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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.
Fragmenting Cybersecurity Norms through the Language(s) of Subalternity: India in the East and the Global Community
Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the article by Riccardo Vecellio Segate published in Columbia Journal of Asian Law.
AI for Good Workshop
Pranav Manjesh Bidare attended a workshop on AI for Good, organised by Swissnex India, and Wadhwani AI in Bangalore on May 22, 2019.
HillHacks 2019
Karan Saini was a speaker at HillHacks 2019 organized by HillHacks in Bir, Himachal Pradesh from May 24 to May 26, 2019.
Plugging into India’s broadband revolution
After many false starts, the plan to wire India’s digital future may finally take off with Jio GigaFiber’s entry.
MWC19 Shanghai AI and Trust in APAC and China
Sunil Abraham will be making a presentation at the summit on AI and Trust in APAC and China at MWC19 Shanghai on June 27, 2019. Sunil has been invited as a speaker on panel ‘Framing AI for Digital Upstarts’.
Shining light into darkness: Encouraging greater transparency of government offensive practices in cyberspace
RightsCon is organizing a summit on human rights in the digital age in Tunis in June 2019. Sunil Abraham will be attending a conversation on encouraging greater transparency of government offensive practices in cyberspace on June 12.
Banking on artificial intelligence: In hiring drive, Bots are calling the shots now
Algorithms analyse expressions, tone to check for traits such as confidence, anger in video interviews.
Project Tiger: Wikipedia ropes in locals to contribute articles in Indian languages
The project has generated content in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Odiya and Gujarati.
Wikipedia looks to ramp up its Indian language content
Wikipedia is generating more content in major Indian languages with the help of Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society.
Data Empowerment And Protection Architecture (DEPA) Workshop
On 18 May 2019 Pranav Manjesh Bidare attended a workshop on the Data Empowerment And Protection Architecture (DEPA) organised by the iSPIRT Foundation.
