Accountability – The Centre for Internet & Society

ICANN Workstream 2 Recommendations on Accountability

At the ICANN meeting in March of 2017 in Finland, the second Work Stream (WS2) was launched. The Cross Community...

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Why Presumption of Renewal is Unsuitable for the Current Registry Market Structure

With the recent renewal of the .net legacy Top-Level-Domain (TLD), the question of the appropriate method of renewal is worth...

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CIS’ Efforts Towards Greater Financial Disclosure by ICANN

With the $135 million sale of .web,[1] the much protested renewal of the .net agreement[2] and the continued annual increase...

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Report of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017

Logo of Shuttleworth Foundation below: Global Accessibility Awareness Day is celebrated across the world on May 3 every year. The...

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Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015

INTERNETGOVERNANCE I. TheMulti-stakeholder Advisory Group to the IGF organised a discussion onSustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) and Internet Economyatthe Main Meeting Hall...

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Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for India

The European Court of Justice(ECJ) has invalidated a European Commission (EC) decision1which had previously concluded that the Safe Harbor PrivacyPrinciples2provide...

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DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures

In February 2015, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) requested the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) under...

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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses

View the PDF here. Details of RTI Requests Filed by CIS In February, 2015, CIS had filed three RTI requests...

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DIDP Request #8: ICANN Organogram

CIS Request 13 January 2015 To: Mr. Steve Crocker, Chairman of the Board Mr. Fadi Chehade, President and CEO Mr....

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DIDP Request #7: Globalisation Advisory Groups

CIS Request 12 January 2015 To: Mr. Fadi Chehade, CEO and President Mr. Steve Crocker, Chairman of the Board Ms....

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