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Mar 20, 2019 Improving the Processes for Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities to Government Entities in India — Karan Saini, Pranesh Prakash and Elonnai Hickok
Jan 14, 2019 How to make EVMs hack-proof, and elections more trustworthy
Oct 16, 2018 Why Data Localisation Might Lead To Unchecked Surveillance
Jul 07, 2018 CIS Funding 2008 - 2018
Feb 14, 2018 The Right to Information, The Right to Knowledge (Talk by Sam Pitroda & Carl Malamud)
Jan 25, 2018 Submission to TRAI Consultation on "Inputs for Formulation of National Telecom Policy - 2018"
Apr 25, 2017 Killing of Yameen Rasheed Reveals Worsening Human Rights Situation in the Maldives
Apr 04, 2017 Aadhaar marks a fundamental shift in citizen-state relations: From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Government’
Dec 17, 2016 Inputs to the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the Internet (WGEC) — Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda and Pranesh Prakash
Dec 12, 2016 CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks — Japreet Grewal, Pranesh Prakash, Sharath Chandra Ram, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, Udbhav Tiwari and Amelia Andersdotter
Dec 04, 2016 Developer team fixed vulnerabilities in Honorable PM's app and API
Sep 22, 2016 Internet Rights and Wrongs
Sep 18, 2016 Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal
Jul 13, 2016 No, India did NOT oppose the United Nations move to “make internet access a human right” — Pranesh Prakash and Japreet Grewal
Jun 30, 2016 CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free Data
Jun 27, 2016 Jurisdiction: The Taboo Topic at ICANN
Jun 15, 2016 List of Blocked 'Escort Service' Websites
Jun 05, 2016 CIS's Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016
May 09, 2016 Accessible ICT Procurement
Mar 25, 2016 CIS Counter Comments on TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing
Mar 25, 2016 CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-Top Services
Mar 25, 2016 CIS Position Paper on Net Neutrality in India (Background Submission to TRAI)
Mar 17, 2016 Privacy Concerns Overshadow Monetary Benefits of Aadhaar Scheme — Pranesh Prakash and Amber Sinha
Mar 07, 2016 Aadhaar: Still Too Many Problems
Feb 17, 2016 World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
Feb 17, 2016 World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
Feb 09, 2016 CIS Submission to TRAI on Differential Pricing
Jan 29, 2016 CIS's Comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal
Dec 04, 2015 CIS's Position on Net Neutrality — Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash
Oct 30, 2015 How India Regulates Encryption — Pranesh Prakash and Japreet Grewal
Oct 23, 2015 Do we need a Unified Post Transition IANA? — Pranesh Prakash, Padmini Baruah and Jyoti Panday
Oct 20, 2015 The 'Global Multistakholder Community' is Neither Global Nor Multistakeholder
Sep 26, 2015 Comments on the DoT Panel Report via MyGov
Sep 25, 2015 Software Freedom Pledge
Sep 23, 2015 Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015 — Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari
Sep 13, 2015 CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations
Sep 02, 2015 Digital Security Workshop for Journalists and Human Rights Workers
Aug 30, 2015 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
Aug 13, 2015 Global Censorship: Shifting Modes, Persisting Paradigms
Aug 05, 2015 Indian Porn Ban is Partially Lifted But Sites Remain Blocked
Aug 05, 2015 India launches crackdown on online porn
Aug 05, 2015 Ban on pornography temporary, says government
Aug 05, 2015 India blocks access to 857 porn sites
Aug 05, 2015 Porn ban: People will soon learn to circumvent ISPs and govt orders, expert says
Aug 05, 2015 Porn block in India sparks outrage
Aug 03, 2015 Proxies and VPNs: Why govt can't ban porn websites?
Aug 03, 2015 DOT Order Blocking 857 Websites on Grounds of Decency and Morality
Aug 02, 2015 Indian government orders ISPs to block 857 porn websites
Jul 25, 2015 Will Indians have to pay for WhatsApp?
Jul 21, 2015 Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says (and Doesn't)
Jul 08, 2015 Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality
May 29, 2015 Digital India: PM Modi to launch BJP's flagship programme likely in July
May 10, 2015 Definition of Net Neutrality should be flexible: Pranesh Prakash
May 09, 2015 Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-Top (OTT) Services
Apr 27, 2015 Freedom struggle 2.0
Apr 27, 2015 Financial Express hosts #NetNeutralityDebate: ‘Price discrimination can be allowed, but not for the same packet of data’
Mar 29, 2015 Three reasons why 66A verdict is momentous
Mar 17, 2015 What Does Facebook's Transparency Report Tell Us About the Indian Government's Record on Free Expression & Privacy?
Dec 31, 2014 Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS
Dec 31, 2014 Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, compressed version)
Dec 31, 2014 Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, plaintext version)
Dec 15, 2014 Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act — Pranesh Prakash and Gopal Sankaranarayanan
Nov 18, 2014 The Socratic debate: Whose internet is it anyway?
Apr 23, 2014 NETmundial Transcript Archive
Mar 27, 2014 CIS Statement at ICANN 49's Public Forum
Mar 18, 2014 NTIA to give up control of the Internet's root
Feb 25, 2014 Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 3: The Public/Private Distinction and the Supreme Court’s Wrong Turn
Jan 27, 2014 Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest Test
Jan 13, 2014 Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations — Pranesh Prakash and Gautam Bhatia
Dec 06, 2013 Misuse of Surveillance Powers in India (Case 1)
Oct 21, 2013 Tweets with "IGF2013"
Oct 21, 2013 Tweets from Bali IGF 2013
Oct 21, 2013 Tweets with "IGF"
Oct 21, 2013 Tweets with "IGF13"
Oct 21, 2013 Tweets with "BestBits"
Aug 21, 2013 Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain
Jul 15, 2013 How Surveillance Works in India
Jul 15, 2013 Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?
Jun 29, 2013 India's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
Jun 28, 2013 CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
Jun 25, 2013 Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired — Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj
Jun 13, 2013 Indian surveillance laws & practices far worse than US
Jun 07, 2013 Section 43 of the Information Technology Act
Jun 07, 2013 Computer Related Offences
Apr 25, 2013 CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13
Apr 23, 2013 Comments to the MHRD on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2013)
Mar 31, 2013 WGIG+8: Stock-Taking, Mapping, and Going Forward
Mar 27, 2013 CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT Rules
Jan 15, 2013 Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in Bangladesh
Jan 10, 2013 No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
Jan 09, 2013 Response to RTI on Decisions of the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee
Dec 10, 2012 The Worldwide Web of Concerns
Dec 10, 2012 The Worldwide Web of Concerns
Nov 28, 2012 Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act
Nov 25, 2012 Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
Nov 24, 2012 Draft nonsense
Nov 19, 2012 Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective
Nov 19, 2012 Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
Nov 19, 2012 Section 66A of the Information Technology Act
Nov 16, 2012 Statement of Civil Society Members and Groups Participating in the "Best Bits" pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012
Nov 05, 2012 Indian Government's Submission to ITU
Nov 03, 2012 Submission on India's Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU's ITRs
Nov 01, 2012 Submission by Indian Civil Society Organisations on Proposals for the Future ITRs and Related Processes
Sep 29, 2012 Feedback to Draft Copyright Rules, 2012
Sep 14, 2012 Counter-proposal by the Centre for Internet and Society: Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Due Diligence and Information Removal) Rules, 2012
Sep 14, 2012 Counter-proposal by the Centre for Internet and Society: Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Due Diligence and Information Removal) Rules, 2012
Aug 31, 2012 India's Internet Jam
Aug 22, 2012 Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)
Aug 16, 2012 Consumers International IP Watchlist 2012 — India Report
Jul 31, 2012 Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy & Open Government — Talk at CIS
Jul 25, 2012 CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives
Jul 24, 2012 Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 24
Jul 23, 2012 CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty
Jul 22, 2012 CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
Jul 22, 2012 India's Opening Statement on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 24
Jul 16, 2012 Open Government Data
Jun 04, 2012 The Web of Our Strife
May 23, 2012 Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
Apr 26, 2012 India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism
Apr 23, 2012 Comparative Analysis of Comments Submitted on Draft IT Rules
Apr 17, 2012 Internet Censorship Officials' Contact Details
Apr 09, 2012 Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code
Mar 27, 2012 Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules
Mar 15, 2012 Vinay Rai v. Facebook India and Ors. | Summons Order
Feb 29, 2012 Comments on Technical Standards for Interoperability Framework for E-Governance in India (Phase II)
Feb 21, 2012 Section 200 Complaint in Vinay Rai v. Facebook India and Ors.
Feb 21, 2012 Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi v. Facebook and Ors (Order dated December 20, 2011)
Feb 13, 2012 World Narrow Web
Jan 26, 2012 Section 79 of the Information Technology Act
Jan 26, 2012 Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011
Jan 25, 2012 How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
Dec 15, 2011 Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
Dec 12, 2011 About Us
Dec 08, 2011 Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row
Dec 07, 2011 Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
Dec 01, 2011 Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
Dec 01, 2011 CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement
Nov 29, 2011 Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCR
Nov 09, 2011 Sources of CIS Funding
Oct 31, 2011 India's Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy
Oct 31, 2011 CIS Comments on the Draft National Policy on Electronics
Oct 28, 2011 Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
Oct 27, 2011 Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
Oct 04, 2011 CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15)
Sep 09, 2011 Calling Out the BSA on Its BS
Sep 07, 2011 Screening of Partners in Crime
Aug 19, 2011 Draft Report on Open Government Data in India (v2)
Aug 19, 2011 Open Government Data in India (v2)
Aug 01, 2011 Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan Lokpal
Jul 21, 2011 Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector
Jul 08, 2011 Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO
Jun 08, 2011 Comments on the draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy
May 25, 2011 Killing the Internet Softly with Its Rules
May 20, 2011 Open Government Data Study: India
May 20, 2011 Open Government Data Study
May 17, 2011 Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011 — India Report
May 13, 2011 Rebuttal of DIT's Misleading Statements on New Internet Rules
Apr 26, 2011 CDT Provides Answers to Questions on Internet Neutrality
Apr 07, 2011 DIT's Response to RTI on Website Blocking
Mar 21, 2011 Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011)
Mar 09, 2011 RTI Applications on Blocking of Websites
Feb 25, 2011 Exhaustion: Imports, Exports and the Doctrine of First Sale in Indian Copyright Law
Feb 25, 2011 Engaging on the Digital Commons
Feb 25, 2011 CIS Para-wise Comments on Intermediary Due Diligence Rules, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 CIS Comments on the Interoperability Framework for e-Governance (Phase I)
Feb 11, 2011 Thomas Abraham's Rebuttal on Parallel Importation
Feb 01, 2011 Indian Law and "Parallel Exports"
Jan 25, 2011 Why Parallel Importation of Books Should Be Allowed
Jan 25, 2011 The Online Video Environment in India - A Survey Report
Jan 12, 2011 New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement
Jan 12, 2011 IPR Chapter of India-EU FTA (July 2010)
Dec 21, 2010 The Online Video Environment in India: A Survey Report
Dec 21, 2010 The Online Video Environment in India: A Survey Report
Dec 21, 2010 Call for Comments for Report on the Online Video Environment in India
Dec 16, 2010 Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
Dec 05, 2010 CIS Submission on Draft Patent Manual 2010
Jul 28, 2010 Civic Hacking Workshop
Jul 18, 2010 Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
Jul 18, 2010 Copyright Bill Analysis
May 14, 2010 The 2010 Special 301 Report Is More of the Same, Slightly Less Shrill
May 12, 2010 Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended by the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010)
Apr 29, 2010 Technological Protection Measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
Apr 27, 2010 Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended by Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010)
Apr 05, 2010 Research Project on Open Video in India
Feb 22, 2010 Arguments Against Software Patents in India
Feb 05, 2010 Report on the Fourth Internet Governance Forum for Commonwealth IGF
Feb 01, 2010 CIS Statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 19
Jan 15, 2010 Oppose Software Patents
Jan 15, 2010 Oppose Software Patents
Jan 13, 2010 Robert Horowitz
Jan 13, 2010 Opening India's Spectrum
Jan 11, 2010 Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting
Jan 11, 2010 World Day Against Software Patents
Jan 11, 2010 Free and Open Source Software
Jan 11, 2010 Open Standards
Jan 11, 2010 Software Patents
Jan 09, 2010 Proposed Copyright Amendments from 2006
Dec 02, 2009 IJLT-CIS Law Essay Competition
Nov 30, 2009 Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09
Nov 04, 2009 Open Debate
Nov 04, 2009 IPv6 in India: The promises and challenges
Nov 04, 2009 PUPFIP Bill
Oct 20, 2009 Resources
Oct 20, 2009 Arguments Against the PUPFIP Bill
Oct 08, 2009 Free and Open Source Software
Oct 08, 2009 Software Patents Granted and Applied for in India
Oct 08, 2009 Control Shift?
Sep 08, 2009 World IT Forum 2009
Sep 08, 2009 An Introduction to the Chinese Wikipedia
Aug 24, 2009 Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates
Aug 18, 2009 Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP Enforcement
Aug 18, 2009 Letter from Civil Society Organizations to CII
Aug 14, 2009 On the Internet, how much is too much?
Aug 11, 2009 IT Act and Commerce
Jul 29, 2009 Primer on the New IT Act
Jul 28, 2009 Pranesh Prakash
Jul 28, 2009 Letter to ICANN on NCSG
Jul 28, 2009 Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act
Jul 07, 2009 Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance
Jul 07, 2009 Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance
Jun 15, 2009 Short note on IT Amendment Act, 2008
Jun 15, 2009 Information Technology Act
Jun 05, 2009 Consumers International IP Watch List 2009
Jun 05, 2009 CI IP Watch List 2009 - India Report
Jun 02, 2009 Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations
May 25, 2009 WIPO Broadcast Treaty and Webcasting
Mar 30, 2009 RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological University
Dec 14, 2008 Pixel Pirate II - Still 1
Dec 14, 2008 Pixel Pirate II - Still 2
Dec 14, 2008 Pixel Pirate II - Still 3
Dec 14, 2008 Pixel Pirate II - DVD Cover
Dec 14, 2008 Screening of Pixel Pirate II: Attack of the Astro Elvis Video Clone
Dec 13, 2008 Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary
Dec 11, 2008 Eben Moglen
Dec 11, 2008 Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary
Dec 08, 2008 Workshop on Reforming the International ICT Standardization System
Dec 08, 2008 Agreement on Procurement
Dec 08, 2008 Report on Open Standards for GISW2008
Dec 07, 2008 Report on Open Standards for GISW 2008
Dec 06, 2008 DCOS Agreement on Procurement
Dec 01, 2008 Photos
Nov 04, 2008 Screening of 'Steal this Film' (TV Cut)
Nov 03, 2008 Visually impaired seek access to print materials
Oct 13, 2008 Route to Tagore Hall, CCMG, JMI.
Oct 07, 2008 Prabir Purkayastha
Oct 07, 2008 Prashant Iyengar
Oct 05, 2008 Software patenting will harm industry, consumer
Oct 04, 2008 The National Public Meeting on Software Patents
Sep 30, 2008 Representation by Knowledge Commons
Sep 30, 2008 Response by Knowledge Commons
Sep 30, 2008 ALF's Note before 2005 Amendment
Sep 20, 2008 Co-organisers
Sep 19, 2008 Response of Free Software Foundation of India
Sep 17, 2008 National Public Meeting on Software Patents