Internet Governance Blog
Predictive Policing: What is it, How it works, and its Legal Implications
— by Rohan George — last modified Nov 24, 2015 04:31 PMThis article reviews literature surrounding big data and predictive policing and provides an analysis of the legal implications of using predictive policing techniques in the Indian context.
Policy Brief: Oversight Mechanisms for Surveillance
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 24, 2015 06:09 AM
WhatsApps with fireworks, apps with diyas: Why Diwali needs to go beyond digital
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 23, 2015 01:27 PMThe idea of a 'digital' Diwali reduces our social relationships to a ledger of give and take. The last fortnight, I have been bombarded with advertisements selling the idea of a “Digital Diwali”. We have become so used to the idea that everything that is digital is modern, better and more efficient.
Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AMCentre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AMFollowing the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
Breaking Down ICANN Accountability: What It Is and What the Internet Community Wants
— by Ramya Chandrasekhar — last modified Nov 05, 2015 03:29 PMAt the recent ICANN conference held in Dublin (ICANN54), one issue that was rehashed and extensively deliberated was ICANN's accountability and means to enhance the same. In light of the impending IANA stewardship transition from the NTIA to the internet's multi-stakeholder community, accountability of ICANN to the internet community becomes that much more important. In this blog post, some aspects of the various proposals to enhance ICANN's accountability have been deconstructed and explained.
ISO/IEC/ JTC 1/SC 27 Working Groups Meeting, Jaipur
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Dec 21, 2015 02:38 AMI attended this event held from October 26 to 30, 2015 in Jaipur.
How India Regulates Encryption
— by Pranesh Prakash & Japreet Grewal — last modified Jul 23, 2016 01:24 PMConnected Trouble
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Oct 28, 2015 04:47 PMThe internet of things phenomenon is based on a paradigm shift from thinking of the internet merely as a means to connect individuals, corporations and other institutions to an internet where all devices in (insulin pumps and pacemakers), on (wearable technology) and around (domestic appliances and vehicles) humans beings are connected.
Do we need a Unified Post Transition IANA?
— by Pranesh Prakash, Padmini Baruah and Jyoti Panday — last modified Oct 27, 2015 12:46 AMAs we stand at the threshold of the IANA Transition, we at CIS find that there has been little discussion on the question of how the transition will manifest. The question we wanted to raise was whether there is any merit in dividing the three IANA functions – names, numbers and protocols – given that there is no real technical stability to be gained from a unified Post Transition IANA. The analysis of this idea has been detailed below.
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