Internet Governance Blog
What’s up with WhatsApp?
— by Aayush Rathi and Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 23, 2018 04:45 PMIn 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
Comments on the Draft Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act
— by Amber Sinha and Shweta Mohandas — last modified May 01, 2018 02:05 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society submitted comments to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India on the draft Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act on April 21, 2018.
A look at two problematic provisions of the draft Anti-trafficking bill
— by Swaraj Paul Barooah — last modified Aug 18, 2018 09:21 AMThis post examines two badly drafted provisions of the new Anti-Trafficking bill that have the potential to severely impinge upon the Freedom of Expression, including through a misunderstanding of intermediary liability.
Artificial Intelligence in Governance: A Report of the Roundtable held in New Delhi
— by Saman Goudarzi and Natallia Khaniejo — last modified May 03, 2018 03:49 PMThis Report provides an overview of the proceedings of the Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Governance, conducted at the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre, in New Delhi on March 16, 2018. The main purpose of the Roundtable was to discuss the deployment and implementation of AI in various aspects of governance within the Indian context. This report summarises the discussions on the development and implementation of AI in various aspects of governance in India. The event was attended by participants from academia, civil society, the legal sector, the finance sector, and the government.
Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and Facebook
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Apr 27, 2018 09:52 AMWe conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. It has become apparent to us after a 2 week print media analysis that our Government has been providing free publicity worth Rs 40,000 to these entities. There are multiple issues with this as this article attempts at pointing out.
Digital Native: Delete Facebook?
— by Nishant Shah — last modified May 06, 2018 03:08 AMYou can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
Cambridge Analytica scandal: How India can save democracy from Facebook
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 28, 2018 03:44 PMHegemonic incumbents like Google and Facebook need to be tackled with regulation; govt should use procurement power to fund open source alternatives.
Analysis of ICANN revenue shows ambiguity in their records
— by Sunil Abraham, Arjun Venkatraman and Akriti Bopanna — last modified Apr 27, 2018 10:01 AMWe, The Centre for Internet and Society, have been instrumental in having ICANN become transparent about their revenue with our persistent requests for their sources of revenue.
People Driven and Tech Enabled – How AI and ML are Changing the Future of Cyber Security in India
— by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Mar 11, 2018 03:30 PMOn the 27th of February, Peter Sparkes the Senior Director, Cyber Security Services, Symantec conducted a webinar on the ‘5 Essentials of Every Next-Gen SOC’. In this webinar, he evaluated the problems that Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are currently facing, and explored possible solutions to these problems. The webinar also put emphasis on AI and ML as tools to improve cyber security. This blog draws key insights from the webinar, and explains how AI and ML can improve the cyber security process of Indian enterprises.
A Series of Op-eds on Data Protection
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Feb 19, 2018 02:08 AMI wrote a short series of three op-eds for Asia Times this week.
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