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File Resisting Revolutions
by Prasad Krishna published May 29, 2012
Nishant Shah's peer reviewed journal article was published in Democracy, Volume 55, Issue 2.
Located in Digital Natives
Blog Entry UIDAI Practices and the Information Technology Act, Section 43A and Subsequent Rules
by Elonnai Hickok published Feb 25, 2014 last modified Mar 06, 2014 07:00 AM — filed under: , ,
UIDAI practices and section 43A of the IT Act are analyzed in this post.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
India’s internet missionaries: The women Google is relying on to spread its Next Billion message
by Admin published Nov 23, 2017 — filed under:
Google’s internet saathis have brought 11.5 million women in 105,000 villages online. But there’s a catch: the women are taught to use only Google products.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
File Platformisation of Domestic Work in India: Report (February 2020)
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay published Feb 17, 2020
Located in RAW
Blog Entry Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New Delhi
by Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia, Simiran Lalvani and Noopur Raval published May 05, 2022 — filed under: , ,
A report by Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and Azim Premji University (APU) maps platform work in India and notes from four studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for platform companies.
Located in RAW
Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 16, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
You have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Mastering the Art of Keeping Indians Under Surveillance
by Bhairav Acharya published May 30, 2015 last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:26 PM — filed under: , ,
In its first year in office, the National Democratic Alliance government has been notably silent on the large-scale surveillance projects it has inherited. This ended last week amidst reports the government is hastening to complete the Central Monitoring System (CMS) within the year.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Negative of porn
by Namita A. Malhotra published Sep 12, 2009 last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:35 AM — filed under: , ,
The post deals with what has been written about Savita Bhabhi in an attempt to make sense of her peccadiloes and with the seeming futility of Porn studies located in America to our different reality. I take the liberty of exploring my own experiential account of pornography since I feel that in that account (mine and others) when done seriously, certain aspects of pornography emerge that address questions that are about cinema, images, sex, philosophy and how desire works. The title is mischeviously inspired from Dr. Pek Van Andel's recent video of MRI images of people having sex.
Located in RAW / / Blogs / Porn: Law, Video & Technology
Blog Entry The DNA Bill has a sequence of problems that need to be resolved
by Shweta Mohandas and Elonnai Hickok published Jan 15, 2019 — filed under: , ,
In its current form, it’s far from comprehensive and fails to adequately address privacy and security concerns.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Studying Digital Creative Industries in India: Initial Questions
by Puthiya Purayil Sneha published Mar 17, 2016 last modified Mar 18, 2016 01:55 PM — filed under: , , , ,
This brief overview of the discourse around creative industries is an attempt to explore some ways of identifying what could be digital creative industries in India, and the questions they raise and problematize for us in terms of cultural expression, knowledge production, creativity and labour. The term ‘creative industries’ has been around for a while now, but with the advent of the digital, and with interest from different sectors, especially with a focus on policy and economic development, it would be essential to critically examine the discourse around the term, and see where it may be changing to open up new possibilities, particularly for the arts, humanities and design.
Located in RAW