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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 AM
- In 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 PM
- CIS 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.
- Open Access Week begins in Bangalore — by Tom Dane — last modified Aug 03, 2012 11:04 PM
- On Monday 24 October, the National Aerospace Laboratories in Bangalore held an event to mark the beginning of Open Access Week 2011
- Facing up to Moral Hazard — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 26, 2011 12:50 PM
- Systems upholding the law and standards help navigate the grey areas of moral hazard and adverse selection writes Shyam Ponappa in this article published in the Business Standard on October 6, 2011.
- India’s vanishing fingerprints put UID in question — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 26, 2011 10:05 AM
- A curious situation has come to light at the UID (unique identity) enrolment centres. Call it the phenomenon of vanishing fingerprints. You see, our unique fingerprints don’t necessarily last a lifetime and they can be damaged or destroyed and, in some cases, even non-existent. And that is not the best scenario for the first-of-its-kind project that endeavours to create a unique identity for India’s billion-plus population based on fingerprints and iris scans (or biometric data).
- OA Week Day 2 - An Interview with Professor Arunachalam — by Tom Dane — last modified Nov 15, 2011 06:04 AM
- Barriers to Access in a Connected World — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:30 AM
- Accessibility is an imperative to achieve a truly inclusive and participatory society writes and every individual, corporation, organization and government has a crucial role to play in nurturing it, writes Nirmita Narasimhan in this article which was published by Hans Foundation in their Annual Review 2011.
- Privacy & Sexual Minorities — by Danish Sheikh — last modified Sep 20, 2013 09:22 AM
- Danish 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 AM
- The 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 AM
- Design 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.
- Indian Government Websites Not Accessible Enough for the Disabled — by Srinivasu Chakravarthula — last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:50 AM
- Innumerable websites! All are citizen centric. But are they accessible to you? Srinivasu Chakravarthula examines this and stresses that website owners need to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to enable persons with disabilities and the elderly to surf portals more effectively.
- Ninth Workshop on Media Economics — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 28, 2011 09:12 AM
- The Higher School of Economics and the New Economic School have joined hands to organize the ninth workshop on media economics in Moscow on October 28 and 29, 2011. All events are scheduled to take place in Marriott Courtyard, a hotel in the centre of Moscow within 10-minute walking distance from the Kremlin, the Red Square, and the Bolshoi Theatre.
- Growing Wikipedia: The India Chronicles — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 14, 2011 09:17 AM
- SCOSTA and UID Comparison not Valid, says Finance Committee — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 22, 2011 04:37 PM
- The 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 AM
- Sahana 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 AM
- CIS 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.
- Can Innovation Solve the Grand Challenges of Indian Society? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 07, 2011 12:45 PM
- It’s nearly time again for Design Public the event, a high-level conclave on design, innovation, and the public interest. Our up-coming event will be in Bangalore on the 14th of October, and will be held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, which is housed in a century-old Manikyavelu mansion, which was once the property of the Mysore royal family.
- CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15) — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Oct 12, 2011 08:29 AM
- CIS and the Third World Network (TWN) conducted a quick analysis of the "Consensus document on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities presented by Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States of America" presented as WIPO document numbered SCCR/22/15.
- UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha Ramanathan — by Natasha Vaz — last modified Nov 24, 2011 04:41 AM
- UID 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.
- Porn: Law, Video, Technology — by Namita A Malhotra — last modified Apr 14, 2015 12:43 PM
- Namita Malhotra’s monograph on Pornography and Pleasure is possibly the first Indian reflection and review of its kind. It draws aside the purdah that pornography has become – the forbidden object as well as the thing that prevents you from looking at it – and fingers its constituent threads and textures.
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