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Blog Entry The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theorists — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 31, 2019 02:33 AM
The moon landing deniers were the original fake news propagandists. Only, they didn’t have the internet.
July 2019 Newsletter — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2019 01:50 PM
Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for July 2019.
Blog Entry Call for Essays — #List — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Oct 11, 2019 05:07 PM
The researchers@work programme at CIS invites abstracts for essays that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the ‘list’. We have selected 4 abstracts among those received before August 31, 2019, and are now accepting and evaluating further submissions on a rolling basis.
Blog Entry You auto-complete me: romancing the bot — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:00 AM
This is an excerpt from an essay by Maya Indira Ganesh, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration between Point of View and the Centre for Internet and Society, undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development Network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
#MappingDigitalLabour - Panel discussion on platform-work in Mumbai and New Delhi Jul 19, 2019 from 05:00 PM to 07:30 PM — The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, 560071 (080 4092 6283), — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay
With the rise and popularity of app-based platforms such as Ola, Uber, Swiggy Zomato, and others, there are growing public conversation about regulation of such 'gig-work' platforms and the work conditions of people who work for them. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a panel discussion on Friday, July 19 in our Bangalore office, where the researchers associated with the project will present preliminary findings, and ethical and methodological challenges of studying app-based platform-work in India. Panelists Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia and Simiran Lalvani, who have conducted field studies of ride-hailing and food-delivery work in Mumbai and New Delhi, will share their preliminary field insights along with reflections on what it meant to do such studies, how they went about studying gig-work, and challenges that arose in their work. The discussion will be moderated by Noopur Raval who co-led the project. We invite scholars, journalists, and all interested members of the public to join us for the event. Tea and snacks will be served at 5 pm.
Blog Entry Facebook sees its salvation with its cryptocurrency Libra — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:58 AM
Facebook’s Libra is designed to take control of our digital lives.
Blog Entry Unpacking video-based surveillance in New Delhi — by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — last modified Jun 20, 2019 05:13 AM
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented at an international workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South', on 14 June 2019, at the University of Manchester. The agenda for the workshop and the slides from the presentation by Aayush and Ambika are available below.
Blog Entry Staying silent about cyberbullying is no longer an option — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:52 AM
Cyberbullying is the dangerous new normal.
Blog Entry Data bleeding everywhere: a story of period trackers — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:03 AM
This is an excerpt from an essay by Sadaf Khan, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration between Point of View and the Centre for Internet and Society, undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development Network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
Blog Entry Can data ever know who we really are? — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:02 AM
This is an excerpt from an essay by Zara Rahman, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration between Point of View and the Centre for Internet and Society, undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development Network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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