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How India Regulates Encryption
— by Pranesh Prakash & Japreet Grewal — last modified Jul 23, 2016 01:24 PMThe Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption Policy
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Nov 29, 2015 09:03 AMWritten for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Nov 29, 2015 08:37 AMThe Modi government’s attack on Sathiyam TV is another manifestation of the Indian state’s paranoia of the medium of film and television, and consequently, the irrational controlling impulse of the law.
Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 29, 2015 06:35 AMThis proposal was made to the Global Multistakeholder Community on August 9, 2015. The proposal was drafted by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. The research assistance was provided by Padmini Baruah, Vidushi Marda, and inputs from Sunil Abraham.
CIS Response to Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 29, 2015 06:32 AMPredictive 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.
CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 23, 2015 02:58 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted the below to ICANN's CCWG-Accountability.
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.
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