project and the veil of silence enveloping the answers.
Understanding the Right to Information
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jun 12, 2013 11:39 AMElonnai Hickok summarises the Right to Information Act, 2005, how it works, how to file an RTI request, the information that an individual can request under the Act, the possible responses and the challenges to the citizen and the government. She concludes by saying that there are many structural changes that both citizens and governmental officers can make to improve the system.
Bye Bye email?
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 23, 2011 07:31 AMEmail might be the default method of communication for most of us, but could it be going the telegram way.
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