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Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights - Workshop Report: by Vidushi Marda, Akash Deep Singh and Geethanjali Jujjavarapu — published Nov 14, 2016 — last modified Nov 18, 2016 12:58 PM — filed under: Human Rights, UID, Big Data, Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Governance, Machine Learning, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Information Technology, E-Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society held a one-day workshop on “Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms and Human Rights” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the 1st of October, 2016. This report is a compilation of the the issues discussed, ideas exchanged and challenges recognized during the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to discuss aspects of big data technologies in terms of harms, opportunities and human rights. The discussion was designed around an extensive study of current and potential future uses of big data for governance in India, that CIS has undertaken over the last year with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
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Deployed: by Anand Jha — published Feb 13, 2012 — last modified Apr 04, 2012 10:56 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
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All India Privacy Symposium (File): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2012
This is the file of the event organised in Delhi in February 2012.
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Digital Natives Video Contest: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 15, 2012 — last modified May 08, 2015 12:35 PM — filed under: Video, Featured, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
The Everyday Digital Native Video Contest has its top five winners through public voting.
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Bangalore-based NGO files RTI query asking list of websites blocked by Indian govt: by Prasad Krishna — published May 18, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 08:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. This article by R Krishna was published in the Daily News & Analysis on May 18, 2011.
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IT Act if enforced will leave internet use in India no freer than in China: by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2011 — last modified May 18, 2011 02:28 AM
The Centre for Internet & Societies (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. The department handed them a list of 11 websites. It was just one department’s list, but this was the first time such a list was being made public. This news written by R Krishna was published by the Daily News & Analysis on May 15, 2011.
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Dissent on Aadhaar: New book highlights limitations of ID project, legal and tech opposition to it: by Admin — published Feb 02, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 01:13 PM
In 2010, a year after the UIDAI was constituted, three of its functionaries visited internationally-renowned developmental economist Professor Reetika Khera.
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Metaphors and Narratives: by Sanchia de Souza — published May 11, 2009 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:47 PM
A course designed for Christ College, Bangalore
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Digital ID Healthcare Case Study: by Pranav M B — published Mar 02, 2020
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Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in Public Domain: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 09, 2014 — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:25 AM — filed under: Government Information, Accessibility, Featured, Digitisation, Homepage
The information provided on most Government websites such as Acts, notifications, rules, orders, minutes of meetings and consultations, etc. is usually in the form of electronic documents. However, these lack authenticity and accessibility and cannot be (text) searched., This policy brief identifies the problem areas with the current work flow being used to publish documents and proposes suitable modifications to make them easy to locate, authentic and accessible.
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