Internet Governance Blog
Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy Concerns
— by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:09 PMArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy Concerns
— by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:01 PMArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the first of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
Extra-Territorial Surveillance and the Incapacitation of Human Rights
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Jan 02, 2020 11:02 AMThis paper was published in Volume 12 (2) of the NUJS Law Review.
ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitments
— by Akriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito — last modified Dec 19, 2019 11:35 AMAkriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights at ICANN and Ephraim works on Human Rights and Business for Article 19, leading their ICANN engagement.
Call for Comments: Model Security Standards for the Indian Fintech Industry
— by Pranav M B — last modified Dec 16, 2019 01:16 PMIn Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public Space
— by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Dec 12, 2019 04:54 PMA discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
A Deep Dive into Content Takedown Timeframes
— by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jun 26, 2020 11:59 AMSince the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web-hosting providers, social-media platforms and search engines provide key services which propel social, economic and political development. However, these developments are also offset by instances of users engaging with the platforms in an unlawful manner. The scale and openness of the internet makes regulating such behaviour challenging, and in turn pose several interrelated policy questions.
Project on Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism with City University
— by Ambika Tandon — last modified Dec 02, 2019 09:38 AMCIS is a partner on the project 'Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism in the Digital Age'. The project is lead by Dr. Carolina Matos, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media in the Department of Sociology at City University.
Blockchain: A primer for India
— by Anusha Madhusudhan — last modified Mar 30, 2020 01:32 PMThis report is presently being updated.
India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy Formulation
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Nov 13, 2019 02:13 PMThe past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, resulting in battle lines being drawn by governments, industry and civil society actors both in India and across the globe.
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