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Event Report on Intermediary Liability and Gender Based Violence
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Dec 21, 2018 07:16 AMThis report is a summary of the proceedings of the Roundtable Conference organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) at the Digital Citizen Summit, an annual summit organized by the Digital Empowerment Foundation. It was conducted at the India International Centre in New Delhi on November 1, 2018 from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
A Gendered Future of Work
— by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Jul 21, 2020 06:29 AMThis paper aims to contextualise the narrative around digitalisation and automation with reference to women's labour in India. The paper has been authored by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, edited by Elonnai Hickok and Rakhi Sehgal. Research assistance has been provided by Divya Kushwaha.
A Critical Look at the Visual Representation of Cybersecurity
— by Paromita Bathija, Padmini Ray Murray, and Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Aug 21, 2019 08:00 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society and design collective Design Beku came together on the 15th of November for a workshop on Illustrations and Visual Representations of Cybersecurity. Images in the public sphere such as visuals in the media, Wikipedia commons, and stock images - play a vital role in the public’s perception of cybercrime and cybersecurity.
Cyberspace and External Affairs:A Memorandum for India Summary
— by Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Dec 01, 2018 04:10 AMThis memorandum seeks to summarise the state of the global debate in cyberspace; outline how India can craft it’s global strategic vision and finally, provides a set of recommendations for the MEA as they craft their cyber diplomacy strategy.
Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF
— by Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover and Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 22, 2019 07:29 AMThe institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental agencies to focus adequate resources geared towards achieving favourable outcomes at standards development fora.
ICANN Workstream 2 Recommendations on Accountability
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Nov 23, 2018 02:56 PMOne of the most significant initiatives to improve the accountability of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) commenced in 2014, when the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability was created. Its role was to develop a set of proposed enhancements to ICANN’s accountability to the global Internet community. This resulted in the first Work Stream (WS1) recommendations, which were eventually approved and incorporated into the bylaws of ICANN in 2016. These included a provision expressing the need for a second WS since the first one, done on a tight deadline,did not cover all the requisite issues. Instead WS1 only focused on issues that were needed to complete the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) transition.
Budapest Convention and the Information Technology Act
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Nov 20, 2018 04:18 PMThe Convention on Cybercrime adopted in Budapest (“Convention”) is the fist and one of the most important multilateral treaties addressing the issue of internet and computer crimes.
DIDP #32 On ICANN's Fellowship Program
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Nov 12, 2018 03:58 PMIn furtherance of its capacity building functions, ICANN selects Fellows for every public meeting. These are individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities who are trained to become active participants in the ICANN community.
Lessons from US response to cyber attacks
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Nov 01, 2018 05:53 AMPublicly attributing the attacks to a state or non-state actor is vital for building a credible cyber deterrence strategy.
Conceptualizing an International Security Regime for Cyberspace
— by Elonnai Hickok and Arindrajit Basu — last modified Oct 26, 2018 03:09 PMThis paper was published as part of the Briefings from the Research and Advisory Group (RAG) of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) for the Full Commission Meeting held at Bratislava in 2018.
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