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- Press controls ‘send wrong message to rest of world’
- Britain could trigger an international media crackdown if the Government goes ahead with plans for a Royal Charter to introduce a new Press regulator, free ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 26, 2013 04:51 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT Rules
- 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 ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 03, 2013 10:54 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Censorship, Homepage
- A provisional definition for the Cultural Last Mile
- In the first of his entries, Ashish Rajadhyaksha gives his own spin on the 'Last Mile' problem that has been at the crux of all public technologies. Shifting ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:57 AM — Filed under: ICT4D, Digital Governance, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Cybercultures, Digital subjectivities
- Braitenberg Cybernetic Vehicles: Workshop, Film Screening & Discussion
- The Metaculture Media Lab at the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore is organizing a fun event, next Saturday, April 14, 2012. The event will begin at ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2012 01:13 PM — Filed under: Event Type, Internet Governance
- Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations
- In this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 23, 2014 03:12 PM — Filed under: Surveillance, Constitutional Law, Internet Governance, Privacy
- GNI Assessment Finds ICT Companies Protect User Privacy and Freedom of Expression
- Elonnai Hickok analyses a public report recently published by GNI on the independent assessment process for Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. The report finds ... by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jan 20, 2014 06:17 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Interview with Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign - UID Court Cases
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently interviewed Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign about his ongoing efforts to challenge the UID ... by Maria Xynou — last modified Jan 27, 2014 12:47 PM — Filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Making the Powerful Accountable
- If powerful figures are not subjected to transparent court proceedings, the opacity in the face of a critical issue is likely to undermine public faith in the ... by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Jan 30, 2014 06:43 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Transparency and Accountability, Internet Governance, Openness
- New Document on India's Central Monitoring System (CMS) - 2
- by Maria Xynou — last modified Jan 30, 2014 12:40 PM — Filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, SAFEGUARDS
- UAS License Agreement Amendment regarding the Central Monitoring System (CMS)
- by Maria Xynou — last modified Jan 30, 2014 12:43 PM — Filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, SAFEGUARDS
- Data Privacy Day 2014
- January 28 is annually celebrated as Data Privacy Day (DPD). Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the annual meeting J N Tata Hall, Bldg 1, Infosys ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 04, 2014 05:34 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- The net is taking over
- For many days to come, people will speculate what caused Sunanda Pushkar's death last week in a New Delhi hotel. Did Union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife die ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 04, 2014 05:57 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Does Size Matter? A Tale of Performing Welfare, Producing Bodies and Faking Identity
- Malavika Jayaram gave a talk. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 04, 2014 09:45 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Right to be forgotten poses a legal dilemma in India
- The “right to be forgotten” judgment has raised a controversy, while some argue that it upholds an individual’s privacy, others say it leaves a lot of room for ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 09, 2014 10:02 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Privacy
- India's 'Big Brother': The Central Monitoring System (CMS)
- In this post, Maria Xynou looks at India´s Central Monitoring System (CMS) project and examines whether it can target individuals´ communications data, ... by Maria Xynou — last modified Dec 06, 2013 09:39 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- January 2017 Newsletter
- Welcome to the January 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 01, 2017 06:00 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
- Comparison of General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Directive
- Recently, the General Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679) was passed. It shall replace the present Data Protection Directive (DPD 95/46/EC), ... by Aditi Chaturvedi and Edited by Leilah Elmokadem — last modified Feb 07, 2017 02:08 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
- Securing Digital Payments: Imperatives for a Growing Ecosystem
- A round-table conference was organised by ORF and Koan Advisory on “Securing Digital Payments: Imperatives for a Growing Ecosystem”, at “The Claridges”, APJ ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 09, 2017 01:40 AM — Filed under: Digital Money, Digital Payment, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Ranking Digital Rights in India
- This report is a study of five Indian telecommunication companies (Tata Communications Ltd., Reliance Communications Limited, Aircel Limited, Vodafone India ... by Divij Joshi and Aditya Chawla — last modified Feb 12, 2017 07:22 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Indian public concerned about fingerprint payment scheme
- The Guardian is reporting that a prominent think tank has found that the prospect of using fingerprint authentication for everyday payments is raising privacy ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 12, 2017 03:10 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- India's Aadhaar with biometric details of its billion citizens is making experts uncomfortable
- "Indians in general have yet to understand the meaning and essence of privacy," says Member of Parliament, Tathagata Satpathy. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2017 02:57 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Big Data in Governance in India: Case Studies
- This research seeks to understand the most effective way of researching Big Data in the Global South. Towards this goal, the research planned for the ... by Amber Sinha, Vanya Rakesh and Vidushi Marda and Edited by Elonnai Hickok, Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 26, 2017 04:24 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data
- Mapping MAG: A study in Institutional Isomorphism
- The paper is an update to a shorter piece of MAG analysis that had been conducted in July 2015. At that time our analysis was limited by the MAG membership ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Mar 03, 2017 12:59 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Privacy Gaps in India's Digital India Project
- This paper seeks to assess the privacy protections under 15 e-governance schemes: Soil Health Card, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), ... by Anisha Gupta and Edited by Amber Sinha — last modified Feb 21, 2017 01:55 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Freedom of Expression in Community Media and on the Internet Understanding Connections, Finding Common Ground
- A meeting co-organised by the Internet Democracy Project (Delhi) and Maraa (Bangalore) with the support of the Community Radio Forum in New Delhi on 3 February ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 03, 2012 11:00 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- When Netas Network
- In September 2009, a freshly re-elected Congress took exception to a light-hearted tweet by its newly inducted minister Shashi Tharoor, chastising him not only ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 19, 2013 06:19 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Open letter to Kolaveri Di makers: How Dare You!
- When it comes to piracy, you are sure to have an opinion. You might either make a virtue out of it, talking about cultural commons and collaborative conditions ... by Nishant Shah — last modified May 23, 2012 07:02 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- The Private Eye
- The world’s largest digital social networking system, oh ok, Facebook, to just name names, was recently in a lot of buzz. by Nishant Shah — last modified May 24, 2012 06:25 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Non human intelligence is closer than you think!
- In one of the research projects that I have been involved in, I was recently a part of a jury, for a contest which required on-line voting. It sounded like a ... by Nishant Shah — last modified May 24, 2012 06:36 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Report on the 5th Privacy Round Table meeting
- This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the fifth Privacy Round Table in Calcutta, on 13th July 2013. by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 26, 2013 08:24 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
