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CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
This document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill.
Internet Researchers' Conference 2022
Due to internal delays related to the pandemic, the Internet Researchers' Conference will now take place online in May 2022. Please see below for a link to the updated call for sessions.
Notes for India as the digital trade juggernaut rolls on
Sitting out trade negotiations could result in the country losing out on opportunities to shape the rules.
Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checks
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation.
To be Counted When They Count You: Words of Caution for the Gender Data Revolution
In 2015, after the announcement of the SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals, a new global developmental framework through the year 2030, the United Nations described data as the “lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for accountability” for the purpose of realizing these developmental goals. This curious yet key link between these new developmental goals and the use of quantitative data for agenda setting invited a flurry of big data-led initiatives such as but not limited to Data2X, that sought to further strengthen and solidify the relationship between ‘Big Development’ and ‘Big Data.’
Locating Migrants in India’s Gig Economy: A Scoping Report
Gig workers working for on-demand platform services have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Call for respondents: the implementation of government-ordered censorship
The Centre for Internet and Society is conducting interviews with people whose content has been affected by blocking orders from the Indian Government.
Opinion: Delicensing 6 GHz, 60 GHz bands is crucial to improve Wi-Fi scenario in India
Recently, there has been growing demand from industry bodies and associations to delicense 6 GHz and 60 GHz bands in India.
Online caste-hate speech: Pervasive discrimination and humiliation on social media
A research report on the contours of online caste-hate speech and how social media platforms moderate such expression.
Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP): An Opportunity for Funding Rural Internet Connectivity in India
A paper titled "Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP): An Opportunity for Funding Rural Internet Connectivity in India" authored by CIS' researcher Abhishek Raj got published in the book "Community Networks: Towards Sustainable Funding Models". This book was released at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum(IGF) 2021, and is also the official outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3).
Launching CIS’s Flagship Report on Private Crypto-Assets
The Centre for Internet & Society is launching its flagship report on regulating private crypto-assets in India, as part of its newly formed Financial Technology (or Fintech) research agenda. The event will be held on Zoom, at 17:30 IST on Wednesday, 15th December, 2021
Gender and gig work: Perspectives from domestic work in India
Platforms have the potential to be instrumental in protecting workers rights, but the current platform design is not optimised to protect workers’ interests especially those of women in the gig economy, argues Ambika Tandon, a senior researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society in India and an author of the report on ‘Platforms, Power and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India’.
AI in the Future of Work
Artificial Intelligence and allied technologies form part of what is being called the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Practicing Feminist Principles
AI can serve to challenge social inequality and dismantle structures of power.
Are India’s much-lauded startups failing their women workers?
Recent protests outside Urban Company’s head office highlight the gendered nature of work in the country’s digital economy.
Between Platform and Pandemic: Migrants in India's Gig Economy
In response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India, the central government announced a nationwide lockdown in March 2020.
