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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free Data
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 01, 2016 04:04 PMThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a consultation on Free Data, for which CIS sent in the following comments.
Jurisdiction: The Taboo Topic at ICANN
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 29, 2016 07:51 AMThe "IANA Transition" that is currently underway is a sham since it doesn't address the most important question: that of jurisdiction. This article explores why the issue of jurisdiction is the most important question, and why it remains unaddressed.
List of Blocked 'Escort Service' Websites
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 15, 2016 08:33 AMHere is the full list of URLs that Indian ISPs were asked to block on Monday, June 13, 2016.
Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities
— by Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jun 11, 2016 01:29 PMThis blog post aims to review five Smart Cities across the globe, namely Singapore, Dubai, New York City, London and Seoul, the Data Policies and Standards adopted. Also, the research seeks to point the similarities, differences and best practices in the development of smart cities across jurisdictions.
CIS's Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:06 PMThe Centre for Internet and Society is alarmed by the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, and has recommended that the proposed law be withdrawn in its entirety. It offered the following detailed comments as its submission.
The Digital is Political
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:58 AMTo speak of technology is to speak of human life and living.
A Large Byte of Your Life
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:35 AMWith the digital, memory becomes equated with storage. We commit to storage to free ourselves from remembering.
Online Censorship on the Rise: Why I Prefer to Save Things Offline
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:26 AMAs governments use their power to erase what they do not approve of from the web, cloud storage will not be enough.
Facebook: A Platform with Little Less Sharing of Personal Information
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 05, 2016 02:38 AMAs Facebook becomes less personal, what happens to digital friendship?
Women's Safety? There is an App for That
— by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Jan 10, 2017 02:48 AM“After locking ourselves in a room for more than 6 days, this is what we came out [sic] with. Join us in helping make WOMEN feel SAFE,” read a gloating press release about a smartphone app for women to notify their near ones that they were in distress. It was one among many such PRs frequently landing in my mailbox after the rape and murder of a young student on board a private bus in Delhi in 2012.
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