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Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship
— by Swaraj Barooah and Gurshabad Grover — last modified Aug 02, 2018 01:59 PMThere are a few problematic provisions in the proposed legislation—it may severely impact freedom of expression.
Spreading unhappiness equally around
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jul 31, 2018 02:49 PMThe section of civil society opposed to Aadhaar is unhappy because the UIDAI and all other state agencies that wish to can process data non-consensually.
Lining up the data on the Srikrishna Privacy Draft Bill
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jul 31, 2018 02:52 AMIn the run-up to the Justice BN Srikrishna committee report, some stakeholders have advocated that consent be eliminated and replaced with stronger accountability obligations. This was rejected and the committee has released a draft bill that has consent as the bedrock just like the GDPR. And like the GDPR there exists legal basis for nonconsensual processing of data for the “functions of the state”. What does this mean for lawabiding persons?
The Potential for the Normative Regulation of Cyberspace: Implications for India
— by Pranav M B — last modified Jul 31, 2018 11:49 PMAuthor: Arindrajit Basu Edited by: Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Udbhav Tiwari Research Assistance: Tejas Bharadwaj
The Centre for Internet and Society’s Comments and Recommendations to the: Indian Privacy Code, 2018
— by Shweta Mohandas, Elonnai Hickok, Amber Sinha and Shruti Trikanand — last modified Jul 20, 2018 01:55 PMThe debate surrounding privacy has in recent times gained momentum due to the Aadhaar judgement and the growing concerns around the use of personal data by corporations and governments.
DIDP #31 Diversity of employees at ICANN
— by Akash Sriram — last modified Aug 21, 2018 09:26 AMWe have requested ICANN to disclose information pertaining to the diversity of employees based on race and citizenship.
CIS submitted a response to a Notice of Enquiry by the US Government on International Internet Policy Priorities
— by Akriti Bopanna and Swagam Dasgupta — last modified Aug 24, 2018 07:05 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society drafted a response to a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) issued by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on "International Internet Policy Priorities."
ICANN Diversity Analysis
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Aug 29, 2018 11:19 AMThe by-laws of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) state that it is a non-profit public-benefit corporation which is responsible at the overall level, for the coordination of the “global internet's systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet's unique identifier systems”. As key stakeholders of ICANN are spread across the world, much of the communication discussing the work of ICANN takes place over email. This analysis of the diversity of participation at the ICANN processes, through a study of their mailing lists, was undertaken by Paul Kurian and Akriti Bopanna.
CIS contributes to the Research and Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Jul 05, 2018 04:00 PMThe Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) is an initiative of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and the East West Institute that seeks to promote mutual awareness and understanding among various cyberspace communities. It seeks to develop norms and policies that advance the stability and security of cyberspace.
The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI framework
— by Elonnai Hickok, Shweta Mohandas and Swaraj Paul Barooah — last modified Jun 27, 2018 02:32 PMThe Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy recommendations on the deployment of AI for India.
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