Internet Governance

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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Access to Knowledge

Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPR

You may view the original letter sent by CIS here. His Excellency, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic NuncioHoly See Mission...

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Internet Governance

No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee

In multiple op-eds (Indian Express and Mint), I have pointed out the need for the government to reconstitute the “Cyber...

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Internet Governance

Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech

Sunil Abrahams article was published in the Economic Times on December 2, 2012. Of course, we must get the basics...

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Internet Governance

So Much to Lose

Nishant Shah’s column was published in the Indian Express on December 2, 2012. Unless you have been hiding under a...

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Internet Governance

Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act

Pranesh Prakash’s article was published in LiveMint on November 28, 2012. How could the ministry of communications and information technology...

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Internet Governance

Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act

Back in February 2009 (after the IT Amendment Act, 2008 was hurriedly passed on December 22, 2008 by the Lok...

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Internet Governance

Draft nonsense

Pranesh Prakash’s op-ed was published in the Times of India on November 24, 2012. Section 66A of the Information Technology...

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RAW

Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications

The Google Policy Fellowship offers successful candidates an opportunity to develop research and debate on the fellowship focus areas, which...

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RAW

Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet

Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the...

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