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ออกแบบระบบข้อมูลประชาชนดิจิทัล: คุยกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญหาแนวทางเหมาะสม
Talk with Sunil Abraham, an expert on the Internet and good governance in the issue of creating a digital identification system.
BIS LITD 17 meeting
On July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India” @ ICRIER
Radhika Radhakrishnan, attended a Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India” organized by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in New Delhi on July 1, 2019, to arrive at actionable recommendations for promotion of AI in India.
Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in Firefox
Mozilla is funding a project for bringing the Julia programming language to Firefox and the general browser environment.
How Sai Baba Was Made To Spy On Your Phone For Credit Ratings
Researchers revealed that Hyderabad-based CreditVidya—a highly successful fintech company that rated people’s creditworthiness—collected data from people using music apps and Sai Baba apps.
PIB plans a fact-checking unit to counter fake news
Countering fake news has been high on the government’s agenda; in 2016; the MIB suggested expanding its analytics wing to monitor social media and set up an early warning system for possible flashpoints that the government may be unprepared for.
Setting the Agenda: A Behavioural Science approach to Data Privacy
Amber Sinha attended a meeting organised by the Centre for Social Behaviour Change (CSBC) at Ashoka University and the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics on 26 June 2019 at CSBC office, Vasant Vihar in New Delhi.
Digital ID Forum 2019
Sunil Abraham was one of the panelists at this event at Chulalongkorn University on July 3, 2019.
Facebook’s Libra: A bit too ambitious?
Power desperately finds ways to propagate at the slightest hint of losing lustre, which the social network is beginning to experience at the moment.
Workshop on Cyber-Ethics: Values-driven Innovative Solutions
Arindrajit Basu moderated a discussion on Cyber-Ethics at Swiss Nex (Consulate General of Switzerland, Bangalore on 28 June 2019. The event was organized by the Embassy of Switzerland.
ICANN 65
Akriti Bopanna attended ICANN 65 in Marrakech, Morocco from 24 - 27 June 2019.
Pranesh Prakash as Resource Person for ITD seminar on Competition
Pranesh Prakash represented the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as a resource person for a training seminar held by the International Institute for Trade and Development, which is an organization with a UN mandate and funding by the Thai government. The event was held from 24 - 26 June 2019 at Bangkok.
Chasing fame and fun 15 seconds at a time: Why TikTok has India hooked
How TikTok, an app owned by a Chinese firm, has become a playground for India’s young.
The Global Nature of Cybersecurity in a Changing World
Arindrajit Basu represented CIS at the annual grantee convening of the Hewlett Foundation held at San Diego from 20 - 22 June 2019.
Rootconf 2019
Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
Facebook to pay Indians to give up privacy: Experts raise questions
Facebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
ICANN Masterclass
ICANN organized a masterclass in Bangalore on June 19, 2019.
Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS report
The study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non-Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to Today
Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the journal article authored by Abigail D. Pershing and published by Yale Journal of International Law.
