The Platform Economy’s Gatekeeping of Class and Caste Dominance in Urban India
Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi contributed an essay on how gated society management apps like MyGate and NoBrokerHood feed on caste and income inequalities in new datafied forms. The essay features in The Formalization of Social Precarities, an anthology edited by Murali Shanmugavelan and Aiha Nguyen and published with Data & Society.
Accessibility
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Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53
March 06, 2018
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
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Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites
November 26, 2017
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Comments on Mobile Accessibility Guidelines
January 03, 2018
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Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled
July 03, 2017
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GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities
June 24, 2017
Openness
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Commemorating Chandan Chiring (1990-2024)
May 06, 2024
With a heavy heart, I am deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Chandan Chiring Phukan at 11:30 pm on Saturday, April 27th. Chandan Chiring was born on November 14, 1990, in Titabor, Jorhat district of Assam.
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Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions
February 10, 2024
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Security of Open Source Software : A Survey of Technical Stakeholders’ Perceptions and Actions
April 13, 2023
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Securing Our Dependence on Code Reuse in Software
April 13, 2023
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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
October 11, 2022
Telecom
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How the Telecom Act undermines personal liberties
February 20, 2024
In this article, Prof. Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri analyse whether the law has enough safeguards and an independent regulatory architecture to protect the rights of citizens. The authors posit that the current version leaves the door open for an overenthusiastic enforcement machinery to suppress fundamental rights without any meaningful checks and balances.
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Comments to the Telecommunications Bill, 2023
December 22, 2023
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Why spectrum needs a change in approach
January 18, 2023
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CIS’ Comments to the (Draft) Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022
November 22, 2022
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An Overview of Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Framework in India
March 25, 2022
Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions
February 10, 2024
This report identifies some broad patterns that have materialized in the Open Movement in the country in the last decade. The report is based on a reading of the available literature on selected projects and conversations with academicians and advocates of the Open. The rough outline of the Open initiatives is accompanied by reflections on the nature of the Open here and the need to envision it differently from what it currently is.
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Using the Wikimedia sphere for the revitalization of small and underrepresented languages in India
February 10, 2024
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Commemorating Ulo Senthamizh Kodai (1945 - 2024): A Luminary of Tamil Open Knowledge Movement
February 08, 2024
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Information Disorders and their Regulation
January 31, 2024
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WIPO SCCR 43: Notes from Day 3
April 28, 2023
Internet Governance
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Draft Circular on Digital Lending – Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders
July 03, 2024
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments on the “Draft Circular on Digital Lending: Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders” to the Reserve Bank of India. We welcome the opportunity provided to comment on the guidelines, and we hope that the final guidelines will consider the interests of all the stakeholders to ensure that it protects the privacy and digital rights of all consumers, including marginalised and vulnerable users, while encouraging innovation and improved service delivery in the fintech ecosystem. Our comments look at two concerns addressed by the draft guidelines, i.e. reducing information asymmetry and market fairness. In addition to this we share comments around a third concern that requires additional scrutiny, i.e. data privacy and security.
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Legal Advocacy Manual
July 01, 2024
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A Guide to Navigating Your Digital Rights
July 01, 2024
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Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024
May 16, 2024
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Consultation on Gendered Information Disorder in India
April 06, 2024
researchers@work
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Karnataka’s uniform fare policy—Do attempts at parity consider the impact on workers?
July 08, 2024
Chiara Furtado and Nishkala Sekhar write in The News Minute about the Karnataka transport department’s February 2024 fare policy aiming for parity between aggregator (app-based) and other taxis. While policy interventions towards parity is a welcome step, the article highlights how inequalities and systemic barriers to parity remain for workers.
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‘Future of work’ or 21st–century oppressed labour?: Findings from an AIGWU survey with 50 Urban Company housekeeping workers in Bengaluru
May 16, 2024
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That Is Not A Livelihood – That Is Helplessness”: Field notes from the Fraazo Delivery Workers Strike in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad
April 24, 2024
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The Platform Economy’s Gatekeeping of Class and Caste Dominance in Urban India
April 19, 2024
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Online Gender Based Violence on Short Form Video Platforms
April 11, 2024