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Blog Entry Statement of Civil Society Members and Groups Participating in the "Best Bits" pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012
by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 16, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 08:06 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the signatories for this submission made to the ITU on November 16, 2012.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Submission on India's Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU's ITRs
by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 03, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 04:15 AM — filed under: , ,
Given below are the responses from the representatives of civil society in India (The Society for Knowledge Commons, Centre for Internet & Society, The Delhi Science Forum, Free Software Movement of India, Internet Democracy Project and Media for Change) to the Government of India's proposals for the upcoming WCIT meeting, in December 2012, in Dubai.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective
by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 10, 2012 04:40 AM — filed under: ,
Pranesh Prakash made a presentation at the India Internet Governance Conference (IIGC) held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on October 4 and 5, 2012. The event was organised by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, FICCI and Internet Society. CIS was one of the supporting organisations.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Draft nonsense
by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 24, 2012 — last modified Dec 03, 2012 09:08 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Seriously flawed and dodgily drafted provisions in the IT Act provide the state a stick to beat its citizens with.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act
by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 28, 2012 — last modified Nov 30, 2012 06:33 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an offence can attract a prison sentence of as many as three years.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Response to RTI on Decisions of the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee
by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 09, 2013 — filed under:
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology responded to a right to information (RTI) application filed by Saket Bisani on behalf of the Centre for Internet & Society on July 13, 2012 through notification No. 14(110)/2012-ESD, dated October 3, 2010.
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Blog Entry NTIA to give up control of the Internet's root
by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 18, 2014 — last modified Mar 18, 2014 06:21 PM — filed under: ,
On Friday evening the U.S. government's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it was setting into motion a transition to give up a few powers that it holds over some core Internet functions, and that this would happen by September 2015. Pranesh Prakash provides a brief response to that announcement.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Comments on the DoT Panel Report via MyGov
by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 26, 2015 — filed under: ,
On behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society, I must commend the Department of Telecom Panel on its report. Overall, it displays a far better understanding of the underlying issues than the TRAI consultation paper did, and is overall a good effort at balancing the different sides. However, some of its most important recommendations are completely off-mark and would be disastrous if accepted by the government.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Blog Entry The 'Global Multistakholder Community' is Neither Global Nor Multistakeholder
by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2015 — last modified Nov 03, 2016 10:42 AM — filed under: , , ,
CIS research shows how Western, male, and industry-driven the IANA transition process actually is.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Accessible ICT Procurement
by Pranesh Prakash — published May 09, 2016 — filed under:
Today in India there is an excellent opportunity to address the needs of persons with disabilities through accessible ICT procurement. There is a growing body of evidence globally to demonstrate that governments are successfully using accessible procurement as a means of ensuring the human rights of persons with disabilities,. They are amongst the largest purchasers of IT in any country and by requiring accessible products and services, ensure that all citizens with disabilities and government employees who are disabled are able to access and use public infrastructure and communication. CIS along with 20 other organisations petition the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Information Technology to bring in accessibility considerations within the draft Procurement Bill.
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