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AI is biased, you’ll see if you Google ‘hands’: by Rajmohan Sudhakar — published Aug 26, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
As it is, the world is unfair. The question now is, do we want automated tech to be unfair too? As we build more and more AI-dependent smart digital infrastructure in our cities and beyond, we have pretty much overlooked the emerging character of artificial intelligence that would have a profound bearing on our nature and future.
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November 2018 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2018 — last modified Dec 19, 2018 02:41 AM — filed under: Telecom, Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
Our newsletter for the month of November.
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September 2019 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2019 — last modified Dec 06, 2019 04:53 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
The newsletter for the month of September 2019.
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Tata Photon unblocks Wordpress.com: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 03, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
As of yesterday, the Tata Photon service of the Internet service provider (ISP) Tata Teleservices seems to have lifted the block it had put on the Wordpress.com domain for over a week.
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May 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the fifth issue of its newsletter for 2013. We bring you an overview of our research, report of events held by us and announcement of upcoming ones, events we participated in, and recent media coverage.
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Will You be Paid to Post a Picture?: by Nishant Shah — published Feb 18, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 11:58 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
The wave of free information production on the web is on the wane.
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Digital native: Not only words: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 16, 2017 — last modified Aug 07, 2017 03:33 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Emoticons, or if you prefer the original Japanese word emojis, are everywhere. We are used to emoticons in all shapes and sizes — from animated gifs jumping out at us on our social media feed to yellow-faced smileys that we use to add tone and feeling, nuance and layers to our text-heavy conversations in the digital world.
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Facebook’s Libra: A bit too ambitious?: by Rajmohan Sudhakar — published Jun 30, 2019 — last modified Jul 02, 2019 05:14 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Power desperately finds ways to propagate at the slightest hint of losing lustre, which the social network is beginning to experience at the moment.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Privacy is not a unidimensional concept: by Amber Sinha — published Aug 07, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance, Aadhaar, Data Protection, Privacy
Right to privacy is important not only for our negotiations with the information age but also to counter the transgressions of a welfare state. A robust right to privacy is essential for all citizens in India to defend their individual autonomy in the face of invasive state actions purportedly for the public good. The ruling of this nine-judge bench will have far-reaching impact on the extent and scope of rights available to us all.
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The 2nd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series — A Post-event Report: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 17, 2011 — last modified Nov 17, 2011 10:25 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), organised the 2nd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series on the 21st and 22nd of May 2011 at the National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore. The main theme for this year was Emerging Issues in Privacy Law: Law, Policy and Practice.
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