Posts
Artificial Intelligence in Governance: A Report of the Roundtable held in New Delhi
- April 19, 2018
This Report provides an overview of the proceedings of the Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Governance, conducted at the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre, in New Delhi on March 16, 2018. This report summarises the discussions on the development and implementation of AI in various aspects of governance in India. The event was attended by participants from academia, civil society, the legal sector, the finance sector, and the government.
Read more →Government giving free publicity worth 40 k to Twitter and Facebook
- April 10, 2018
We conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. It has become apparent to us after a 2 week print media analysis that our Government has been providing free publicity worth Rs 40,000 to these entities. There are multiple issues with this as this article attempts at pointing out.
Read more →DIDP Request #29 - Revenue breakdown by source for FY 2017
- April 03, 2018
We requested ICANN for financial information they have not yet provided for the period ending June 2017.
Read more →Cambridge Analytica scandal: How India can save democracy from Facebook
- March 28, 2018
Hegemonic incumbents like Google and Facebook need to be tackled with regulation; govt should use procurement power to fund open source alternatives.
Read more →Analysis of ICANN financials from 2012-2016
- March 15, 2018
We, The Centre for Internet and Society, have been instrumental in having ICANN become transparent about their revenue with our persistent requests for their sources of revenue.
Read more →People Driven and Tech Enabled – How AI and ML are Changing the Future of Cyber Security in India
- March 11, 2018
On the 27th of February, Peter Sparkes the Senior Director, Cyber Security Services, Symantec conducted a webinar on the ‘5 Essentials of Every Next-Gen SOC’. In this webinar, he evaluated the problems that Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are currently facing, and explored possible solutions to these problems. The webinar also put emphasis on AI and ML as tools to improve cyber security. This blog draws key insights from the webinar, and explains how AI and ML can improve the cyber security process of Indian enterprises.
Read more →A Series of Op-eds on Data Protection
- February 19, 2018
I wrote a short series of three op-eds for Asia Times this week.
Read more →The Fundamental Right to Privacy - A Visual Guide
- February 16, 2018
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. This visual guide to the story of privacy law in India and the recent judgement of the Puttaswamy v. Union of India case is developed by Amber Sinha (research and content) and Pooja Saxena (design and conceptualisation).
Read more →Unpacking Data Protection Law: A Visual Representation
- February 15, 2018
This visual explainer unpacking data protection law was developed by Amber Sinha (research) and Pooja Saxena (design), and published as part of the Data Privacy Week celebrations on the Privacy International blog. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek.
Read more →AI and Manufacturing and Services in India: Looking Forward
- February 13, 2018
This Report provides an overview of the proceedings of the Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manufacturing and Services: Looking Forward (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Roundtable’), conducted at The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), in Bangalore on January 19, 2018.
Read more →