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Workshop on Feminist Information Infrastructure
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) organised a workshop on feminist infrastructure in collaboration with Blank Noise and Sangama, on 29th October, 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to disseminate the findings from a two-month long project being undertaken by researchers at Blank Noise and Sangama, with research support and training from CIS.
RTI Application to BSNL for the list of websites blocked in India
A Right to Information (RTI) request to a public company operating as an ISP for the list of websites and URLs blocked in India, and copies of such blocking orders issued by the Government of India.
Will the WTO Finally Tackle the ‘Trump’ Card of National Security?
The election of Donald Trump has marked a foundational challenge to the rules-based international order based on “free and fair trade”.
An Analysis of the RBI’s Draft Framework on Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech
The term Fintech is generally used to describe innovative technology and technological processes being used in the financial services sector.
Digital Native: Narendra Modi’s interview by Akshay Kumar is a PR masterpiece
How to spot the influencer in your politics.
Why the TikTok ban is worrying
Rather than critically examining the infringement of liberties by the political executive, the Indian courts are becoming an additional threat to the right to freedom of expression, which we must be increasingly wary of.
Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019
The Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.
Wikipedia assignments workshop for Post Graduate students in PAH Solapur University
On May 3, 2019, Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) along with PAH Solapur University conducted a Wikipedia workshop for students from the post-graduate stream in PAH Solapur University. Ten students from Mass Communication department and three faculty members participated in the workshop. Prof. Ravindra Chincholkar and Subodh Kulkarni were the facilitators for the workshop.
How privacy fares in the 2019 election manifestos | Opinion
We now have a rights-based language around privacy in the mainstream political discourse but that’s where it ends.
Democracy, Digital India and Networks
Digitisation and democracy are ruled by the ineluctable dynamics of networks.
FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments
The unprecedented growth of the fintech space in India has concomitantly come with regulatory challenges around inter alia privacy and security concerns. This report studies the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies operating in India to better understand some of these concerns.
International Cooperation in Cybercrime: The Budapest Convention
In today’s increasingly digitized world where an increasing volume of information is being stored in the digital format, access to data generated by digital technologies and on digital platforms is important in solving crimes online and offline.
Delayed Cash Flows and NPAs
We need to rid ourselves of a tolerance of delayed payments to avoid their consequences.
Digital Native: Getting through an election made for the social media gaze
In the poll season, social media platforms thrive on wounded outrage disguised as politics.
CIS Response to ICANN's proposed renewal of .org Registry
We thank ICANN for the opportunity to comment on this issue of its proposed renewal of the .org Registry Agreement with the operator, Public Interest Registry (PIR). Supporting much of the community , we too find severe issues with the proposed agreement. These centre around the removal of price caps and imposing obligations being currently deliberated in an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP).
Indic Wikisource speak : Shubha
As the texts are in the searchable format, many students and research scholars can make use of Wikisource. As we all know, Samskrit is a treasure trove of knowledge. There are many such books that can be uploaded and utilised by the public. For this, we are putting effort to upload more and more books and make our Wikisource a rich one. -- Shubha, a Samskrit Wiki-librarian share her experience
Indic Wikisource Speak: J. Balaji
To perfectly proofread the content with matching styles it takes a lot of effort. Patience is the key. The formatting methods are in wikisource are different from Wikipedia. So wikipedians are finding it difficult to edit in wikisource without an introduction.The young generation are accessing the internet through Mobile. They don’t use laptops and computers much. Though mobile is good medium for creating multimedia content, they are poor in creating text. It is difficult to proofread wikisource using a mobile phone. The challenge is bringing the next generation proofreaders - Wiki-librarian J. Balaji share his experience.
To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
Look into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability.
CIS-A2K proposal to Wikimedia Foundation for 2019-2020
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has submitted its proposal form for the year 2019 - 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. CIS thanks all community members who gave valuable suggestions and inputs for drafting this proposal.
Programme Officer - Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to undertake public policy research on privacy and related themes. For this position, we will hire one full time researcher, to be based in the Delhi office of CIS, for the duration of one year.
