Your economy, our livelihoods: A policy brief by the All India Gig Workers’ Union
In this policy brief, the All India Gig Workers’ Union (AIGWU) presents its critique on NITI Aayog’s report on India’s platform economy. Through experiences from over 3 years of organising gig workers across India, they highlight fallacies in the report that disregard workers’ experiences and realities. They present alternative recommendations that are responsive to these realities, and offer pathways towards rights-affirming futures for workers in the platform economy.
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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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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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
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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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Reconfiguring Data Governance: Insights from India and the EU
February 17, 2024
This policy paper is the result of a workshop organised jointly by the Tilburg Institute of Law, Technology and Society, Netherlands, the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University Delhi, India and the Centre for Internet & Society, India in January, 2023. The workshop brought together a number of academics, researchers, and industry representatives in Delhi to discuss a range of issues at the core of data governance theory and practice.
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Information Disorders and their Regulation
January 31, 2024
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DoT’s order to trace server IP addresses will lead to unintended censorship
January 25, 2024
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Digital Delivery and Data System for Farmer Income Support
October 18, 2023
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Detecting Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) Blocking
September 05, 2023
researchers@work
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Workers’ experiences in app-based taxi and delivery sectors: Key initial findings from multi-city quantitative surveys
February 16, 2024
In 2021-22, the labour research vertical at CIS conducted quantitative surveys with over 1,000 taxi and delivery workers employed in the app-based and offline sectors. The surveys covered key employment indicators, including earnings and working hours, initial investments and work-related cost burdens, income and social security, platform policies and management, and employment arrangements. The surveys were part of the ‘Labour Futures’ project supported by the Internet Society Foundation.
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Unpacking Algorithmic Infrastructures: Mapping the Data Supply Chain in the Healthcare Industry in India
January 03, 2024
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User Experiences of Digital Financial Risks and Harms
December 15, 2023
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Strategies to Organise Platform Workers
October 22, 2023
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Strategies to Organise Platform Workers
October 20, 2023