Internet Rights Training and Universal Periodic Review Advocacy Workshop
The 4-day training aims to enhance the knowledge and experience of human rights defenders, civil society organisations and internet activists with the linkages between human rights and the digital...
View ArticleNetwork Neutrality Regulation across South Asia: A Roundtable on Aspects of...
The roundtable was organised in light of the TRAI consultation on differential pricing for data services. The practice and instances of differential pricing were discussed. Accompanying market effects...
View ArticleExperiences Shaping India’s Approach to IG and Cyber Security
The term ‘internet governance’ implicates a wide array of issues, chief among them being cyber security, the digital economy, human rights, communication and inclusion. In the recent past, however, it...
View ArticleCybersecurity, Internet Governance and India’s Foreign Policy: Antecedents...
The term ‘Internet governance’ implicates a wide array of issues, including cybersecurity, net neutrality and human rights in the digital age. However, like many other countries, India seems to let its...
View ArticleHillHacks pre-event
HillHacks is a community-driven, non-commercial event that has been happening for a few weeks every year in the foothills of the Himalayas in Dharamsala. It provides space and place for various...
View ArticleWSIS Forum Session: Creative Internet-Based Solutions to Social and Economic...
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2016, a United Nations summit, was held from the 4-6 of May in Geneva, Switzerland. Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) organised a...
View ArticleThe Need for a Dedicated Privacy Legislation in India: Next Steps
The discussions would cover two themes- a) Balancing the concerns of National Security and Safeguarding Citizen’s Privacy The panelists discussing this would be- Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of...
View ArticleIndian Police Foundation Seminar on Cyber Crime
The seminar is an effort towards having a nation-wide collaborative and coordinated action among various actors to tackle cyber crime. The event seeks to get police authorities, regulatory authorities,...
View ArticleFlash talk on Geospatial Information Regulation Bill
The Ministry of Home Affairs released ‘Geospatial Information Regulation Bill’ on 4th May for public comments. The Bill affects functioning of businesses in many sectors, as well as the application of...
View ArticleCitizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights
The first day of the workshop would include networking and panel sessions that highlight cutting edge research and open questions for the community. The streams are: Network Interference and...
View ArticleThe Safety Net digital security training
Point of View, Mumbai and Association for Progressive Communications are organising a digital security training for activists working on gender and sexuality rights. The two-day workshop would focus on...
View ArticleInternet Rights Human Rights (IRHR) & Secure Online Communications (SOC)...
The training aims to enhance the knowledge & experience of human rights defenders, civil society organisations and internet activists about linkages between human rights and the digital space. The...
View ArticleAPC Women Human Rights Defenders Workshop
Some of the objectives of the workshop are- To understand the intersection for Gender and Internet Governance To evaluate how freedoms of expression, assembly and association on the Internet are...
View ArticleAsia Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum 2016
The overarching theme for the forum is ‘A New Internet Era – Merging Physical Space with Cyberspace’. The workshops will span the suggested sub-themes, which are- The Future Impact of IANA Transition...
View ArticleRoundtable on Identifying and Limiting Hate Speech and Harassment Online
Though the Internet has universally been recognized as a critical enabler of free expression and by extension, a powerful aid in the pursuit of social and economic progress, much of the Internet’s...
View Article5th World Forum of Free Media at the 2016 World Social Forum
The World Forum of Free Media was born as part of the World Social Forums thanks to the coming together of activists seeking to guarantee freedom of expression and the struggle for other forms of...
View ArticleEncryption Policy round table
Observer Research Foundation is holding the multistakeholder consultation in light of a second draft of the encryption policy released by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology. The...
View ArticleNational Consultation towards Third Universal Periodic Review
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the Human Rights Council (HRC) aimed at improving the human rights situation on the ground of each of the 193 United Nations member States. As part...
View Articlec0c0n - International Cybersecurity and Policing Conference
c0c0n, previously known as Cyber Safe, is an annual event conducted as part of the International Information Security Day. The Kerala Police will be playing the leading role in organizing a two day...
View ArticleMultistakeholder Roundtable to Strengthen Child Online Protection in India
The roundtable seeks to solicit inputs on the state of play of child online protection in India and to learn more about how different organisations are actively contributing to collective efforts in...
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