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Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says (and Doesn't)
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 21, 2015 12:36 PMThere have been many misconceptions about what the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality says: the most popular ones being that they have recommended higher charges for services like WhatsApp and Viber, and that the report is an anti-Net neutrality report masquerading as a pro-Net neutrality report. Pranesh Prakash clears up these and other incorrect notions about the report in this brief analysis.
Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 24, 2015 01:24 AMThis blog calls out the differences between the Aadhaar Number and the Social Security Number
Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:20 PMIn the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse.
A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:01 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. CIS respectively dissents from the January 2015 draft of the Bill.
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 24) – Shantanu Ghosh
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Jul 15, 2015 02:58 PMCIS interviews Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 23) – Justin Searle
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Jul 15, 2015 02:44 PMCIS interviews Justin Searle, security expert, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age
— by Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday — last modified Jul 15, 2015 02:42 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi.
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 22) - Anonymous
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Jul 13, 2015 01:40 PMCIS interviews a Tibetan security researcher and information activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series. He prefers to remain anonymous.
Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 10:12 AMThis note summarises my panel contribution to the conference on Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age at New Delhi on 21 April 2015, which was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Internet Policy Observatory of the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 18, 2015 02:46 AMIn this paper Pranesh Prakash gives an overview on why India needs to put in place net neutrality regulations, and the form that those regulations must take to avoid being over-regulation.
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