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- What Does Facebook's Transparency Report Tell Us About the Indian Government's Record on Free Expression & Privacy? — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 05, 2015 05:08 AM
- Given India's online population, the number of user data requests made by the Indian government aren't very high, but the number of content restriction requests are not only high on an absolute number, but even on a per-user basis.
- Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in India — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Feb 08, 2018 02:41 PM
- This working paper is an attempt to chronicle information about big-ticket lawsuits pertaining to mobile technology patents filed in India. All information presented in this paper has been gathered from publicly available sources. Interns Nayana Dasgupta, Sampada Nayak and Suchisubhra Sarkar (in alphabetical order) provided invaluable research assistance. This paper was first published as a blog post on the CIS website on March 15, 2015. It was periodically updated till October 31, 2017 to reflect new developments in the different lawsuits at the Delhi High Court and the cases with the Competition Commission of India.
- Roundtable on ICANN Accountability — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 04:54 PM
- The roundtable was organised by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), National Internet Exchange of India and Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi at the Indian International Centre, New Delhi on 13 March 2015. Geetha Hariharan participated in the roundtable.
- GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscripts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 05, 2015 03:20 AM
- Twelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation said in the Rajya Sabha this week. He added that the National Archives of India (NAI) is set to digitise another 1,100,000 historic records. The government has spent over Rs 25 lakhs on digitisation as of January 2015 as compared to ~ Rs 36 lakhs in 2012-13.
- Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 27, 2015 02:00 PM
- The Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational Resource and Research Centre in association with ICSSR (WRC) organized a National Symposium on Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages at Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan from March 9 to 11, 2015. Tanveer Hasan was a speaker.
- More articles for Tulu Wikipedia — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:33 AM
- In all, 100 more articles will be uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia by teachers and students in Udupi shortly, according to Janaki M. Brahmavara, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
- DIDP Request #6: Revenues from gTLD auctions — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 10, 2015 10:59 AM
- CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking information regarding revenues received from gTLD auctions. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
- Uploaded and blocked, a daylong battle rages on the web over BBC documentary — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 10, 2015 02:37 AM
- It was a daylong tussle between uploads and takedowns. Netizens kept uploading the controversial BBC documentary, 'India's Daughter', on video-sharing websites even as several of them were blocked within hours on Thursday. By 9pm, the hour-long film had been removed from at least four locations on YouTube. One of them had already gathered over 1.04 lakh views by then. The documentary which deals with the December 16 Nirbhaya rape case was still available on another video-sharing website, dailymotion.com, where two of three such uploads even had an advertisement preceding the video. It could also be seen on vimeo.com, another video-sharing service.
- Vox Pol Workshop on the Role of Social Media and Internet Companies in Responding to Violent Online Extremism — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 03:51 PM
- On March 5-6, 2015, the VOX-Pol network convened a workshop at Central European University in Budapest on the role of social media and internet companies in responding to violent online political extremism and the impacts on freedom of expression.
- Women's History Month, India-2015 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 08, 2015 09:18 AM
- CIS-A2K is supporting the Indian Wikimedia volunteers organize Wikipedia Women's History Month, India- 2015.
- DIDP Request #5: The Ombudsman and ICANN's Misleading Response to Our Request — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 06, 2015 11:11 AM
- CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of the complaints received and resolved, parties involved and the nature of complaints under the Ombudsman process. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below. ICANN's response is misleading in its insistence on confidentiality of all Ombudsman complaints and resolutions.
- DIDP Request #4: ICANN and the NETmundial Principles — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 05, 2015 08:28 AM
- CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of ICANN's implementation of the NETmundial Principles that it has endorsed widely and publicly. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
- DIDP Request #3: Cyber-attacks on ICANN — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 05, 2015 08:16 AM
- CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of cyber-attacks on ICANN, and ICANN's internal and external responses to the same. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
- DIDP Request #2: Granular Revenue/Income Statements from ICANN — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 05, 2015 08:07 AM
- CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking current and historical details of ICANN's income/revenue from its various sources. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
- DIDP Request #1: ICANN's Expenditures on "Travel & Meetings" — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 05, 2015 08:00 AM
- CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of expenditure by ICANN at its Meetings. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
- CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2015 03:31 PM
- Conference on UNESCO’s Internet Study: access, free expression, privacy and ethics.
- Train the Trainer — Report in Udayavani — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:20 PM
- As part of the Train The Trainer program, on Feb 28, all the participants (Wikipedians from all over India) were taken to Janapada Loka, near Ramanagara. There was a report in Udayavani, Ramanagara edition on March 2, 2015 about this event.
- Figures of Learning: The Pornographer — by Namita A. Malhotra — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:32 AM
- As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of 'bodies of knowledge' which draws upon these conversations, participants were invited to write short sketches on these figures of learning. This abstract by Namita Malhotra examines the figure of the pornographer, as a mixed media figure entrenched in various networks of knowledge production, circulation and consumption.
- The Centre for Internet and Society joins Worldwide Campaign to Discover Depth of GCHQ's Illegal Spying — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Mar 01, 2015 06:13 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society has joined an international campaign to allow anyone in the world to request whether Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ has illegally spied on them.
- Hindi Wiki Community Baithak in Delhi — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 27, 2015 01:34 AM
- Hindi Wikimedians met in New Delhi during February 14 and 15. This was the first meeting of the Hindi community. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the meetup.
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