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India's Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Oct 31, 2011 03:28 PMThis is the statement made by India at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in which its proposal for the UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy was presented.
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.
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?
Design!Public II in Bangalore ― Event Report
— by Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — last modified Oct 20, 2011 08:48 AMDesign Public, a high-level conclave on innovation, took place in Bangalore at the National Gallery for Modern Art on October 14, 2011. The event was organized by the Centre for Knowledge Societies in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, the Centre for Law and Policy Research, Mint, and others. The conclave brought together industry experts, scholars, and activists to create a dialogue about design and innovation in the public interest. This blog post captures the developments as it happened on this day.
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.
My Experiment with Scam Baiting
— by http://trailofpapercuts.wordpress.com/ — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AMShahana, your experiments with spam baiting made for an intriguing read. I have always been tempted to 'investigate' the nexus between legitimate manufacturing / service [...]
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.
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