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July 2019 Newsletter
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<b>Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for July 2019.</b>
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<th>Highlights for July 2019</th>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-the-draft-copyright-amendment-rules-2019-concerning-statutory-licensing">presented its comments on the proposed rules 29,30,31 of the Draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019</a> to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India. The comments were made in response to Notification G.S.R 393(E) published in the Gazette of India on May 30, 2019. CIS submitted that in the domestic approach to modernising our copyright legislation, we must refrain from considering distribution of born-digital/ digitised works over the public Internet equivalent to the function of broadcasting works over cable/ satellite.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The Indian National Trust for Art & Heritage Pune Chapter is working with various organisations to preserve the natural heritage places like rivers in Pune district of Maharashtra, India. After the presentation of 'Project Jalbodh' by CIS-A2K in River Dialogue organised by INTACH in April 2018, several organisations have shown keen interest in collaboration. Subodh Kulkarni <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-july-30-2019-wikimedia-workshop-on-rivers-under-project-jalbodh">shares some insights in his report</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">ICANN has Advisory Committees which help guide the policy recommendations that the ICANN community develops while its Supporting Organizations are charged with developing policy recommendations for a particular aspect of ICANN's operations. ICANN publishes a combined budget for all these bodies under the head of policy development. <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-34-on-granular-detail-on-icanns-budget-for-policy-development-process">CIS inquired about the financial resources allocated to each of them specifically</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS in partnership with the Internet Society organized an event on the impact of consolidation in the Internet economy. It was divided into two roundtable discussions, the first one focusing on the policies and regulation while the latter dealt with the technical evolution of the Internet. The roundtables aimed to analyze how growing forces of consolidation, including concentration, vertical and horizontal integration, and barriers to market entry and competition would influence the Internet in the next 3 to 5 years. <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/akriti-bopanna-and-gurshabad-grover-july-3-2019-impact-of-consolidation-in-the-internet-economy-on-the-evolution-of-the-internet">The report by Akriti Bopanna and Gurshabad Grover provides an insight into the developments</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its Researchers at work programme <span>on key thematics at the intersections of internet and society,</span> CIS <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/call-for-essays-list">called for abstracts for essays that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the ‘list’</a>. Ten abstracts would be shortlisted by August 9 from the list of submissions and the selected authors would be requested to submit the full essay of their draft by September 15. Final versions of the essays are expected to be published in October.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">With the rise and popularity of app-based platforms such as Ola, Uber, Swiggy Zomato, and others, there is a growing public conversation about regulation of such 'gig-work' platforms and the working conditions of people who work for them. <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/platform-work-india-panel-discussion-20190719">To explore this further CIS conducted a panel discussion at its Bangalore office</a>. Researchers associated with the project presented their preliminary findings. Panelists 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.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">An excerpt from an essay by Maya Indira Ganesh, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives titled <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/maya-indira-ganesh-you-auto-complete-me-romancing-the-bot">You auto-complete me: romancing the bot</a> explains human relations with bots. <span>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.</span></li>
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<h3>CIS and the News</h3>
<p>The following articles were authored by CIS secretariat during the month:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/the-diplomat-justin-sherman-and-arindrajit-basu-july-3-2019-fostering-strategic-convergence-in-us-india-tech-relations-5g-and-beyond">Fostering Strategic Convergence in US-India Tech Relations: 5G and Beyond</a> (<span style="text-align: justify; ">Justin Sherman and Arindrajit Basu; The Diplomat; July 3, 2019).</span></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/shyam-ponappa-business-standard-july-4-2019-fix-problems-before-complete-failure">Fix Problems Before Complete Failure</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; July 4, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/what-is-the-problem-with-2018ethical-ai2019-an-indian-perspective">What is the problem with ‘Ethical AI’? An Indian Perspective</a> (A rindrajit Basu and Pranav M.B; cyberBRICS; July 17, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-wire-mira-swaminathan-and-shweta-reddy-july-20-2019-old-isnt-always-gold-face-app-and-its-privacy-policies">Old Isn't Always Gold: FaceApp and Its Privacy Policies</a> (Mira Swaminathan and Shweta Reddy; The Wire; July 20, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/nishant-shah-indian-express-july-31-2019-the-worrying-survival-of-moon-landing-conspiracy-theorists">The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theorists</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 22, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-wire-karan-saini-and-prem-sylvester-july-23-2019-india-is-falling-down-the-facial-recognition-rabbit-hole">India Is Falling Down the Facial Recognition Rabbit Hole</a> (Karan Saini and Prem Sylvester; The Wire; July 23, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/nishant-shah-indian-express-july-28-2019-why-i-am-not-going-to-tell-you-about-the-dangers-of-apps-like-face-app">Why I’m not going to tell you about the dangers of apps like FaceApp</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 28, 2019).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/aayush-rathi-and-ambika-tandon-indian-express-july-29-2019-the-digital-identification-parade">The Digital Identification Parade</a> (Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon; Indian Express; July 29, 2019). <i>The authors acknowledge Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Amber Sinha and Arindrajit Basu for their edits and Karan Saini for his inputs</i>.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-wire-shweta-mohandas-july-30-2019-in-india-privacy-policies-of-fintech-companies-pay-lip-service-to-user-rights">In India, Privacy Policies of Fintech Companies Pay Lip Service to User Rights</a> (Shweta Mohandas; The Wire; July 30, 2019).</li>
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<h3>CIS in the News</h3>
<p>CIS secretariat was consulted for the following articles published during the month in various publications:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/pibplans-a-fact-checking-unit-to-counter-fake-news">PIB plans a fact-checking unit to counter fake news</a> (Smriti Kak Ramachandran; Hindustan Times; July 3, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/huffington-post-gopal-sathe-july-4-2019-fintech-apps-privacy-snooping-credit-vidya">How Sai Baba Was Made To Spy On Your Phone For Credit Ratings</a> (Gopal Sathe; Huffington Post; July 4, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/zd-net-july-8-2019-catalin-cimpanu-mozilla-is-funding-a-way-to-support-julia-in-firefox">Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in Firefox</a> (Catalin Cimpanu; ZD Net; July 8, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-herald-july-14-2019-rajmohan-sudhakar-deepfakes-algorithms-at-war-trust-at-stake">Deepfakes: Algorithms at war, trust at stake</a> (Rajmohan Sudhakar; Deccan Herald; July 14, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/e2de2de01e41e1ae1ae23e30e1ae1ae02e49e2de21e39e25e1be23e30e0ae32e0ae19e14e34e08e34e17e31e25-e04e38e22e01e31e1ae1ce39e49e40e0ae35e48e22e27e0ae32e0de2be32e41e19e27e17e32e07e40e2be21e32e30e2ae21">Digital public information system design: Talk to experts, find the right way</a> (Prachatai; July 18, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/observer-research-foundation-shashidhar-kj-and-kashish-parpiani-july-22-2019-easing-the-us-india-divergence-on-data-localisation">Easing the US-India divergence on data localisation</a> (Shashidhar KJ and Kashish Parpiani; Observer Research Foundation; July 22, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-july-23-2019-tushar-kaushik-for-sex-workers-mobile-phone-becomes-a-double-edged-sword">For sex workers, mobile phone becomes a double-edged sword</a> (Tushar Kaushik; Economic Times; July 23, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/fxstreet-rajarshi-mitra-july-26-2019-twitter-reacts-to-india-s-crypto-currency-drama">Twitter reacts to the India's cryptocurrency drama</a> (<span style="text-align: justify; ">Rajarshi Mitra; FXStreet; July 26, 2019).</span></li>
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<h2><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Access to Knowledge is a campaign to promote the fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development. It deals with issues like copyrights, patents and trademarks, which are an important part of the digital landscape.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Copyright and Patent</h3>
<p>Research on harms caused to consumers, developing countries, human rights, and creativity/innovation from excessive regimes of copyright, patents, and other such monopolistic rights over knowledge:</p>
<p><strong>Submission</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-the-draft-copyright-amendment-rules-2019-concerning-statutory-licensing">Comments on the Draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019 concerning Statutory Licensing</a> (Anubha Sinha; July 11, 2019). <span>This submission presents comments to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“</span><strong>DPIIT</strong><span>”), Ministry of Commerce and Industry pertaining to the notification G.S.R 393(E) containing the </span><a class="external-link" href="http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/pdfgazette.pdf">draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019</a><span> issued on 30</span><span>th</span><span> May 2019.</span></li>
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<h3>Wikipedia</h3>
<p>Under a grant from Wikimedia Foundation we are doing a project <span style="text-align: justify; ">for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Blog Entries</strong></span></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-july-19-orientation-programme-wikipedia-workshop-and-action-plan-meeting-in-pah-solapur-university">Orientation programme, Wikipedia workshop & Action Plan meeting in PAH Solapur University</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; July 19, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-july-30-2019-wikimedia-workshop-on-rivers-under-project-jalbodh">Wikimedia Workshop on Rivers under Project Jalbodh</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; July 30, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-july-31-2019-re-licensing-sessions-with-authors-and-organisations">Re-licensing Sessions with Authors and Organisations</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; July 31, 2019).</li>
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<h3><span>Openness</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Our work in the Openness programme focuses on open data, especially open government data, open access, open education resources, open knowledge in Indic languages, open media, and open technologies and standards - hardware and software:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/learning-and-understanding-the-frameworks-of-rights-at-work">Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at Work</a><span> (Organized by Kai Hsin Hung; IT for Change; Bangalore; July 13, 2019). Torsha and Mira attended the workshop.</span></li>
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<h2><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Tunis Agenda of the second World Summit on the Information Society has defined internet governance as the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles of shared principles, norms, rules, decision making procedures and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. As part of internet governance work we work on policy issues relating to freedom of expression primarily focusing on the Information Technology Act and issues of liability of intermediaries for unlawful speech and simultaneously ensuring that the right to privacy is safeguarded as well.</p>
<h3>Freedom of Speech & Expression</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, CIS is doing research on the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government and contribute studies, reports and policy briefs to feed into the ongoing debates at the national as well as international level. As part of the project we bring you the following outputs:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Blog Entry</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-34-on-granular-detail-on-icanns-budget-for-policy-development-process">DIDP #34 On granular detail on ICANN's budget for policy development process</a><span> (Akriti Bopanna; July 6, 2019).</span></li>
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<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/european-summer-school-on-internet-governance">13th European Summer School on Internet Governance</a> (Organized by European Summer School on Internet Governance; Meissen; July 13 - 20, 2019). <span>Akriti Bopanna attended the school.</span> </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/icann-65-de-briefing-meeting">ICANN 65 De-briefing Meeting</a> (Organized by <span>Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations ; July 16, 2019). Akriti Bopanna remotely presented on the Human Rights related developments that took place at the Marrakech meeting, over the course of the 4 days.</span></li>
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<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC we are doing a project on surveillance. CIS is researching the history of privacy in India and how it shapes the contemporary debates around technology mediated identity projects like Aadhar. As part of our ongoing research, we bring you the following outputs:</p>
<p><strong>Blog Entry</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/akriti-bopanna-and-gurshabad-grover-july-3-2019-impact-of-consolidation-in-the-internet-economy-on-the-evolution-of-the-internet">The Impact of Consolidation in the Internet Economy on the Evolution of the Internet</a> (Akriti Bopanna and Gurshabad Grover; July 3, 2019). The blog post was <span>edited by Swaraj Barooah, Elonnai Hickok and Vishnu Ramachandran. Swagam Dasgupta provided inputs. </span></li>
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<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/digital-id-forum-2019">Digital ID Forum 2019</a> (Organized by UNDP; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; July 3, 2019). Sunil Abraham was one of the panelists at this event.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bis-litd-17-meeting">BIS LITD 17 meeting</a> (Organized by Bureau of Indian Standards; New Delhi; July 3, 2019). Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/facebook-data-for-good-in-bangalore">Facebook Data for Good in Bangalore</a> (Organized by Facebook; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; July 25, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/roundtable-with-the-whatsapp-leadership">Roundtable with the WhatsApp leadership</a> (Organized by WhatsApp; Mountbatten, The Oberoi, New Delhi; July 26, 2019). Will Cathcart, WhatsApp's new global head, visited India and invited Sunil Abraham for a discussion.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/facebook-data-for-good-delhi">Facebook Data for Good in New Delhi</a> (Organized by Facebook; University of Chicago Center, New Delhi; July 29, 2019).</li>
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<h3>IT / Information Technology</h3>
<p>A research on the usage of systems (computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving and sending information as well as the IT Act:</p>
<p><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/leveraging-web-application-vulnerabilities-for-reconnaissance-and-intelligence-gathering">Leveraging Web Application Vulnerabilities for Reconnaissance and Intelligence Gathering</a> (Organized by Has Geek; GRD College of Science, Coimbatore; July 5, 2019). Karan Saini gave a talk at the JSFoo Conference.</li>
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<h3>Artificial Intelligence</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">With origins dating back to the 1950s Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not necessarily new. However, interest in AI has been rekindled over the recent years due to advancements of technology and its applications to real-world scenarios. We conduct research on the existing legal and regulatory parameters:</p>
<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/roundtable-discussion-on-201cthe-future-of-ai-policy-in-india201d-icrier">Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India”</a> (Organized by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi; July 1, 2019).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/emerging-ai-technology-in-health-care-in-india-health-equity-and-justice-critical-reflections-and-charting-out-way-forward">Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward</a> (Organized by HEaL (Health, Ethics, and Law Institute of Training, Research and Advocacy) of FMES (Forum for Medical Ethics Society) in collaboration with CPS (Centre for Policy Studies), Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay; July 13, 2019). <span>Radhika Radhakrishnan, participated in a roundtable discussion on "Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward."</span></li>
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<h3>Gender</h3>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/presentation-to-amnesty-international-on-researching-the-future-of-work">Presentation to Amnesty International on researching the Future of Work</a> (Organized by Amnesty Interntional, New Delhi; July 18, 2019). Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon made a presentation on CIS research on Future of Work.</li>
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<h2><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The growth in telecommunications in India has been impressive. While the potential for growth and returns exist, a range of issues need to be addressed for this potential to be realized. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the second aspect is a countrywide access to broadband which is low at about eight million subscriptions. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Monthly Blog</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/shyam-ponappa-business-standard-july-4-2019-fix-problems-before-complete-failure">Fix Problems Before Complete Failure</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Organizing India Blogspot; July 4, 2019).</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers@Work</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The researchers@work programme at CIS produces and supports pioneering and sustained trans-disciplinary research on key thematics at the intersections of internet and society; organise and incubate networks of and fora for researchers and practitioners studying and making internet in India; and contribute to development of critical digital pedagogy, research methodology, and creative practice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/platform-work-india-panel-discussion-20190719">#MappingDigitalLabour - Panel discussion on platform-work in Mumbai and New Delhi</a> (CIS, Bangalore; July 19, 2019). Watch the <a class="external-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1lwpb3jRMQ">session recording video here</a>.</li>
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<p><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://medium.com/rawblog/studying-the-internet-discourse-in-india-through-the-prism-of-human-rights-2a5cefff6f03">Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights</a> (Deva Prasad M.; July 1, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://medium.com/rawblog/digitalpedagogies-ebda95720926">#DigitalPedagogies</a> (Ashutosh Potdar, Maya Dodd, Nidhi Kalra, and Ravikant Kisana; July 1, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://medium.com/rawblog/openaccessscholarlypublishing-f12f4af43322">#OpenAccessScholarlyPublishing</a> (Abhishek Shrivastava, Dibyaduti Roy, and Nirmala Menon; July 11, 2019).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://medium.com/rawblog/renarrationweb-b51b8bcce1c0">#RenarrationWeb</a> (Anuja Mirchandaney, Deepak Prince, Dinesh and Shalini; July 23, 2019).</li>
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<h3><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at sumandro@cis-india.org (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme Officer, at tanveer@cis-india.org.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects</i>.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaTelecomResearchers at WorkInternet GovernanceAccess to Knowledge2019-08-09T13:50:49ZPageJuly 2018 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2018-newsletter
<b>CIS July 2018 newsletter.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>Dear readers,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Previous issues of the newsletters can be <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">accessed here</a>.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Highlights</h2>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Paul Kurien and Akriti Bopanna carried out an <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/icann-diversity-analysis">analysis of the diversity of participation</a> at the ICANN processes by taking a close look at their mailing lists. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2018#July">CIS-A2K organized 6 events</a>: partnership discussions with Misimi Telugu monthly magazine; partnership activity in Annamayya Library, Guntur, a workshop in Tumakur University; a workshop of river activists for building Jal Bodh; a workshop of publishers and writers on unicode, open source and wikimedia projects; and a Telugu literary conference.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS had worked with the Research and Advisory Group (RAG) of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC). The work looked at the negotiation processes and strategies that various players may adopt as they drive the cyber norms agenda. In continuation <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-potential-for-the-normative-regulation-of-cyberspace-implications-for-india">CIS has brought out a report</a> which focuses more extensively on the substantive law and principles at play and looks closely at what the global state of the debate means for India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The debate surrounding privacy has in recent times gained momentum due to the Aadhaar judgement and the growing concerns around the use of personal data by corporations and governments. In this light <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-centre-for-internet-and-society2019s-comments-and-recommendations-to-the-indian-privacy-code-2018">CIS has made comments and recommendations to the India Privacy Code, 2018</a>. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-submitted-a-response-to-a-notice-of-enquiry-by-the-us-government-on-international-internet-policy-priorities">drafted a response</a> to a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) issued by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on "International Internet Policy Priorities." CIS commented on the free flow of information and jurisdiction, mult-stakeholder approach to internet governance, privacy and security.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Elonnai Hickok, Shweta Mohandas and Swaraj Paul Barooah <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-ai-task-force-report-the-first-steps-towards-indias-ai-framework">compiled the AI Task Force Report</a>, India's first step towards an AI framework. The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy recommendations on the deployment of AI for India. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Paul Kurian and Akriti Bopanna <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/icann-diversity-analysis">carried out an analysis</a> of the diversity of participation at the ICANN processes by taking a close look at their mailing lists. </li>
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<h2>Articles</h2>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-july-1-2018-nishant-shah-digital-native-bigger-picture">Digital Native: The bigger picture</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 1, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/organizing-india-blogspot-shyam-ponappa-july-6-2018-problems-that-should-occupy-our-electioneers">The Problems That Should Occupy Our Electioneers</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; July 6, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-july-15-2018-nishant-shah-digital-native-the-citys-watching">Digital Native: How smart cities can make criminals out of denizens</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 15, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/livemint-july-24-2018-swaraj-barooah-and-gurshabad-grover-anti-trafficking-bill-may-lead-to-censorship">Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship</a> (Swaraj Barooah and Gurshabad Grover; Livemint; July 24, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-native-hashtag-along-with-me">Digital Native: Hashtag Along With Me</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 29, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/economic-times-july-30-2018-sunil-abraham-lining-up-data-on-srikrishna-privacy-draft-bill">Lining up the data on the Srikrishna Privacy Draft Bill</a> (Sunil Abraham; Economic Times; July 30, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/business-standard-july-31-2018-sunil-abraham-spreading-unhappiness-equally-around">Spreading unhappiness equally around</a> (Business Standard; July 31, 2018).</li>
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<h2>CIS in the News</h2>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-national-july-2-2018-samanth-subramanian-smartphone-rumours-spark-series-of-mob-killings-in-india">Smartphone rumours spark series of mob killings in India</a> (Samanth Subramanian; The National; July 2, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/huffington-post-july-5-2018-government-gives-nod-to-bill-for-building-dna-databases-in-india-for-criminal-investigation-and-justice-delivery">Government Gives Nod To Bill For Building DNA Databases In India, For 'Criminal Investigation And Justice Delivery'</a> (Huffington Post; July 5, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-times-of-india-july-6-2018-hope-for-such-swift-crackdowns-for-everyone">'Hope for such swift crackdowns for everyone</a>' (Times of India; July 6, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-july-9-2018-69-mob-attacks-on-child-lifting-rumours-since-jan-17-only-one-before-that">Child-lifting rumours caused 69 mob attacks, 33 deaths in last 18 months</a> (Business Standard; July 9, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/death-by-social-media">Death by Social Media</a> (Pretika Khanna, Abhiram Ghadyalpatil and Shaswati Das; Livemint; July 9, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/huffington-post-gopal-sathe-july-12-2018-indias-latest-data-leak-is-so-basic-that-peoples-aadhaar-number-bank-account-and-fathers-name-are-just-one-google-search-away">India's Latest Data Leak: People's Aadhaar Number And Bank Account Are Just One Google Search Away</a> (Gopal Sathe; Huffington Post; July 12, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-quint-july-16-2018-people-should-have-right-to-their-data-not-companies-says-trai">People Should Have Right To Their Data, Not Companies, Says TRAI</a> (Bloomberg Quint; July 16, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/huffington-post-gopal-sathe-july-16-2018-after-securing-net-neutrality-in-india-trai-goes-to-bat-for-data-privacy">After Securing Net Neutrality In India, TRAI Goes To Bat For Data Privacy</a> (Gopal Sathe; Huffington Post; July 16, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-july-18-2018-surabhi-agarwal-and-gulveen-aulakh-trai-recommendations-on-data-privacy-raises-eyebrows">TRAI recommendations on data privacy raises eyebrows </a>(Surabhi Agarwal and Gulveen Aulakh; Economic Times; July 18, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-megha-mandavia-july-19-2018-srikrishna-panel-upset-at-timing-of-trai-suggestions">Srikrishna panel upset at timing of Trai suggestion</a>s (Megha Mandavia; Economic Times; July 19, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-herald-july-20-2018-rajitha-menon-firms-find-wealth-in-your-data">Firms find wealth in your data</a> (Rajitha Menon; Deccan Herald; July 20, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-venkat-ananth-july-24-2018-whatsapp-races-against-time-to-fix-fake-news-mess-ahead-of-2019-general-elections">WhatsApp races against time to fix fake news mess ahead of 2019 general elections</a> (Venkat Ananth; Economic Times; July 24, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/factor-daily-sunny-sen-and-jayadevan-pk-july-25-2018-the-crown-of-thorns-that-awaits-facebook-india-md-hire">The crown of thorns that awaits Facebook’s India MD hire</a> (Sunny Sen and Jayadevan PK; Factory Daily; July 25, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-july-26-2018-mihir-dalal-and-anirban-sen-byte-by-byte-protecting-her-privacy">Bit by byte protecting her privacy</a> (Mihir Dalal and Anirban Sen; Livemint; July 26, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-july-27-2018-komal-gupta-govt-asks-cbi-to-probe-cambridge-analytica-in-data-breach-case">Govt asks CBI to probe Cambridge Analytica in data breach case</a> (Komal Gupta; Livemint; July 27, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-july-28-2018-mugdha-variyar-and-pratik-bhakta-data-localisation-may-pinch-startups-payments-firms">Data localisation may pinch startups, payments firms</a> (Mugdha Variyar and Pratik Bhakta; Economic Times; July 28, 2018).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<h3>Wikipedia</h3>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cb5cbfc95cbfcaaca1cbfcaf-ca4cb0cacca4cbf-ce8ce6ce7cee-cb0cbec82c9acbf-1">ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ತರಬೇತಿ ೨೦೧೮ @ ರಾಂಚಿ</a> (Vikas Hegde; July 4, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/how-to-write-differently-for-different-telugu-digital-platforms-awareness-session-to-indu-gnana-vedika">How to write differently for different Telugu digital platforms - awareness session to Indu Gnana Vedika</a> (Pavan Santosh; July 19, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/c35c3ec1fc4dc38c3ec2ac4d-c38c3ec39c3fc24c4dc2f-c35c47c26c3fc15-c28c41c02c1ac3f-c35c3fc15c40c38c4bc30c4dc38c41c15c41">వాట్సాప్ సాహిత్య వేదిక నుంచి వికీసోర్సుకు</a> (Pavan Santosh; July 31, 2018).</li>
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<div><b>Events Organized</b></div>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/partnership-activity-in-annamayya-library-guntur">Partnership activity in Annamayya Library</a> (Guntur; July 10, 2014).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/partnership-discussions-with-misimi-telugu-monthly-magazine">Partnership discussions with Misimi Telugu Monthly Magazine</a> (July 24, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/tumakur%20university-workshop">Tumakur University Workshop</a> (Tumkur; July 25, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water">Workshop of River activists for building Jal Bodh - Knowledge resource on Water</a> (Pune; July 25, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects">Workshop of Publishers and Writers on Unicode, Open Source and Wikimedia Projects</a> (Pune; July 25, 2018).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p><b>Submissions</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-submitted-a-response-to-a-notice-of-enquiry-by-the-us-government-on-international-internet-policy-priorities">Response to a Notice of Enquiry by the US Government on International Internet Policy Priorities</a> (Swagam Dasgupta; July 18, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-centre-for-internet-and-society2019s-comments-and-recommendations-to-the-indian-privacy-code-2018">The Centre for Internet and Society’s Comments and Recommendations to the: Indian Privacy Code, 2018</a> (Shweta Mohandas, Elonnai Hickok, Amber Sinha and Shruti Trikanand; July 20, 2018).</li>
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<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-ai-task-force-report-the-first-steps-towards-indias-ai-framework">The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI framework</a> (Elonnai Hickok, Shweta Mohandas and Swaraj Paul Barooah; June 27, 2018). The blog post was edited by Swagam Dasgupta.</li>
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<div><b>Participation in Events</b></div>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ietf-102-montreal">IETF 102 Montreal</a> (Organized by Internet Engineering Task Force; Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Montreal in Canada; July 14 - 20, 2018). Gurshabad Grover presented a review of the human rights considerations in the drafts of the Software Update for IoT Devices (SUIT) Working Group in the meeting of the HRPC research group. </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ethical-data-design-practices-in-the-ai-artificial-intelligence-age">Ethical Data Design Practices in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) Age</a> (Organized by Startup Grind, Bangalore at NUMA Bangalore; July 28, 2018). Shweta Mohandas was a panelist.</li>
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<h3>Cyberspace and Cyber Security</h3>
<p><b>Analysis</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-potential-for-the-normative-regulation-of-cyberspace-implications-for-india">The Potential for the Normative Regulation of Cyberspace: Implications for India</a> (Arindrajit Basu; July 30, 2018). The report was edited by Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Udbhav Tiwari with research assistance from Tejas Bharadwaj.</li>
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<div><b>Blog Entry</b></div>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-contributes-to-the-research-and-advisory-group-of-the-global-commission-on-the-stability-of-cyberspace-gcsc">CIS contributes to the Research and Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace</a> (GCSC) (Arindrajit Basu; July 5, 2018). </li>
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<p><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ieee-sa-indita-conference-2018">IEEE-SA InDITA Conference 2018</a> (Organized by IEEE Standards Association; IIIT-Bangalore; July 10 - 11, 2018). Gurshabad Grover gave a brief presentation on how we could apply or reject 'Trust Through Technology' principles in the design of public biometric authentication. </li>
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<h3>Free Speech & Expression</h3>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/icann-diversity-analysis">ICANN Diversity Analysis</a> (Paul Kurian and Akriti Bopanna; July 16, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-31-diversity-of-employees-at-icann">DIDP #31 Diversity of employees at ICANN</a> (Akash Sriram; July 19, 2018).</li>
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<div><b><br />Participation in Event</b></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/26th-amic-annual-conference-2013-india-2018">26th AMIC Annual Conference – India 2018</a> (Organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education; Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal, Karnataka; June 7 - 9, 2018). Swaraj Paul Barooah was a speaker. <span>An article announcing the event by Kevin Mendonsa was published in the </span><a class="external-link" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/mahe-to-host-26th-annual-conference-of-amic/articleshow/64468351.cms">Times of India</a><span> on June 5, 2018.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></span></h2>
<p><span style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources, and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</span></p>
<p><b><span style="text-align: justify; ">Newspaper Column</span></b></p>
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<li><span style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/organizing-india-blogspot-shyam-ponappa-july-6-2018-problems-that-should-occupy-our-electioneers">The Problems That Should Occupy Our Electioneers</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; July 5, 2018 and Organizing India Blogspot; July 6, 2018).</span></li>
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<h2><span style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></span></span></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">In an <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/why-gst-is-a-step-backward-for-the-disabled">article published in the Huffington Post</a> on July 1, 2017, Nirmita Narasimhan stated that imposing taxes on assistive devices is unfair. It is unconscionable that disability aids and assistive technology are considered a luxury and taxed at a higher rate than rough semi-precious stones or cashew nuts.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">A <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT610_com_zimbra_url"><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-working-requirements-and-complex-products-an-empirical-assessment-of-indias-form-27-practice-and-compliance" target="_blank">research paper on patent working requirements and complex products</a></span> in India authored by Prof Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah, and Rohini Lakshané, CIS has been accepted for publication in the Jindal Global Law School Law Review 2017.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Negotiators from 16 countries met in Hyderabad for discussing a free trade agreement titled Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Anubha Sinha along with Arul George Scaria reported this <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/live-law-arul-george-scaria-and-anubha-sinha-live-law-rcep-ip-chapter-serious-threat-access-knowledge-cultural-goods">in an article published by Live Law.in</a>. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Supreme Court of India while dismissing an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization ruled that there was no copyright infringement and no licence was required since the activities fell under the education exception in Indian copyright law. <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/eifl-anubha-sinha-july-12-2017-course-packs-for-education-ruled-legal-in-india">In an article published by EIFL</a>, Anubha Sinha discusses the judgment and what it means for access to educational materials in India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Odia Wikipedians, in conjunction with Indian Athletics Federation and Sports and Youth Services collaborated to document the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. Hundreds of photos were uploaded and new Wikipedia content added to inform the event’s fans, <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/asian-athletics-championships-2017">wrote Sailesh Patnaik and Jnanaranjan Sahu in a blog post</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">As recently as May 27, 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 was adopted The Data Protection Directive (1995/46/EC) will be replaced by this Regulation. It is expected that under this Regulation data privacy will be strengthened. Aditi Chaturvedi <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/files/GDPR_IndustrySheet_07.pdf">analyses the developments in a report</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>CIS in the news:</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/biometric-update-july-4-2017-justin-lee-uidai-declining-multiple-requests-by-police-to-share-indian-citizens-biometrics">UIDAI declining multiple requests by police to share Indian citizens’ biometrics</a> (Justin Lee; Biometrics; July 4, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-july-5-2017-sanjay-kumar-singh-act-now-to-protect-yourself-against-future-ransomware-attacks">Act now to protect yourself against future ransomware attacks</a> (Sanjay Kumar Singh; Business Standard; July 5, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-july-10-2017-reliance-jio-data-leaked-on-website-report">Reliance Jio data leaked on website : report</a> (Livemint; July 10, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-priyanka-mittal-july-12-2017-supreme-court-sets-up-constitution-bench-to-hear-aadhaar-privacy-issues">Supreme Court sets up constitution bench to hear Aadhaar privacy issues</a> (Priyanka Mittal; Livemint; July 12, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-sanjeeb-mukherjee-july-14-2017-centre-to-form-panel-to-encrypt-mgnrega-dbt-database-and-prevent-leaks">Centre to form panel to 'encrypt' MGNREGA-DBT database and prevent leaks</a> (Sanjeeb Mukherjee; Business Standard; July 14, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/reuters-july-14-2017-rahul-bhatia-and-sankalp-phartiyal-calls-for-law-change-after-indians-left-in-dark-over-data-leaks">Calls for law change after Indians left in dark over data leaks</a> (Rahul Bhatia and Sankalp Phartiyal; Reuters; July 14, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/pymnts-july-17-2017-indians-call-for-more-stringent-data-protection-laws">Indians Call For More Stringent Data Protection Laws</a> (PYMTNS; July 17, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-wire-gaurav-vivek-bhatnagar-july-16-2017-social-activist-alleges-threat-by-police-officer-over-possession-of-aadhaar">Social Activist Alleges Threat By Police Officer Over Possession of Aadhaar</a> (Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar; Wire; July 16, 2017).</li>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-today-july-19-2017-aadhaar-privacy-key-issues-that-all-aadhaar-card-holders-should-bear-in-mind">Aadhaar privacy: Key issues that all Aadhaar card holders should bear in mind</a> (Business Today, July 19, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/new-indian-express-kiran-parashar-km-july-26-2017-data-in-the-open-makes-it-easy-for-cyber-criminals">Data in the open makes it easy for cyber criminals</a> (Kiran Parashar KM; New Indian Express; July 26, 2017).</li>
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<p><b>CIS members wrote the following articles</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/why-gst-is-a-step-backward-for-the-disabled">Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled</a> (Nirmita Narasimhan; Huffington Post; July 1, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/eifl-anubha-sinha-july-12-2017-course-packs-for-education-ruled-legal-in-india">Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India</a> (Anubha Sinha; EIFL; July 12, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-july-16-2017-digital-native-not-only-words">Digital native: Not only words</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 16, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/economic-times-july-23-2017-amber-sinha-aadhar-privacy-is-not-a-unidimensional-concept">Aadhar: Privacy is not a unidimensional concept</a> (Amber Sinha; Economic Times; July 23, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/live-law-arul-george-scaria-and-anubha-sinha-live-law-rcep-ip-chapter-serious-threat-access-knowledge-cultural-goods">RCEP IP Chapter: A Serious Threat to Access to Knowledge/ Cultural Goods?</a> (Arul George Scaria and Anubha Sinha; July 27, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-july-30-2017-digital-native-ever-on-the-go-digital-india-mobility">Digital native: Ever on the go</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 30, 2017).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility & Inclusion</a> <br /> ------------------------------------- <br /> India has an estimated 70 million persons with disabilities who don't have access to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. As part of our endeavour to make available accessible content for persons with disabilities, we are developing a text-to-speech software in 15 languages with support from the Hans Foundation. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/why-gst-is-a-step-backward-for-the-disabled">Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled</a> (Nirmita Narasimhan; Huffington Post; July 1, 2017).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>-----------------------------------</b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><br />Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Pervasive Technologies and Copyright</p>
<p><b>Research Paper<br /></b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-working-requirements-and-complex-products-an-empirical-assessment-of-indias-form-27-practice-and-compliance">Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance</a> (Jorge L. Contreras and Rohini Lakshané; SSRN and Jindal Global Law School Review; July 17, 2017).</li>
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<p>Participation in Event</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/19th-rcep-meeting">19th RCEP Meeting</a> (Organized by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India; July 17 - 28, 2017; Hyderabad). Anubha Sinha participated in the meeting.<br /><br /></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>Note: The events were organized earlier but reports were published in July 2017</i>:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship">Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Internship</a> (Manasa Rao and Ananth Subray; July 5, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-faculty-orientation-report">Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation Report</a> (Ananth Subray; July 7, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/how-it-came-to-be-wiki-loves-uniformed-services">How It Came To Be: Wiki Loves Uniformed Services</a> (Krishna Chaitanya Velaga; July 10, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/tallapaka-pada-sahityam-is-now-on-wikisource">Tallapaka Pada Sahityam is now on Wikisource</a> (Pavan Santhosh; July 10, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/thematic-edit-a-thon-at-yashawantrao-chavan-institute-of-science-satara">Thematic Edit-a-thon at Yashawantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara</a> (Subodh Kulkarni; July 11, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/asian-athletics-championships-2017">Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Edit-a-thon</a> (Sailesh Patnaik and Jnanaranjan Sahu; July 31, 2017).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /><b> -----------------------------------</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
<p>►Privacy</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/data-protection-understanding-the-general-data-protection-regulation">Data Protection: Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation</a> (Aditi Chaturvedi; July 4, 2017).</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></div>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ivir-summer-course-on-privacy-law-and-policy">IViR Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy</a> (Organized by the University of Amsterdam; July 3 - 7, 2017; Amsterdam). Amber Sinha attended the course.</li>
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<p>►Free Speech and Expression and Cyber Security</p>
<p><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ohd-on-consultation-paper-on-net-neutrality">OHD on Consultation Paper on Net Neutrality </a>(Organized by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; July 25, 2017). Pranesh Prakash was a speaker.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/asia-pacific-regional-internet-governance-forum-aprigf-2017">UNESCO Multistakeholder consultation at 8th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum</a> (APrIGF) (Organized by UNESCO; Bangkok; July 26 - 29, 2017). Sunil Abraham was a speaker. Vidhushi Marda also participated in the event.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cybersecurity-workshop-spotlight-on-gccs-2017">Cybersecurity Workshop: Spotlight On GCCS 2017</a> (Organized by Global Partners Digital (GPD) and the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi, in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation, Digital Asia Hub and Open Net Korea; Bangkok; July 25 - 27, 2017). Sunil Abraham was a speaker. Udbhav Tiwari and Vidushi Marda participated in the event.</li>
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<p>----------------------------------- <br /><b><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a> <br /><b> </b></b>----------------------------------- <br /> CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources, and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/workshop-on-public-open-wi-fi-pilot">Workshop on Public Open Wi-Fi Pilot</a> (Organized by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; July 25, 2017). Pranesh Prakash was a speaker.</li>
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<p><b>-----------------------------------</b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><br /> The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by an emerging need to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It aims to produce local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/firstfridayatcis-dr-prerna-prabhakar-impact-of-digitisation-of-land-recods-in-rural-india-july-07">Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Records in Rural India</a> (CIS, New Delhi; July 7, 2017).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><br /> The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2017-08-23T02:03:19ZPageJuly 2015 Bulletin
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<b>Our newsletter for the month of July is below:</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are happy to share with you the seventh issue of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) newsletter (July 2015). The past editions of the newsletter can be accessed at <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a>.</p>
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<li>NVDA team <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi">conducted a training at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai</a>. Thirty-four delegates attended the training programme.</li>
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<li>A training workshop was held at <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-using-espeak-tamil-with-nvda-training-tirunelveli">Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School</a> for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli by NVDA team. Sixteen delegates participated in this.</li>
<li>Konkani Wikipedia is the second Wikimedia project after Odia Wikisource that has gone live out of incubation. The project stayed in the incubation for nine long years and the community has gone through a long debate to have a Wikipedia of their own. Subhashish Panigrahi has <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-wikipedia-goes-live">blogged on this highlighting the three Konkani Wikimedians</a>.</li>
<li>The 30<sup>th</sup> Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3. Nehaa Chaudhari prepared a statement about the negotiations on the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/statement-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-india-on-the-broadcast-treaty-at-sccr-30">Proposed Treaty for Broadcasting Organisations</a>.</li>
<li>Sumandro Chattapadhyay <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/hindustan-times-july-15-2015-sumandro-chattapadhyay-iron-out-contradictions-in-the-digital-india-programme">wrote an article in the Hindustan Times</a> about India’s “Digital India” initiative to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India.</li>
<li>CIS published the <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/technology-business-incubators">first draft of its analysis on technology business incubators</a> ("TBI") in India. The report prepared by Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak looks at operating procedures, success stories and lessons that can be learnt from TBIs in India.</li>
<li>Pranesh Prakash did a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/clearing-misconceptions-dot-panel-net-neutrality">brief analysis</a> about the Department of Telecommunications Panel Report on Net Neutrality.</li>
<li>CIS has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-dissent">CIS has prepared a dissent note to the Expert Committee on DNA Profiling</a>.</li>
<li>In the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse. Bhairav Acharya <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-autonomy-sexual-choice-common-law-recognition-of-homosexuality">brought out the developments from across the world in a blog entry</a>. </li>
<li>As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, CIS conducted interviews with a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-22-anonymous">Tibetan security researcher and information activist</a> and <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-24-2013-shantanu-ghosh">Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India</a>.</li>
<li>CIS, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania had organized a conference in April in New Delhi. The findings have been condensed in a report titled “<a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/freedom-of-expression-in-a-digital-age">Effective research, policy formulation, and the development of regulatory frameworks in South Asia</a>”.</li>
<li>Pranesh Prakash in a research paper titled <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/regulatory-perspectives-on-net-neutrality">Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality</a> gives an overview on why India needs to put in place net neutrality regulations, and the form that those regulations must take to avoid being over-regulation.</li>
<li>Rakshanda Deka undertook an analysis <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/anti-spam-laws-in-different-jurisdictions">on the anti-spam laws in different jurisdictions</a>. This analysis is a part of a larger attempt at formulating a model anti-spam law for India by analysing the existing spam laws across the world.</li>
<li style="text-align: left; ">As part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series, RAW has published blog entries on <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_whatsapp-and-the-creation-of-a-transnational-sociality">WhatsApp and the Creation of a Transnational Sociality</a>; <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_users-and-the-internet">Users and the Internet</a>; <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_effective-activism">Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi</a>; <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_studying-the-internet-discourse-in-india-through-the-prism-of-human-rights">Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights</a>; and <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_understanding-tagores-music-on-youtube">'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTube</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The National Optic Fibre Network, a part of the Government's Digital India Initiative, has been in the news since the recent Expert Committee Report. Aditya Garg in a blog entry <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/funding-of-national-optic-fibre-network-who-is-accountable">examined the accountability of the funding of the project</a>.</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing two projects. The first project is on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India. CIS in partnership with CLPR (Centre for Law and Policy Research) compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). The publication has been finalised and is being printed. The draft chapters and the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/national-resource-kit-project">project page</a>. The second project is on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">NVDA and eSpeak</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Monthly Updates</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/july-2015-report.pdf">July 2015 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; July 31, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Reports</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>The training programmes were held in June and the reports were published in July</i>:</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-using-espeak-tamil-with-nvda-training-tirunelveli">Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop</a> (Organized by NVDA team: Anne Jane Ask with Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli; June 3 – 7, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi">Training in eSpeak Marathi</a> (Organized by NVDA team; SIES College, Sion, Mumbai; June 28, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Submission / Comment</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/statement-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-india-on-the-broadcast-treaty-at-sccr-30">Statement by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 30</a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; July 2, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/reading-devanagri-konkani-wikipedia-in-kannada-script">Reading Devanagari Script based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada Script</a> (Dr. U.B. Pavanaja; July 13, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-wikipedia-goes-live">Konkani Wikipedia Goes Live After 'Nine Years' of Incubation</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; July 18, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Co-organized</b></p>
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<li>Christ University Undergraduate Programme (Organized by CIS-A2K; Bangalore; July 1 - 8, 2015). Students were initiated into the Wikimedia activities with hands on sessions of typing on Wikisource. Faculty of the Christ University helped the A2K team in deciding on the texts that were to be typed. These texts will provide much needed impetus for Wikisource related activities in Indian Languages. Wikipedia Education Programme at Christ University received support from Ravishankar.A of the Tamil Wikimedia community and Sayant Mahato from Sanskrit Wikimedia community.</li>
<li>Aloysius College (Organized by CIS-A2K; Mangalore; July 1 – 4, 2015). Tulu and Kannada Wikipedia workshops were conducted in St. Aloysis College, Mangalore. Tulu Wikipedia is in Incubator and a small community is growing in Mangalore. Pavanaja U.B. and Rahmanuddin Shaik participated in this events.</li>
<li>Media Wiki Train the Trainer Program (Organized by CIS-A2K; Bangalore; June 24 – 27, 2015): A four-day long train-the-trainer program aimed at building leadership among technical contributors to Indic language Wikimedians in the areas of bugs, bots--Pywikipedia and Auto Wiki Browser, various MediaWiki tools, and translations. Ravishankar A. from Wikimedia India, MediaWiki developers Pavithra H., Yogesh Omshivaprakash H.L. and Harsh Kothari, and Tamil Wikimedian Dineshkumar Ponnusamy provided support for the event.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania">Wikimania 2015</a> (Organized by Wikimedia Foundation; Mexico City; July 15 - 19, 2015): A whole day was dedicated for evaluation of strategies and activities by various major stakeholders of the Wikimedia movement. Community members who lead major activities, Wikimedia chapters, affiliate organizations and Wikimedia Foundation itself took part in the discussions. There were several group activities, exchange of ideas focused on project and community level outreach and other activities, tools and techniques, and best practices. Subhashish Panigrahi participated in this event and gave a talk on <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_do_Guerrilla_GLAM_-_presentation_in_Wikimania_2015,_Mexico_City.pdf">How to do Guerrilla GLAM</a>. Subhashish Panigrahi was a panelist along with Rohini Lakshané in the session “<a href="https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Edit-a-thons_for_bridging_the_gender_gap_on_Wikimedia">Edit-a-thons for Bridging the Gender Gap on Wikimedia: A Panel Discussion</a>”. An Indic Meet-up was also organized. Wikimedians from India, Bangladesh and Nepal representing various language communities, Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Bangladesh, Wikimedia Nepal, and Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) gathered to discuss about various challenges, cross-community collaborative projects, organizing larger events, and strategies to grow the Wikimedia movement in South Asia.</li>
<li>Classical Languages in the Digital Era Conference (Organized by Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore; July 17, 2015) Tanveer Hasan participated in this conference aimed at discussing about the future of Indian classical languages in the digital era. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-times-of-india-july-5-2015-not-many-contributors-for-kannada-centric-wiki-page">Not many contributors for Kannada-centric Wiki page</a> (The Times of India, July 5, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/indian-express-july-5-2015-upload-more-kannada-articles-on-wikipedia">Upload More Kannada Articles on Wikipedia</a> (Indian Express, July 5, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-july-4-2015-coverage-in-udayavani">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru</a> (Udayavani; July 5, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-july-5-2015-coverage-in-prajavani">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru</a> (Prajavani; July 5, 2015)</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Staff Movement</b></p>
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<li>Tito Dutta, Luis Gomes and Abhinav Garule have joined the CIS-A2K team as Programme Associates from March this year. Tito is working for internal documentation and resource building, and Luis and Abhinav are implementing the Konkani and Marathi work plan respectively along with community liaison.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on studying the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Free Speech and Expression</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/regulatory-perspectives-on-net-neutrality">Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality</a> (Pranesh Prakash; July 8, 2015). Vidushi Marda and Tarun Krishnakumar assisted Pranesh Prakash in this.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/policy-in-india-community-custom-censorship-and-future-of-internet-regulation">Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation</a> (Bhairav Acharya; July 13, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/net-neutrality-and-law-of-common-carriage">Net Neutrality and the Law of Common Carriage</a> (Bhairav Acharya; July 14, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/freedom-of-expression-in-a-digital-age">Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age</a> (Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday; July 14, 2015). CIS, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi. Elonnai Hickok edited the report.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/clearing-misconceptions-dot-panel-net-neutrality">Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says</a> (and Doesn't) (Pranesh Prakash; July 21, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/role-of-intermediaries-in-counting-online-abuse">Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse</a> (Jyoti Panday; July 31, 2015). This got published as two blog entries in the NALSAR Law Tech Blog. Part 1 can be accessed <a href="https://techlawforum.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/role-of-intermediaries-in-countering-online-abuse-still-a-work-in-progress-part-i/">here</a> and Part 2 <a href="https://techlawforum.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/role-of-intermediaries-in-countering-online-abuse-still-a-work-in-progress-part-ii/">here</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Co-organized</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-public-discussion-on-criminal-defamation-in-india">A Public Discussion on Criminal Defamation in India</a> (Organized by CIS, the Network of Women in Media, India; and Media Watch; Bangalore; July 29, 2015). The event was a public discussion about the continued criminalisation of defamation in India.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/round-table-discussion-on-whois">Roundtable discussion on WHOIS</a> (Organized by Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India; July 28, 2015; New Delhi). Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda participated in the discussion remotely. Aditya Garg attended in person.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Privacy</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/anti-spam-laws-in-different-jurisdictions">Anti-Spam Laws in Different Jurisdictions: A Comparative Analysis</a> (Rakshanda Deka; July 2, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-dissent">A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling</a> (Elonnai Hickok; July 17, 2015). Click for <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-bill-functions.pdf">DNA Bill Functions</a>, <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-list-of-offences.pdf">DNA List of Offences</a>, and <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-note-on-dna-bill.pdf">CIS Note on DNA Bill</a>. A modified version was published by <a href="http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/dna-bill-problems-issues-inputs-from-bangalore">Citizen Matters Bangalore</a> on July 28.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-autonomy-sexual-choice-common-law-recognition-of-homosexuality">Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality</a> (Bhairav Acharya; July 18, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/aadhaar-vs-social-security-number">Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number</a> (Elonnai Hickok; July 21, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/best-practices-meet-2015">7th Best Practices Meet 2015</a> (Organized by Data Security Council of India; Bangalore; July 9 – 10, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Architecting Security for transformation to Digital India". Elonnai Hickok was a panelist in the session "Steering privacy in the age of extreme innovation technology & business models."</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Cyber Security</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Videos</b></p>
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<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-22-anonymous">Cyber Security Series Part 23</a> (Purba Sarkar; July 13, 2015). CIS interviews a Tibetan security researcher and information activist.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-24-2013-shantanu-ghosh">Cyber Security Series Part 24</a> (Purba Sarkar; July 15, 2015). CIS interviews Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Miscellaneous</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/hindustan-times-july-15-2015-sumandro-chattapadhyay-iron-out-contradictions-in-the-digital-india-programme">Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; Hindustan Times; July 28, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Research Paper</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/technology-business-incubators">First draft of Technology Business Incubators: An Indian Perspective and Implementation Guidance Report</a> (Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak; July 25, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Op-ed</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-op-ed-july-2-2015-shyam-ponappa-centrality-of-cash-flows">The Centrality of Cash Flows</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; July 1, 2015 and Organizing India Blogspot; July 2, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/funding-of-national-optic-fibre-network-who-is-accountable">Funding of National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN) - Who's Accountable?</a> (Aditya Garg; July 17, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by contemporary concerns to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It is interested in producing local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_whatsapp-and-the-creation-of-a-transnational-sociality">WhatsApp and the Creation of a Transnational Sociality</a> (Maitrayee Deka; July 1, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_users-and-the-internet">Users and the Internet</a> (Purbasha Auddy; July 10, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_effective-activism">Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi</a> (Sarah McKeever; July 16, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_studying-the-internet-discourse-in-india-through-the-prism-of-human-rights">Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights</a> (Deva Prasad M.; July 22, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_understanding-tagores-music-on-youtube">'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTube)</a> (Ipsita Sengupta; July 27, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cio-july-1-2015-irctc-aadhaar-play-can-violate-sc-order-and-derail-national-security">'IRCTC’s Aadhaar play can violate SC order and derail National Security'</a> (Shubhra Rishi; CIO.IN; July 1, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/catch-news-july-2-2015-the-digital-divide-pros-and-cons-of-modi-s-latest-big-initiative">The Digital Divide: pros and cons of Modi's latest big initiative</a> (Suhas Munshi; July 2, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-statesman-rakesh-kumar-july-13-2015-corporate-push-modis-billion-digital-dream">Corporate push to Modi’s Rs.4.5-billion digital dream</a> (Rakesh Kumar; The Statesman; July 13, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/huffington-post-july-16-2015-betwa-sharma-criminal-defamation-the-urgent-cause-that-has-united-rahul-gandhi-arvind-kejriwal-and-subramanian-swamy">Criminal Defamation: The Urgent Cause That has United Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy</a> (Betwa Sharma; Huffington Post; July 15, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/five-nations-one-future">Five Nations, One Future?</a> (Bjorn Ludtke, Ellen Lee, Jaideep Sen, Gwendolyn Ledger, David Nicholson, and Jesko Johannsen; Voestalpine; July 18, 2015).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-scariest-bill-in-parliament-is-getting-no-attention-2013-here2019s-what-you-need-to-know-about-it">The scariest bill in Parliament is getting no attention – here’s what you need to know about it</a> (Nayantara Narayanan; Scroll.in; July 24, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-nikita-mehta-july-29-2015-regulation-misuse-concerns-still-dog-dna-profiling-bill">Regulation, misuse concerns still dog DNA profiling bill</a> (Nikita Mehta; Livemint; July 29, 2015)</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with diverse abilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the mediation and reconfiguration of social and cultural processes and structures by the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Request for Collaboration</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at sumandro@cis-india.org (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme Officer, Access to Knowledge, at <a href="mailto:tanveer@cis-india.org">tanveer@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects.</i></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2015-11-21T16:23:52ZPageJuly 2014 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2014-bulletin
<b>Seventh issue of the newsletter (July 2014) below:</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the seventh issue of the newsletter (July 2014). Archives of our newsletters can be accessed at: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">------------------------------ <br /> <b>Highlights </b><br /> ------------------------------</p>
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<li> Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the 28<sup>th</sup> session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR) held in Geneva from June 30 to July 4, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) gave its statements on the Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives and Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.</li>
<li>India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty and the Accessible Books Consortium was launched. Nehaa Chaudhari who participated in the 28<sup>th</sup> session of the WIPO-SCCR reports on this in a blog entry.</li>
<li>Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva produced a research paper on patent valuation and license fee determination as part of the Pervasive Technologies project.</li>
<li>Our grant application to the Wikimedia Foundation was approved. CIS has been awarded Rs. 12,000,000 for the next one year for the Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) project.</li>
<li>CIS and the University of Mysore organized the Open Knowledge day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. Six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha was re-released under the Creative Commons (CC license).</li>
<li>We helped the Ministry of Science and Technology draft the Open Access Policy for the DST/DBT.</li>
<li>The first of the seven proposed roundtable meetings on “Privacy and Surveillance” conducted by CIS in collaboration with the Cellular Operators Association of India and the Council for Fair Business Practices was held in Mumbai on June 28, 2014. Anandini K. Rathore has blogged on this.</li>
<li>Bedavyasa Mohanty has produced a blog entry that analyses the nuances of interception of communications under the Indian Telegraph Act and the Indian Post Office Act.</li>
<li>Vinayak Mithal has written a blog entry on the Constitutionality of Indian surveillance law that analyses ICANN's reactive transparency mechanism, comparing it with freedom of information best practices. He describes the DIDP and its relevance for the Internet community.</li>
<li>Nishant Shah speaks on the right to freedom of speech and expression in the latest interview conducted as part of the Cybersecurity series being done with a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa.</li>
<li>Nishant Shah’s peer reviewed article “Asia in the Edges: A Narrative Account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore” was published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, on July 3, 2014. Nishant gives a narrative account of the experiments and ideas that shaped the second Summer School, “The Asian Edge” hosted in Bangalore, India, in 2012.</li>
<li>CIS recruited two new staff members in its Bangalore office. Rohini Lakshane joined as a Program Officer in the Pervasive Technologies project and K.N. Medini joined as a Senior Accounts Officer. Their profiles can be accessed at <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">---------------------------------------------- <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility"> <br /> <b>Accessibility and Inclusion </b></a><b> </b><br /> ---------------------------------------------- <br /> Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing two projects. The first project is on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India. We compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). We will be publishing this soon. The draft chapters along with the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/national-resource-kit-project">project page</a>. The second project is on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Monthly Update</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-e-speak-update-july-2014.pdf">Work Report for July</a> (by Suman Dogra, July 31, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry <br /></b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/indias-ratification-of-marrakesh-treaty-celebrated">India's Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated; Accessible Books Consortium Launched </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 1, 2014): India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/spicy-ip-july-1-2014-thomas-j-vallianeth-spicy-ip-tidbit-india-ratifies-the-marrakesh-treaty-for-the-visually-impaired"><b> </b>SpicyIP Tidbit: India ratifies the Marrakesh Treaty for the Visually Impaired </a> (by Thomas J. Vallianeth, Spicy IP, July 1, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> </b><br /> ----------------------------------------------------------- <br /> As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►WIPO</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event and Statements <br /> </b>Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the 28<sup>th</sup> session of WIPO-SCCR held in Geneva from June 30 to July 4, 2014. The following have been the outputs from the event:</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-on-proposed-treaty-for-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations"> Statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations at WIPO SCCR 28 </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/opening-statement-of-india-on-limitations-and-exceptions-for-libraries-and-archives"> Opening Comments by India on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28 </a> (posted by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 7, 2014). This was the statement made by the Indian delegation at WIPO-SCCR 28<sup>th</sup> session on July 2, 2014. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-on-limitations-and-exceptions-for-libraries-and-archives"> Statement on the Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28 </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 3, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-28-proposed-treaty-for-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations"> 28th Session of the WIPO SCCR: Report on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 29, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Pervasive Technologies</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Research Papers</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/patent-valuation-and-license-fee-determination-in-context-of-patent-pools"><b> </b>Patent Valuation and License Fee Determination in Context of Patent Pools </a> (by Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva, July 9, 2014). Vikrant has produced research that examines patent valuation and license fee determination in detail. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/grounds-for-compulsory-patent-licensing-in-us-canada-china-and-india"> Grounds for Compulsory Patent Licensing in United States, Canada, China, and India </a> (by Maggie Huang, July 29, 2014). In her research paper Maggie tries to answer questions about the grounds of compulsory licensing in international treaties with specific examples from America and Asia. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia <br /> As part of the <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Announcement <br /> </b>Our grant application to the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) of the Wikimedia Foundation was approved by its board which met in Frankfurt from May 21 to 24, 2014. CIS had requested a grant of Rs. 18,406,454 and were <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2">awarded Rs. 12,000,000</a> for the next one year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following were done this month:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Articles / Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/prajavani-july-3-2014-article-on-wikipedia-zero"><b> </b>Aircel & Wikimedia Foundation announce Wikipedia Zero </a> (by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, Prajavani, July 3, 2014). As per this, users of Aircel need not pay for data for accessing Wikipedia. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/article-on-akruti-unicode-converter-in-samaja">ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷରସଜ୍ଜା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Samaja, July 4, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/state-of-odia-language-in-computing-and-future-steps"> State of Odia Language in Computing and Future Steps </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Sovereign, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/sambad-july-21-2014-paths-for-development-of-odia-language">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶର ରାସ୍ତା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, The Sambad, July 23, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/university-of-mysore-releases-kannada-vishwakosha-under-cc-license"> University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License </a> (by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, July 24, 2014). Leading English and Kannada dailies like Andolana Kannada, City Today, Deccan Herald, Hosa Diganta, Kannada Jana Mana, Kannada Prabha, Rajya Dharma, Samyukta Karnataka, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Udayavani, Vijaya Karnataka, and Vijaya Vani published about this. Scanned versions of the published articles can be <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-knowledge-day-mysore-media-coverage-zip">downloaded here</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikimedia-blog-dorothy-howard-wiki-loves-pride-2014-and-adding-diversity-to-wikipedia"> Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia </a> (by Dorothy Howard, Wikimedia Blog, July 25, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/global-voices-subhashish-panigrahi-july-27-2014-doctors-and-translators-are-working-together-to-bridge-wikipedias-medical-language-gap"> Doctors and Translators Are Working Together to Bridge Wikipedia's Medical Language Gap </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices, July 27, 2014). This was re-published on the Wikimedia Blog, July 30, 2014. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odisha-review-june-2014-classical-odia-language-in-digital-age"> Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Odisha Review, posted on July 28, 2014). The essay was published in the magazine’s June edition. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/open-knowledge-day-mysore">Open Knowledge Day</a> (co-organized by Mysore University and CIS-A2K, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, July 15, 2014). The event coincided with the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin from July 15 to 17. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the event. On this occasion Mysore University released six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha under the Creative Commons (CC) license. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/state-of-odia-language-in-computing-and-future-steps"><b> </b>National Level Seminar on Computer Application and Odia Language </a> (organized by Institute of Odia Studies and Research, July 6, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi was a panelist. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ok-festival-2014">Open Knowledge Festival 2014</a> (organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., Berlin, July 15 – 17, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/ok-festival.pdf">made a presentation</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/nama-the-future-of-indic-languages">#NAMA: The Future of Indic Languages</a> (organized by Medianama, The Oberoi Hotel, Bangalore, July 24, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>News and Media Coverage <br /> </b>CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-7-2014-renuka-phadnis-wikipedia-edit-a-thons-to-add-content-on-lgbts"> Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs </a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-july-7-2014-bibhuti-barik-font-problem-hits-odia">Font problem hits Odia</a> (by Bibhuti Barik, The Telegraph, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-12-2014-r-krishna-kumar-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised"> Four volumes of Kannada Encyclopaedia digitised </a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, July 12, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-july-14-2014-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised"> ‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನು ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್ ಹಂಗಿಲ್ಲ </a> (Prajavani, July 14, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-15-2014-r-krishna-kumar-soon-all-14-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-to-be-online"> Soon, all 14 volumes of Kannada encyclopaedia to be online </a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-prabha-july-15-2014-coverage-of-open-knowledge-day">ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ</a> (Kannada Prabha, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/udayavani-july-15-2014-mysore-university-event-coverage-in-udayavani">ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶದ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ</a> (Udayavani, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/just-kannada-july-15-2014-wikipedia-kannada-vishwakosha-mysore-university-free-internet-kannada-department"> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ kannada ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ : ಈಗ ಆನ್ ಲೈನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 6 ಸಂಪುಟಗಳು ಮುಕ್ತ…ಮುಕ್ತ……( </a> Just Kannada, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/web-india-123-july-15-2014-six-kannada-encyclopaedias-released">Six Kannada encyclopaedias released</a> (Webindia 123, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-15-2014-anila-backer-150-rare-books-get-new-lease-of-life-online-courtesy-students"> 150 Rare Books Get New Lease of Life Online, Courtesy Students </a> (by Anila Backer, New Indian Express, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/spicy-ip-swaraj-paul-barooah-july-15-2014-open-access-students-help-revive-and-digitize-rare-books-for-malayalam-wiki-library"> Open Access: Students help revive and digitize rare books for Malayalam Wiki Library </a> (Spicy IP, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-narayan-lakshman-july-25-2014-trolled-from-us-congress-wikipedia-bans-edits"> 'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans edits </a> (by Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu, July 25, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-27-2014-renuka-phadnis-telugu-wikipedia-struggles-to-stay-afloat"> Telugu Wikipedia struggles to stay afloat </a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 27, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-29-2014-svetlana-lasrado">The joys of being a Wikipedian</a> (by Svetlana Lasrado, New Indian Express, July 29, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-vijayavani-coverage">Kannada Wikipedia Presentation</a> (Vijayavani, July 30, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-prajavani-coverage">Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science Writers</a> (Prajavani, July 31, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/mozilla-brings-indian-communities-together-twice-in-one-month"><b> </b>Mozilla brings Indian Communities together Twice in One Month </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Mozilla Website, July 8, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/mozilla-brings-indian-communities-together">Mozilla Brings Indian Communities Together</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Opensource.com, July 13, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-ministry-of-science-and-technology-government-of-india-release-open-access-policy"> Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, release Open Access Policy </a> (by Anubha Sinha, July 18, 2014). We have also been <a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/DST-DBT_Draft.pdf">acknowledged in the policy</a>. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>HasGeek Event</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-fifth-elephant">The Fifth Elephant</a> (NIMHANS Convention Centre, July 25-26, 2014). CIS was a community outreach partner. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-22-2014-renuka-phadnis-plan-for-open-access-to-science-research"><b> </b>Plan for open access to science research </a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/medianama-july-23-2014-riddhi-mukherjee-indian-govt-looks-to-provide-free-access-to-public-funded-research-works"> Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works </a> (by Riddhi Mukherjee, Medianama, July 23, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> </b><br /> -----------------------------------------------</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Freedom of Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our project on Freedom of Expression (funded through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation) to study the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government and contribute to the debates around Internet governance and freedom of expression at forums like ICANN, ITU, IGF, WSIS, etc., we bring you the following outputs:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/icann2019s-documentary-information-disclosure-policy-2013-i-didp-basics"><b> </b>ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics </a> (by Vinayak Mithal, July 1, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/reading-between-the-lines-service-providers-terms-and-conditions-and-consumer-rights"> Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights </a> (by Jyoti Panday, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/facebook-and-its-aversion-to-anonymous-and-pseudonymous-speech"> Facebook and its Aversion to Anonymous and Pseudonymous Speech </a> (by Jessamine Mathew, July 4, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/free-speech-and-surveillance">Free Speech and Surveillance</a> (by Gautam Bhatia, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/delhi-high-court-orders-blocking-of-websites-after-sony-complains-infringement-of-2014-fifa-world-cup-telecast-rights"> Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of Websites after Sony Complains Infringement of 2014 FIFA World Cup Telecast Rights </a> (by Anubha Sinha, July 8, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/gni-and-iamai-launch-interactive-slideshow-exploring-impact-of-indias-internet-laws"> GNI and IAMAI Launch Interactive Slideshow Exploring Impact of India's Internet Laws </a> (by Jyoti Panday, July 17, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>FOEX Live</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are also posting a selection of news from across India implicating online freedom of expression and use of digital technology: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/foex-live">July 7, 2014</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Privacy</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our Surveillance and Freedom: Global Understandings and Rights Development (SAFEGUARD) project with Privacy International we are engaged in enhancing respect for the right to privacy in developing countries. We have produced the following outputs during the month:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/models-for-surveillance-and-interception-of-communications-worldwide"><b> </b>Models for Surveillance and Interception of Communications Worldwide </a> (by Bedavyasa Mohanty, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-constitutionality-of-indian-surveillance-law"> The Constitutionality of Indian Surveillance Law: Public Emergency as a Condition Precedent for Intercepting Communications </a> (by Bedavyasa Mohanty, July 4, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uk-interception-of-communications-commissioner-a-model-of-accountability"> UK’s Interception of Communications Commissioner — A Model of Accountability </a> (by Joe Sheehan, July 24, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Report</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-surveillance-roundtable-mumbai">First Privacy and Surveillance Roundtable</a> (by Anandini K Rathore, July 18, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-hoot-july-17-2014-chinmayi-arun-private-censorship-and-the-right-to-hear"><b> </b>Private Censorship and the Right to Hear </a> (by Chinmayi Arun, The Hoot, July 17, 2014). The article was also mirrored on the <a href="http://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/">website of the Centre for Communication Governance</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/information-influx-conference">Information Influx Conference</a> (organized by the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, July 2 – 4, 2014). Malavika Jayaram was a speaker. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/consultation-to-frame-rules-under-whistle-blowers-protection-act-2011"> Consultation to Frame Rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011 </a> (organized by National Campaign for People's Right to Information and Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, New Delhi, July 5, 2014). Bhairav Acharya participated in the event. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/best-practices-meet-2014">Best Practices Meet</a> (organized by DSCI, Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore, July 9, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/rethinking-privacy"> Rethinking Privacy: The Link between Florida v. Jardines and the Surveillance of Nature Films </a> (organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, July 11, 2014). Bhairav Acharya gave a talk. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/region-as-frame-politics-presence-practice">Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, Practice</a> (organized by International Association for Media and Communication Research, Hyderabad, July 18, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a speaker for these panels: Governing Digital Spaces: Issues of Access, Privacy and Freedom, UNESCO panel debate, and Special Session on Research Paths In and Outside of the Academy. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ict-awareness-program-for-myanmar-parliamentarians-yangon">ICT Awareness Program for Myanmar Parliamentarians</a> (organized by Myanmar ICT for Development Organization, July 26 – 27, 2014, Yangon). Sunil Abraham participated in the event as a speaker and presented on Innovation Ecosystem and Thinking about Internet Regulation. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------------- <br /> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news"> <b>News & Media Coverage </b><br /> </a> --------------------------------------<br /> CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-business-line-july-2-2014-kv-kurmanath-cyber-crimes-shoot-up-in-india-over-last-year"> Cyber-crimes shoot up 52% in India over last year </a> (by K.V.Kurmanath, Hindu Businessline, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ians-july-4-2014-coai-cis-to-hold-pan-india-meetings-on-privacy-issues"> COAI, Centre for Internet & Society to hold pan-India meetings on privacy issues </a> (IANS, July 4, 2014). The news was mirrored in the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/COAI-Centre-for-Internet-Society-to-discuss-privacy-issues/articleshow/37776268.cms"> Times of India </a> , <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/coai-cis-to-discuss-legal-framework-for-voice-and-data-surveillance-553074">NDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/coai-centre-for-internet-society-to-hold-pan-india-meetings-on-privacy-issues-114070400654_1.html"> Business Standard </a> , <a href="http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate/industry/coai-centre-for-internet-society-to-discuss-privacy-issues/37776714"> Economic Times </a> , and <a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2014/07/04/COAI_Centre_for_Internet_Society_to_hold_panIndia_meetings_o/">World News</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-july-16-2014-living-in-a-fish-bowl">Living in a Fish Bowl</a> (by Shuma Raha, The Telegraph, July 16, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-times-of-india-july-18-2014-sandhya-soman-terror-recruiters-target-indians-on-internet"> Terror recruiters target Indians on internet </a> (by Sandhya Soman, July 18, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-july-22-2014-vishal-mathur-the-trouble-with-trolls">The trouble with trolls</a> (by Vishal Mathur, Livemint, July 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/search-security-july-28-2014-harichandan-arakali-indias-dedicated-cryptology-centre-gets-funding"> India’s dedicated Cryptology centre gets Rs. 115 crore funding </a> (by Harichandan Arakali, SearchSecurity.in, July 28, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Cyber Stewards <br /> As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia with the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and the International Development Research Centre, Canada, CIS conducted 2 new interviews. With this it has finished a total of 19 interviews:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Video Interviews <br /></b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-18-2013-lobsang-gyatso-sither">Lobsang Gyatso Sither</a> (July 31, 2014). </li>
</ul>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-19-2013-lobsang-sangay">Lobsang Sangay</a> (July 31, 2014).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a> </b><br /> -------------------------------- <br /> CIS is building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Peer Reviewed Article</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/routledge-inter-asia-cultural-studies-volume-15-issue-2-nishant-shah-asia-in-the-edges"><b> </b>Asia in the Edges: A Narrative Account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore </a> (by Nishant Shah, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, July 3, 2014). This is the narrative account of the experiments and ideas that shaped the second Summer School, “The Asian Edge” which was hosted in Bangalore, India, in 2012. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/reading-from-a-distance">Reading from a Distance — Data as Text</a> (by P.P. Sneha, July 23, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> </b><br /> ----------------------------------------------------- <br /> The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Follow us elsewhere</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Support Us <br /> Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Request for Collaboration: <br /> We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a>. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <a href="mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org">vishnu@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i> CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects. </i></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2014-08-11T05:46:53ZPageJuly 2013 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2013-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below. </b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the seventh issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society-event-report">a report on the Institute on Internet and Society</a> held in the month of June, <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/comments-on-draft-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions">comments submitted</a> by us to the Office of the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks on the draft guidelines on computer related inventions, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/report-on-the-5th-privacy-round-table">report from the fifth privacy roundtable meeting</a> held in Kolkata, updates from Kannada Wikipedia workshops held in <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli">Hubli</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara">Sagara</a>, a <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education">report on Digital Humanities for higher education</a>, media coverage, and information on our forthcoming events.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Archives of our newsletters are <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">here</a>. Our policies on Ethical Research Guidelines, Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunities, Privacy, Terms of Website Use and Travel can be<a href="https://cis-india.org/about/policies"> accessed here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Jobs</b><br /> CIS is inviting applications for the posts of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-developer">Developer</a> (NVDA Screen Reader Project). To apply for this post, send in your resume to Nirmita Narasimhan (<a href="mailto:nirmita@cis-india.org">nirmita@cis-india.org</a>). CIS is also seeking applications for the post of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/policy-associate-internet-governance">Policy Associate</a> (Internet Governance). To apply send your resume to Sunil Abraham (<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>) and Pranesh Prakash (<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>).</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is doing two projects in partnership with the <b>Hans Foundation</b>. One is to create a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India and another for developing a screen reader and text-to- speech synthesizer for Indian languages:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>National Resource Kit for Persons with Disabilities</b><br />CIS and the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) are working in this project. Draft chapters have been published. Feedback and comments are invited from readers for the chapters on Punjab, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Chandigarh:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-punjab-chapter-call-for-comments">The Punjab Chapter</a> (by Anandhi Viswanathan, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-uttarakhand-chapter-call-for-comments">The Uttarakhand Chapter</a> (by Anandhi Viswanathan, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-chandigarh-chapter-call-for-comments">The Chandigarh Chapter</a> (by CLPR, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-maharashtra-chapter-call-for-comments">The Maharashtra Chapter</a> (by Anandhi Viswanathan, July 31, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: <i>All the chapters published on the website are early drafts and will be reviewed and updated</i>.</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Wikimedia Foundation has given a <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">grant</a> to CIS to support and develop the growth of Indic language communities and projects by community collaborations and partnerships. This is being carried out by the Access to Knowledge team based in Delhi. CIS is also doing a project (Pervasive Technologies) on examining the relationship between production of pervasive technologies and intellectual property. CIS also promotes openness including open government data, open standards, open access, and free/libre/open source software through its Openness programme.</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k"><b>Access to Knowledge</b></a><b> </b>(Previously IP Reforms)</h3>
<p><b>Comments </b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/comments-on-draft-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions">Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions</a> (by Puneeth Nagaraj, July 31, 2013). The comments were submitted to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/the-assocham-international-conference-on-the-interface-between-intellectual-property-and-competition-law">An International Conference on Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law</a> (organized by ASSOCHAM, July 12, 2013). Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the conference and shares select notes in a blog post.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia)</b><br />The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of three members based in Bangalore: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and one team member <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a> who is working from Delhi office.</p>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli">A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop</a> (organized by CIS-A2K team, July 21, 2013, Hubli). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave training to the participants on Wikipedia. Leading newspapers like the Times of India, Vijaya Karnataka, Deccan Herald, VijayaVani, Prajavani, Samyukta Karnataka and HosaDiganta covered the event. Scanned versions of the published articles can be <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/hubli-workshop-press-coverage.zip">viewed here</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara">A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara</a> (organized by CIS-A2K team, Sagara, July 28, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk on Wikipedia and Kannada Wikipedia.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Co-organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/telegu-wiki-academy-at-centre-for-good-governance">Telugu Wiki Academy at Centre for Good Governance</a> (organized by CIS-A2K and Telegu Wikipedia Community, Centre for Good Governance, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, April 9, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan participated in this event.</li>
</ul>
<p><i>Note: The event was organized in April but report got published only in July</i>.</p>
<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/free-software">Free Software</a> (organized by Free Software Movement of Karnataka in partnership with Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, July 24, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja made a presentation on Wikipedia.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Ongoing Event</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindu-r-krishna-kumar-august-2-2013-stress-on-posting-articles-on-kannada-wikipedia">A Workshop on Posting Articles in Kannada on Wikipedia</a> (organised by the Centre for Proficiency Development Placement Service, University of Mysore, CPDPS premises, Manasagangotri, August 6, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja is conducting a workshop. The <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/stress-on-posting-articles-on-kannada-wikipedia/article4980552.ece">announcement was made in an article</a> by R. Krishna Kumar in the Hindu on August 2, 2013.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Press Coverage</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/oheraldo-july-27-2013-diana-fernandes-konkani-wikipedia-next">Konkani Wikipedia next?</a> (by Diana Fernandes, OHeralO, July 27, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Openness</h3>
<p><b>Events Organised </b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/digital-activism-in-europe">Delhi: Digital Activism in Europe</a> (The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, July 8, 2013). Bernadette Längle gave a talk about the hacker scene and digital activism in Europe, with a focus on the <a href="http://ccc.de/en">Chaos Computer Club</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/open-hardware-lab">Open Hardware Lab: Play & Invent + Bonus Film Screening</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 4, 2013). There was a film screening of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin:_An_Electronic_Odyssey">Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey</a> at the event.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS began two projects earlier this year. The first one on facilitating research and events on surveillance and freedom of expression is with Privacy International and support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada. The second one on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia is with the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada:<b> </b></p>
<p><b><span>SAFEGUARDS Project</span><br />Events Organised</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/cryptoparty-delhi">Delhi: Learn to Secure Your Online Communication</a>! (IIC, DU Campus, Delhi, July 6, 2013). A cryptoparty was held in Delhi. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.cryptoparty.in/dharamsala">Dharamsala: Learn to Secure Your Online Communication</a>! (Dharamsala, July 13, 2013). A cryptoparty was held in Dharamsala. This was also covered in an article published in <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/caravan-magazine-august-1-2013-rahul-m-crypto-night">the Caravan</a> on August 1, 2013.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/report-on-the-5th-privacy-round-table">Privacy Roundtable Meeting</a> (co-organized by CIS, DSCI, and FICCI, Kolkata, July 13, 2013). An event report was written by Maria Xynou. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/the-hackers-way-of-reshaping-policies">The Hackers Way of Reshaping Policies</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 2, 2012). Bernadette Langle gave a talk on privacy.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Events Participated In</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/biometrics-or-bust-indias-identity-crisis">Biometrics or bust? India's Identity Crisis</a> (organised by the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University Press, July 2, 2013). Malavika Jayaram participated as a speaker on UID and Privacy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dsci-bpm-2013-conference-notes">DSCI Best Practices Meet 2013</a> (organized by DSCI, Anna Salai, Chennai, July 12, 2013). Kovey Coles attended the meeting.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cii-conference-on-act">Achieve Cyber Security Together</a> (organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries, Chennai, July 13, 2013). Kovey Coles attended this event.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Ongoing / Upcoming Events</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/the-phishing-society-a-talk-by-maria-xynou">The Phishing Society: Why 'Facebook' is more dangerous than the Government Spying on You - A Talk by Maria Xynou</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 7, 2013). Maria Xynou will give a talk on phishing society.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cryptoparty-chennai">Learn to Protect your Online Activities!</a> (ACJ - Asian College of Journalism, Second Main Road (Behind M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation), Taramani, Chennai, August 7, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-meeting-brussels-bangalore">Privacy Meeting: Brussels – Bangalore</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 14, 2013). Gertjan Boulet and Dariusz Kloza will give a talk on privacy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-delhi">Privacy Round Table, New Delhi</a> (co-organised with FICCI and DSCI, FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, August 24, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Columns</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/nytimes-july-10-2013-pranesh-prakash-how-surveillance-works-in-india">How Surveillance Works in India</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, New York Times, July 10, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/new-york-times-july-11-2013-can-india-trust-its-government-on-piracy">Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, New York Times, July 11, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-hoot-july-13-2013-chinmayi-arun-parsing-the-cyber-security-policy">Parsing the Cyber Security Policy</a> (by Chinmayi Arun, <a href="http://www.thehoot.org/web/Parsing-the-cyber-security-policy/6899-1-1-19-true.html">The Hoot</a>, and cross-posted in <a href="http://thefsiindia.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/indias-national-cyber-security-policy-preliminary-comments/">Free Speech Initiative</a>, July 13, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-difficult-balance-of-transparent-surveillance">The Difficult Balance of Transparent Surveillance</a> (by Kovey Coles, July 10, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/moving-towards-surveillance-state">Moving Towards a Surveillance State</a> (by Srinivas Atreya, July 15, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/more-than-hundred-global-groups-make-principled-stand-against-surveillance">More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-audacious-right-to-be-forgotten">The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’</a> (by Kovey Coles, July 31, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Interview</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/interview-with-finnish-data-protection-ombudsman">An Interview with Reijo Aarnio</a>: Maria Xynou conducted an interview with Reijo, the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman.</li>
</ul>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/economic-times-july-30-2013-indu-nandakumar-google-brings-tabs-to-sneak-advertisements-into-your-inbox">Google brings tabs to sneak advertisements into your inbox</a> (by Indu Nandakumar, Economic Times, July 30, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-leslie-d-monte-joji-thomas-philip-july-3-2013-how-the-worlds-largest-democracy-is-preparing-to-snoop-on-its-citizens">How the world’s largest democracy is preparing to snoop on its citizens</a> (by Leslie D' Monte and Joji Thomas Philip, July 3, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/report-dna-july-7-2013-joanna-lobo-geeks-have-a-solution-to-digital-surveillance-in-india-cryptography">Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: Cryptography</a> (by Joanna Lobo, DNA, July 7, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/theregister-uk-phil-muncaster-july-9-2013-indias-centralised-snooping-system-facing-big-delays">India's centralised snooping system facing big delays</a> (by Phil Muncaster, The Register, July 9, 2013). CIS is mentioned in this article.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/firstpost-danish-raza-july-10-2013-indias-central-monitoring-system-security-cant-come-at-cost-of-privacy">India’s Central Monitoring System: Security can’t come at cost of privacy</a> (by Danish Raza, FirstPost, July 10, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/forbesindia-article-real-issue-july9-2013-rohin-dharmakumar-is-cms-a-compromise-of-your-security">Is CMS a Compromise of Your Security?</a> (by Rohin Dharmakumar, Forbes India magazine, July 12, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/firstpost-pierre-fitter-july-17-2013-snooping-technology">Snooping technology: Will CMS work in India?</a> (by Pierre Fitter, FirstPost, July 17, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/bbc-uk-july-18-2013-parul-aggarwal-social-media-monitoring">सावधान आपके प्रोफ़ाइल पर है पुलिस की नज़र!</a> (by Parul Aggarwal, BBC, July 18, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/dna-july-21-2013-shikha-kumar-your-life-is-an-open-facebook">Your life's an open Facebook</a> (by Shikha Kumar, DNA, July 21, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindustan-times-aloke-tikku-june-28-2013-concerns-over-central-snoop">Concerns over central snoop</a> (by Aloke Tikku, Hindustan Times, June 28, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-july-30-2013-joji-thomas-philip-leslie-d-monte-shauvik-ghosh-your-telco-could-help-spy-on-you">Your telco could help spy on you</a> (by Joji Thomas Philip, Leslie D'Monte and Shauvik Ghosh, LiveMint, July 30, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
</ul>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>DNA Profiling Bill</b><br />A sub-committee has been constituted as per the recommendations of the Expert Committee of DNA Profiling Bill. The sub-committee will have a meeting in Hyderabad on August 6, 2013. <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/meeting-of-sub-committee-on-dna-profiling-bill">Sunil Abraham is one of the members of the sub-committee</a>.</p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><b>Cyber Stewards Project</b><br /></span>Laird Brown, a strategic planner and writer with core competencies on brand analysis, public relations and resource management and Purba Sarkar who in the past worked as a strategic advisor in the field of SAP Retail are working in this project.</p>
<p>Video Interviews</p>
<ul>
<li>Part 3: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-3-eva-galperin">Interview with Eva Galperin</a> (July 10, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 4: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-4-marietje-schaake">Interview with Marietje Schaake</a> (July 11, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 5: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-5-amelia-andersdotter">Interview with Amelia Andersdotter</a> (July 12, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 6: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-6-lhadon-tethong">Interview with Lhadon Tethong</a> (July 15, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 7: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-7-jochem-de-groot">Interview with Jochem de Groot</a> (July 18, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 8: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-8-jeff-moss">Interview with Jeff Moss</a> (July, 23, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><span><b>Cyber Security</b></span><br /><b>Blog Entries </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indias-national-cyber-security-policy-in-review">India's National Cyber Security Policy in Review</a> (by Jonathan Diamond, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/guidelines-for-protection-of-national-critical-information-infrastructure">Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation?</a> (by Jonathan Diamond, July 31, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Free Speech, Expression and Censorship</b><br />Column</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/down-to-earth-july-17-2013-nishant-shah-you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent">You Have the Right to Remain Silent</a> (by Nishant Shah, July 22, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Participated In </b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/citizenlab-summer-institute-on-monitoring-internet-openness-and-rights">Connaught Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights</a> (organized by the Munk School of Global Affairs, Bloor Street West, July 23, 2013). Malavika Jayaram participated in this event and spoke on "<a href="https://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/abstracts.html#jayaram">India's Civil Liberties Crisis: Digital Free Will in Free Fall</a>".</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access">Knowledge Repository on Internet Access</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS in partnership with the Ford Foundation is executing a project to create a knowledge repository on Internet and society. This repository will comprise content targeted primarily at civil society with a view to enabling their informed participation in the Indian Internet and ICT policy space. The repository is available at <a href="http://www.internet-institute.in">www.internet-institute.in</a>.</p>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society-event-report">Institute on Internet and Society: Event Report</a> (supported by Ford Foundation, Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore, June 8 – 14, 2013). Pranesh Prakash, Bernadette Längle, Vir Kamal Chopra, AK Bhargava, Ananth Guruswamy, Archana Gulati, Chakshu Roy, Elonnai Hickok, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Helani Galpaya, Michael Ginguld, Dr. Nadeem Akhtar, C. Nandini, Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan, Dr. Nishant Shah, Parminder Jeet Singh, Ravikiran Annaswamy, Dr. Ravina Aggarwal, Satyen Gupta, Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam, Sunil Abraham, Tulika Pandey and T. Vishnu Vardhan were speakers at the event. The presentations and videos can now be accessed in this report.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/telecom">Telecom</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
<p><b>Newspaper Column</b></p>
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<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-op-ed-shyam-ponappa-july-3-2013-building-up-vs-tearing-down">Building Up vs Tearing Down</a> (by Shyam Ponappa, July 3, 2013, originally published in the Business Standard, and also mirrored in Organizing India Blogspot).</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia.</p>
<p><b>Event Co-organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education">Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education</a> (co-organised by HEIRA, CSCS, Tumkur University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and CIS, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 13, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/digital-humanities-talk-at-cis">Digital Humanities Talk</a> (CIS, Bangalore, July 31, 2013). Sara Morais gave a talk on the advantages and problems in doing digital humanities work.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Participated In<br /></b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/iippee-july-8-2013-fourth-annual-conference-in-political-economy">Political Economy, Activism and Alternative Economic Strategies</a> (organized by the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Hague, July 9 – 13, 2013). Nishant Shah presented his paper on paper on <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12036/full">Citizen Action in the Time of Network.</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/designing-change-gatekeepers-in-digital-humanities">Designing Change? Gatekeepers in Digital Humanities</a> (by Sara Morais, July 2, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/towards-critical-tool-building">Towards Critical Tool-building</a> (by Sara Morais, July 12, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
<p>Follow us elsewhere</p>
<ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Request for Collaboration<br />We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a></p>
<p><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</i></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital HumanitiesOpenness2013-08-21T09:30:32ZPageJuly 2012 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2012-bulletin
<b>Welcome to the newsletter issue of July 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features a constitutional analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules notified in April 2011, an analysis of the Indian Draft DNA Profiling Act and CIS statement on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives made at WIPO.</b>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs">Jobs</a></h3>
<p>CIS is seeking applications from interested candidates for the following posts:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/research-manager">Research Manager</a>: CIS is seeking an individual, full-time, for a period of 12 months, beginning from October 2012. The Research Manager is expected to contribute to conceptualising, managing and executing research projects in the field of Internet and Society, build knowledge networks of researchers towards collaborative and open knowledge production and dissemination, developing and executing the monitoring and evaluation processes for humanities and social sciences based research, supporting and managing academic, popular and hybrid publishing projects from existing and new research and initiate innovative and creative areas and methodologies of studying the Internet and its practices in India and the larger Global South, to develop key research clusters and networks. Send in your applications by September 5, 2012 to <a href="mailto:admin@cis-india.org">admin@cis-india.org</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director">Programme Director – Access to Knowledge</a>: CIS is seeking a Programme Director for its New Delhi office. The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free knowledge in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large Wikimedia community in India to focus on Indic and English languages and will manage a team of four staff members. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-access-to-knowledge-and-openness">Programme Officer – Access to Knowledge and Openness</a>: CIS is seeking an individual with a strong background in policy research and advocacy to be part of its Openness and Access to Knowledge programmes. The candidates must have knowledge of Indian and international law on copyright, demonstrable research skills, public-speaking skills, open to travel and work independently. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-internet-governance">Programme Officer – Internet Governance</a>: CIS is seeking an individual with a strong background in legal research and policy work to be part of its internet governance (IG) programme. The candidates must have good knowledge of Indian and international law on freedom of expression and privacy, demonstrable research skills, have strong communication skills and be media savvy with the ability to convey complex legal issues clearly to a general audience, open to travel and work independently. </li>
</ul>
<p>To apply for the posts of Programme Director and Programme Officers, please send your resume to Sunil Abraham (<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>) or Pranesh Prakash (<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>) with three references.</p>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Internet Governance programme conducts research around the various social, technical, and political underpinnings of global and national Internet governance, and includes online privacy, freedom of speech, and Internet governance mechanisms and processes:</p>
<h3>Featured Research</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/constitutional-analysis-of-intermediaries-guidelines-rules">Constitutional Analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules, 2011</a> (by Ujwala Uppaluri): Ujwala Uppaluri provides a constitutional analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules notified in April 2011, and examines its compatibility with Articles 14, 19, 21 of the Constitution of India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/indian-draft-dna-profiling-act">Overview and Concerns Regarding the Indian Draft DNA Profiling Act</a> (by GeneWatch UK & the Council for Responsible Genetics, US): The 2007 DNA Profiling Bill pending before the Parliament attempts to create an ambitious centralized DNA bank that would store DNA records of virtually anyone who comes within any proximity to the criminal justice system. The Bill contains provisions limiting access to and use of information contained in the database, and provides for the deletion of a person’s DNA profile upon their acquittal.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Columns</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/internet-censorship">Internet Censorship: Anonymous Can’t be Just Harmful Hackers</a> (Nishant Shah, FirstPost, July 13, 2012): If there was ever an interesting time for people concerned with freedom of speech and expression to live in, it is now, and it is definitely in India. It has been a series of battles the last couple of years, where a slightly out-dated government machinery has been trying to control and contain the burgeoning online spaces, only to be put in their place by the new-age tech-ninjas that have risen as the new heroes in our digital times.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/open-letter-to-hillary-clinton">Open letter to Hillary Clinton on Internet Freedom</a> (Sunil Abraham, Thinking Aloud, July 17, 2012): Sunil Abraham’s open letter to Hillary Clinton was based on a presentation made during a panel discussion at a Google sponsored conference titled Internet at Liberty 2012 in Washington DC on May 24, 2012. <i>The present article published in Thinking Aloud is an updated version of the blog entry published by CIS earlier this year</i>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Event Report</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/medical-privacy-conference-report">Privacy Matters — Medical Privacy</a> (Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Pune, June 30, 2012): Privacy India in partnership with the Indian Network for People living with HIV/AIDS, CIS, IDRC, and Society in Action Group with support from London-based Privacy International, held a public discussion on "Medical Privacy". Elonnai Hickok introduced the draft book Privacy in India: A Policy Guide that Privacy India had been compiling. The participants discussed medical privacy in India, the legal aspects of medical privacy, Supreme Court views on medical negligence, confidentiality and privacy, best practices on medical privacy in various health settings, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Ongoing Event</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/iacs-summer-school-2012">The Asian Edge: 2012 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Summer School</a>: The 2nd Biannual Inter Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Summer School is being hosted in Bangalore, India by CIS and the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society. The IACS Summer School brings together South and East Asian experts from different disciplines as faculty for graduate and advanced research students to engage with key issues of larger social, cultural and political concerns in cultural studies in Asia. </li>
</ul>
<h3>Upcoming Event</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/role-of-us-tech-companies-in-govt-surveillance">Role of the US Tech Companies in Government Surveillance: A Lecture by Christopher Soghoian</a> (Centre for Internet and Society, 194, 2-C Cross, Domlur Stage II, Bangalore (Near Domlur Club and the TERI Complex)): Your internet, phone and web application providers are all, for the most part, in bed with US and other foreign government agencies. They all routinely disclose their customers' communications and other private data to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Worse, firms like Google and Microsoft specifically log data in order to assist the government — How? — Find out — Christopher Soghoian will give a lecture on the role companies play in assisting government surveillance.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Events Organised</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/consumer-privacy-delhi">Privacy Matters — Consumer Privacy</a> (India International Centre, New Delhi, July 7, 2012): Privacy India, in partnership with the Centre for Internet & Society, International Development Research Centre, Society in Action Group and Privacy International, invite you to a public conference focused on discussing the challenges and concerns to consumer privacy in India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/has-geek-presents-the-fifth-elephant">The Fifth Elephant</a> (NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore, July 27 and 28, 2012): The event was organised by HasGeek and supported by CIS. The first day covered the technology track and talks from business and industry were held on the following day.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Events Participated</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/speak-easy">Speak Easy: Citizenship, Freedom of Expression and Online Governance</a> (American Centre, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi, July 31, 2012): Chinmayi Arun, a Fellow at CIS spoke at this event organised by the YP Foundation, Youth Ki Awaaz, Change.Org and RTI Anonymous.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/session-m4-international-public-policy-and-internet-governance-issues-pertaining-to-the-internet">Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum 2012</a> (Aoyama Campus, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, July 20, 2012). Sunil Abraham was a speaker in the session on international public policy and internet governance issues pertaining to the internet. The event was organised by APrIGF.Asia. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/fifth-meeting-of-two-sub-groups-on-privacy">Fifth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah</a> (New Delhi, July 22, 2012): Sunil Abraham participated in this meeting held under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/fourth-meeting-of-sub-groups-on-privacy-issues">Fourth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah</a> (Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Planning Commission, New Delhi, July 9, 2012): Sunil Abraham participated in the fourth meeting on privacy issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.</li>
</ul>
<h3>News & Media Coverage</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/a-net-of-hatred">A Net of Hatred</a> (Samar Khurshid, Hindustan Times, July 14, 2012): “The problem is...that internet conversations become extreme. Liberals don’t get embroiled in heated arguments while fundamentalists, dedicated to extreme ideologies, tend to win out." Web censorship...is in vain as the net is too vast to control.”— Pranesh Prakash.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/post-website-attack">Post-website attack, cops hot on pursuit of Anonymous hackers</a> (The Times of India, July 11, 2012): “Anonymous consists of a large bunch of activists who gained some credibility in India after they organised offline protests. But this operation doesn't serve any purpose and brings down their credibility as details of those who filed complaints have been revealed.” — Pranesh Prakash.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kids-on-facebook">The kids are all on Facebook</a> (Shikha Kumar, Daily News & Analysis, July 8, 2012): “Children’s interaction online should always be under parental supervision. Censorship and control is not the responsibility of the government, but of parents.” — Sunil Abraham.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/freedom-debate-takes-a-new-course">Freedom debate takes a new course</a> (Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, July 1, 2012): “Under Indian copyright law, ISPs cannot be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users. So while it is good that the court clarified that its order was limited in its scope, it is possible to read even this as going far beyond that which is allowed under the law.” — Pranesh Prakash.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Access to Knowledge programme addresses the harms caused to consumers, developing countries, human rights, and creativity/innovation from excessive regimes of copyright, patents, and other such monopolistic rights over knowledge:</p>
<h3>WIPO</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS participated at the 24<sup>th</sup> session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights held in Geneva from July 16 to 25, 2012. The outcomes are listed below:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/india-opening-statement-sccr24-tvi">India's Opening Statement on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 24</a>: The opening statement of the Indian delegation was delivered by G.R. Raghavender on July 19, 2012. The statement called upon all countries to conclude textual work on the treaty and call for a Diplomatic Conference to finalize it.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-sccr24-treaty-visually-impaired">CIS's Statement on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired</a>: Pranesh Prakash read out CIS statement on July 20, 2012.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-sccr24-broadcast-treaty">CIS's Statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty</a>: Pranesh Prakash read out CIS statement specifically on the Chair's Non Paper on the Protection of Broadcasters which was released on July 23, 2012.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-sccr24-libraries-archives">CIS's Statement on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives</a>: Pranesh Prakash delivered the statement on the issue of exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives on July 25, 2012.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/wipo-sccr24-discussions-transcripts">Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO</a>: The proceedings were live streamed. Copies of the unedited transcripts are hosted for archival purposes.</li>
</ul>
<h3>International Press Coverage</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/us-support-sought-for-treaty-to-allow-blind-people-access-to-copyrighted">U.S. support sought for treaty to allow blind people access to copyrighted works</a> (Rama Lakshmi, Washington Post, July 24, 2012): “The vast majority of visually disabled people live in poor, developing countries where very little money is spent on converting books into accessible formats, while they are much more readily available elsewhere...The treaty would end the book famine that they currently face.” — Pranesh Prakash.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/us-and-eu-blocking-treaty">US and EU blocking treaty to give blind people access to books</a> (Paige McClanahan, The Guardian, July 30, 2012): “We in developing countries have found our voice and we are not going to back down. When people are demanding their basic rights, no power in the world is strong enough to stop them getting what they want.”— Rahul Cherian.</li>
</ul>
<h3>National Press Coverage</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/eu-stalls-treaty-talks-to-allow-copyright-waiver-for-print-disabilities">EU stalls treaty talks to allow copyright waiver for print disabilities</a> (The Hindu, Priscilla Jebaraj, July 25, 2012): “[The treaty] would allow organisations working for the blind to import and export accessible works without seeking the copyright holder's permission, since very little money is spent in developing countries on converting books into accessible formats, while they are much more readily available elsewhere.” — Pranesh Prakash.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">India has an estimated 70 million disabled persons who are unable to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. The disabled need accessible content, devices and interfaces facilitated via copyright law and electronic accessibility policies:</p>
<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/accessibility-audit-of-govt-websites">Accessibility of Government Websites in India — Test Results</a> </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 'Openness' programme critically examines alternatives to existing regimes of intellectual property rights, and transparency and accountability. Under this programme, we study Open Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, Open Access to Law, Open Content, Open Standards, and Free/Libre/Open Source Software:</p>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/unpacking-openness">Unpacking Openness: From Seemingly Transparent to Definitely Opaque</a>: Nishant Shah was in Netherlands recently and as part of his trip had given a public lecture to an audience at Kennisland. One of the respondents wrote a small write-up of the talk. This was originally <a href="http://www.kennisland.nl/filter/opinies/unpacking-openness-from-seemingly-transparent-to-definitely-opaqu">published</a> on the Kennisland website on July 25, 2012.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/2012-conference-on-trends-in-knowledge-information-dynamics">2012 Conference on Trends in Knowledge Information Dynamics</a> (by Rebecca Schild): The 2012 Conference on Trends in Knowledge Information Dynamics convened a panel on Open Access. There was consensus amongst the panelist that the “big question” facing the open access movement no longer remains "if" or "why" open access, but rather "how" open access. The panel proved instructive for shifting the discussion away from ideology towards concrete questions facing the open access agenda and its implementation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/open-government-data-commitments-best-practices">Open Government Data</a> (by Pranesh Prakash): Pranesh Prakash provides an analysis of the chapter that CIS published in this report with Transparency & Accountability Initiative.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: left; ">Grant Award</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/wikimedia-foundation-awards-grant-to-cis">Wikimedia Foundation awards grant to Centre for Internet and Society to expand Access to Knowledge in India</a>: Wikimedia Foundation has approved a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society to expand their Access to Knowledge program in India. This information was <a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/08/01/wikimedia-foundation-awards-grant-to-centre-for-internet-and-society-to-expand-access-to-knowledge-in-india/">published</a> by Barry Newstead, Chief Global Development Officer on the Wikimedia Foundation website on August 1, 2012.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives">Digital Natives</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Digital Natives with a Cause? examines the changing landscape of social change and political participation in light of the role that young people play through digital and Internet technologies, in emerging information societies. Consolidating knowledge from Asia, Africa and Latin America, it builds a global network of knowledge partners who critically engage with discourse on youth, technology and social change, and look at alternative practices and ideas in the Global South:</p>
<h3>Book Review</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/young-people-technology-new-literacies">Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New Literacies</a>: Nishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Digital Natives Newsletter</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/citizen-activism-the-past-decade">Citizen Activism the Past Decade</a>: The deadline for contribution to the Digital Natives newsletter expires on August 15. Nilofar Ansher gives a list of topics that contributors can explore in this blog entry.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Columns</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/across-borders">Across Borders</a> (Nishant Shah, Indian Express, July 5, 2012): “Digital Natives are not only a mobile-wielding generation, but also a mobile generation. They are fluid, not necessarily tied to the geographies of their origin, and often imagine themselves, as travelling across different networks and systems, like the information traffic on the internet. This dislocation of the fixity of where we are from and who we are is one of the most exciting results of the digital turn.”</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/revisiting-techno-euphoria">Revisiting Techno-euphoria</a> (Nishant Shah, DML Central, July 5, 2012): “The gadgets and tools we use are, actually, only material manifestations of the digital — which operates at the level of a paradigm or a context, through which we are slowly reshaping the material, social, and cultural notions of who we are and how we connect to the world around us.”</li>
</ul>
<h3>Event Participated</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/istr-conference">10th International ISTR Conference</a> (Universita Degli Studi Di Siena, Italy, July 10 – 13, 2012): Nishant Shah was a panelist in the session, "Theoretical Grounding of Civic Driven Change". He gave a public lecture on Beyond Normative Citizenships: Exploring the ‘New’ in Digital Activism.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">While the potential for growth and returns exist for telecommunications in India, a range of issues need to be addressed. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the other is a countrywide access to broadband which is low. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum:</p>
<h3>Building Knowledge and Capacity around Telecommunication Policy in India</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Ford Foundation has given a grant of USD 200,000 to CIS to build expertise in the area of telecommunications in India. The following are the latest outputs:</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/fixed-line-telephones" class="external-link">Fixed Line Telephones</a> (by Jürgen Kock): This module discusses the features and the various stages of the development of fixed line telephones, its early history, the basic principle of a fixed line telephone system, plain old telephone service, digital telephones, cordless phones to today's features of fixed line telephones.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/video-communication" class="external-link">Different Forms of Video Communication</a> (by Tina Mani): In this module, Tina Mani takes us through some of the common forms of video communication such as video calling, video conferencing, telepresence and video sharing.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/broadband-policy-2004" class="external-link">Broadband Policy, 2004</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh): In this module, Snehashish Ghosh tells us that the Policy was laid down by the Government of India in order to realize the potential of broadband services. It aimed at enhancing the quality of life by implementation of tele-education, tele-medicine, e-governance, entertainment, etc. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/cable-television-networks-regulation-act" class="external-link">Cable Television Networks Regulation Act, 1955</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh): In this module, Snehashish examines the purpose of the legislation, the persons affected by it, the administrative bodies which come under the Act, the penalties (including the consequences in case of non-compliance), appeal process and the debates surrounding the legislation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/indian-wireless-telegraphy-act" class="external-link">The Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh): In this module, Snehashish Ghosh throws light on the main objective of the Act — that of regulating the possession of wireless telegraphy apparatus.</li>
</ul>
<h3>RTI Application</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/dot-response-to-rti-on-use-of-dpi-technology-by-isps">Use of DPI Technology by ISPs — Response by the Department of Telecommunications</a> : Smiti Mujumdar on behalf of CIS filed requests under the Right to Information with the Department of Telecommunications, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, BSNL and MTNL, asking a number of questions related to the use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology by Internet Service Providers (ISP) in India and corresponding regulations. A scanned version of the response from the Department of Telecommunications is <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/use-of-dpi-technology-by-isps.pdf">hosted online</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Column in Business Standard</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/decision-analysis">Decision Analysis for Interest Rates</a> (Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard, July 5, 2012): The discipline of systematic evaluation through applying process-flow and decision analysis — in this example, of financial logic — can help make reasoned, practical decisions, whether for interest rates, or for resolving issues in power supply, or in telecommunications, spectrum and broadband. </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">About CIS</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. Over the last four years our policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <span><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a></span>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos. With the Government of India we have done policy research for Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill">NIA Bill</a>, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is an accredited NGO at WIPO and has given policy briefs to delegations from various countries, our Programme Manager, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-award">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <span><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/nirmita-nivh-award">NIVH Excellence Award</a></span>.</p>
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<b>Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage:</b>
<h2><b>Researchers@Work</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">RAW is a multidisciplinary research initiative. To build original research knowledge base, the RAW programme has been collaborating with different organisations and individuals to focus on its three year thematic of Histories of the Internets in India. Five monographs: <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories/rewiring/rewiring-call-for-review" target="_blank">Re: Wiring Bodies</a> by Asha Achuthan, <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories/archives/the-archive-and-the-indian-historian/?searchterm=archive%20and%20access" target="_blank">Archive and Access</a> by Aparna Balachandran and Rochelle Pinto, <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories/pleasure-porno/pornography-and-law" target="_blank">Pornography and the Law</a> by Namita Malhotra, <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories/last-mile/last-mile-problem" target="_blank">The Leap of Rhodes or, How India Dealt with the Last Mile Problem – An Inquiry into Technology and Governance</a> by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories/Internetcities/city-and-space" target="_blank">Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities</a> by Pratyush Shankar were sent for peer review.</p>
<h3>Upcoming Event in CEPT, Ahmedabad</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/workshop" target="_blank">Locating Internets: Histories of the Internet(s) in India — Research Training and Curriculum Workshop: Call for Participation</a> [Deadline for submission – 26 July 2011; Participants to be selected by 30 July 2011; Workshop from 19 to 22 August 2011]</li>
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<h2><b>Digital Natives with a Cause?</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Digital Natives with a Cause? is a knowledge programme initiated by CIS and Hivos, Netherlands. It is a research inquiry that seeks to look at the changing landscape of social change and political participation and the role that young people play through digital and Internet technologies, in emerging information societies. Consolidating knowledge from Asia, Africa and Latin America, it builds a global network of knowledge partners who want to critically engage with the dominant discourse on youth, technology and social change, in order to look at the alternative practices and ideas in the Global South. It also aims at building new ecologies that amplify and augment the interventions and actions of the digitally young as they shape our futures.</p>
<h3>The Digital Natives Newsletter</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">"Links in the Chain" is a bi-monthly publication which highlights the projects, ideas and news of the "Digital Natives with a Cause?" community members. It includes opinion posts by participants from the three workshops — <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/dn/talking-back/?searchterm=talking%20back" target="_blank">Talking Back</a> (Taipei, 15 – 18 August 2010), <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/dn/my-bubble-my-space-my-voice-workshop-perspective-and-future/?searchterm=my%20bubble" target="_blank">My Bubble, My Space, My Voice</a> (Johannesburg, 6 – 9 November 2010) and <a href="https://cis-india.org/research/dn/digital-natives-with-a-cause-workshop-in-santiago-open-call/?searchterm=santiago" target="_blank">From Face to the Interface</a> (Santiago, 8 – 10 February 2011) as well as the facilitators, interviews with them, comics and cartoons highlighting current issues affecting the community, as well as current news and discussions happening at the project website, <a href="http://www.digitalnatives.in" target="_blank">www.digitalnatives.in</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/research/dn/2011/06/23/digital-dinosaurs" target="_blank">The Digital Dinosaurs</a> [Links in the Chain, Volume 7]</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/research/Mid-year%20Edition%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">Special Mid Year Edition</a> [Links in the Chain, Volume 8]</li>
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<h2><b>Accessibility</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Estimates of the percentage of the world's population that is disabled vary considerably. But what is certain is that if we count functional disability, then a large proportion of the world's population is disabled in one way or another. At CIS we work to ensure that the digital technologies, which empower disabled people and provide them with independence, are allowed to do so in practice and by the law. To this end, we support web accessibility guidelines, and change in copyright laws that currently disempower the persons with disabilities.</p>
<h3>Featured Research</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/accessibility/blog/accessibility-policy-international-perspective" target="_blank">Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective</a> (Revised Edition 2011) [A G3ict White Paper researched and edited by the Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India. Editor: Nirmita Narasimhan, Revised edition: May 2011]</li>
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<h2><b>Access to Knowledge (previously IPR Reform)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS believes that access to knowledge and culture is essential as it promotes creativity and innovation and bridges the gaps between the developed and developing world positively. Hence, the campaigns for an international treaty on copyright exceptions for print-impaired, advocating against PUPFIP Bill, calls for the WIPO Broadcast Treaty to be restricted to broadcast, questioning the demonization of 'pirates', and supporting endeavours that explore and question the current copyright regime.</p>
<h3>Featured</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/ipr/blog/intermediary-liability-wipo-speech" target="_blank">Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO</a> (speech by Pranesh Prakash at a side-event co-organized from 15 to 24 June 2011, by WIPO and the Internet Society on intermediary liability).</li>
</ul>
<h2><b>Openness</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS believes that innovation and creativity should be fostered through openness and collaboration and is committed towards promotion of open standards, open access, and free/libre/open source software.</p>
<h3>Documentary</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/openness/blog/people-are-knowledge" target="_blank">People are Knowledge – Experimenting with Oral Citations on Wikipedia</a> (co-produced by CIS in association with the Wikimedia Foundation, on Oral Citations in India and South Africa)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Featured</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/openness/blog/opening-government-best-practice-guide" target="_blank">Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector</a> (published by Transparency & Accountability Initiative, CIS contributed the section on Open Government Data).</li>
</ul>
<h2><b>Internet Governance</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Although there may not be one centralized authority that rules the Internet, the Internet does not just run by its own volition: for it to operate in a stable and reliable manner, there needs to be in place infrastructure, a functional domain name system, ways to curtail cyber crime across borders, etc. The Tunis Agenda of the second World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), paragraph 34 defined Internet governance as “the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.” Its latest endeavour has resulted into these:</p>
<h3>New Blog Post</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/blog/2011/07/12/rti-and-third-party-info" target="_blank">RTI and Third Party Information: What Constitutes the Private and Public?</a> [by Noopur Raval]</li>
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<h3>Events Organised</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/events/socio-financial-online-networks/?searchterm=Radhika%20Gajalla" target="_blank">Socio-financial Online Networks: Globalizing Micro-Credit through Micro-transactional Networked Platforms – A Public Lecture by Radhika Gajalla</a> [at CIS, Bangalore on 8 July 2011]</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/events/internet-surveillance-policy-lecture" target="_blank">Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden</a> [at TERI, Bangalore on 27 June 2011]</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is doing a project, ‘Privacy in Asia’. <i>It is funded by Privacy International (PI), UK and the International Development Research Centre, Canada and is being administered in collaboration with the Society and Action Group, Gurgaon</i>. The two-year project commenced on 24 March 2010 and will be completed as agreed to by the stakeholders. It was set up with the objective of raising awareness, sparking civil action and promoting democratic dialogue around challenges and violations of privacy in India. In furtherance of these goals it aims to draft and promote over-arching privacy legislation in India by drawing upon legal and academic resources and consultations with the public.</p>
<h3>Featured</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/19/privacy-media-law" target="_blank">Privacy & Media Law</a> (by Sonal Makhija). The research examines the existing media norms governed by Press Council of India, the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the Code of Ethics drafted by the News Broadcasting Standard Authority, the constitutional protection guaranteed to an individual’s right to privacy upheld by the courts, and the reasons the State employs to justify the invasion of privacy.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Comments<b> </b></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/privacy-bill-2010/?searchterm=%EF%82%A7Right%20to%20Privacy%20Bill%202010%20%E2%80%94%20A%20Few%20Comments" target="_blank">Right to Privacy Bill 2010 — A Few Comments</a> (by Elonnai Hickok). CIS has given specific recommendations and specific comments on the Right to Privacy Bill, 2010, which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Rajeev Chandrashekhar.</li>
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<h3>Event Report</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/21/privacy-guwahati-report" target="_blank">Privacy Matters, Guwahati</a> – the event was organised by IDRC, Society in Action Group, IDEA Chirang, an NGO initiative working with grassroots initiatives in Assam, Privacy India and CIS on 23 June 2011. </li>
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<h3>New Blog Entries</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/15/scam-baiting" target="_blank">My Experiment with Scam Baiting</a> (by Sahana Sarkar)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/18/when-data-is-privacy" target="_blank">When Data Means Privacy, What Traces Are You Leaving Behind?</a> (by Noopur Raval)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/23/video-surveillance-privacy" target="_blank">Video Surveillance and Its Impact on the Right to Privacy</a> (by Elonnai Hickok)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/23/consumer-privacy-e-commerce" target="_blank">Consumer Privacy in e-Commerce</a> (by Sahana Sarkar)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/2011/07/24/dna-overview" target="_blank">An Overview of DNA Labs in India</a> (by Shilpa Narani)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/uid-nothing-to-hide-fear/weblogentry_view" target="_blank">UID: Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear?</a> (by Shilpa Narani)</li>
</ul>
<h2><b>News & Media Coverage</b></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/failure-to-harness-power-of-net" target="_blank">Indian SMEs still fail to harness the power of Net</a> [Sunday Guardian, 19 June 2011]</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/sorry-wrong-number" target="_blank">Sorry Wrong Number</a> [Telegraph, 3 July 2011]</li>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/aadhaar-truth" target="_blank">Aadhaar’s moment of truth</a> [Deccan Herald, 5 July 2011]</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/walls-have-ears" target="_blank">The Walls Have Ears</a> [Outlook, issue, 11 July 2011]</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/transparent-government-india" target="_blank">Transparent Government, via Webcams in India</a> [New York Times, 17 July 2011]; news also published in other languages in <a href="http://www.wprost.pl/ar/253803/Truman-show-w-indyjskim-rzadzie/" target="_blank">wprost</a> (Polish), <a href="http://www.ictnews.vn/Home/thoi-su/An-Do-lap-camera-de-chong-tham-nhung/2011/07/2MSVC7185287/View.htm" target="_blank">ictnews</a> (Vietnamese) and <a href="http://www.arretsurimages.net/vite.php?id=11710" target="_blank">@rret sur images</a>(French)</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/nyt-lauds-oommen-chandy" target="_blank">NYT lauds Oommen Chandy’s 24/7 office webcast</a> [Deccan Chronicle, 19 July 2011]</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/uid-worlds-largest-database" target="_blank">UID: The World’s Largest Biometric Database</a> [International School on Digital Transformation, 21 July 2011]. Sunil Abraham made a <a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/uid-largest-database" target="_blank">presentation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/facebook-my-lousy-boyfriend" target="_blank">Facebook, my boyfriend is lousy</a> [Bangalore Mirror, 24 July 2011]</li>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/portugal-well-for-transparency" target="_blank">Portal augurs well for transparency</a> [The Hindu, 25 July 2011] </li>
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<b>Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on our events and other updates for the month of July 2010.</b>
<h2><b>News Updates</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Call for Case Studies on ICT</b><br /> CIS invites organisations to participate in a study focusing on best practices in the use of ICTs in education for persons with disabilities.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/d03jS0">http://bit.ly/d03jS0</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Networking? Not working</b><br /> Concerns about privacy, wastage of time and trivialized communication are some reasons ‘refuseniks’ are going off sites such as Facebook and MySpace, writes Shreya Ray in Livemint.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/dpdKhX">http://bit.ly/dpdKhX</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Digital them about yourself?</b><br /> If you’re on Facebook or have a blog, you could be a digital native, says Akhila Seetharaman.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/ahA6Ts">http://bit.ly/ahA6Ts</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Next CPOV Conference in Leipzig</b><br /> Two CPOV conferences have been held so far. The first one in Bangalore and the second one in Amsterdam, the third is to be held in Leipzig.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/cLN8XE">http://bit.ly/cLN8XE</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS featured in the <span class="visualHighlight">Report on Research and Funding Landscape within the Arts and Humanities in India</span><br /> Centre for Internet and Society has been listed as an area of excellence and innovative research in this report.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/9GJsJ7">http://bit.ly/9GJsJ7</a></p>
<p><b>UID Act may be released for debate, may be introduced in monsoon session</b><br /> An article by Karen Leigh & Surabhi Agarwal in livemint on June 30, 2010.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/9Hq5dg">http://bit.ly/9Hq5dg</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>A New Age in News</b><br /> Citizen journalism and online piracy were key topics during the opening day of the Mekong Information and Communication Technology conference. The 2010 Mekong ICT conference in Chang Mai, Thailand, has brought together an experienced crowd of experts from all over the globe. They have gathered to discuss the status, trends and the current situation of the ICT world.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/bdGzbQ">http://bit.ly/bdGzbQ</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Activists welcome privacy Bill, but point out concerns</b><br /> Experts have welcomed the government's move to bring in a law for protecting individual privacy, amid concerns about the potential misuse of personal data it is collecting to execute social welfare and security schemes.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/bnddaJ">http://bit.ly/bnddaJ</a></p>
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<h2><b>Upcoming Events</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Locating Gender Politics in the New Techno-Industrial Complex: A Lecture by Dr. Lisa McLaughlin</b><br /> The Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), IT for Change and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are hosting a lecture by Dr. Lisa McLaughlin, Associate Professor in Media Studies and Women's Studies, Miami University, Ohio, USA at CIS, Bangalore on 23 July, 2010.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/9zy2Fa">http://bit.ly/9zy2Fa</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Promoting Education through ICT</b><br /> ICT workshop in New Delhi from 27th to 29th October, 2010...Registrations to begin soon!<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/9flyEK">http://bit.ly/9flyEK</a></p>
<h2><b>Research</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>The Attention Economy - A Brief Introduction</b><br /> This post examines attention economy as a brief prelude to a paper and monograph to be published on it. It examines the current theses on attention economy and a few approaches to reading attention economy in gaming besides foregrounding the attention economy and its functions and influence in MMORPGs.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/OP7QFl">http://bit.ly/OP7QFl</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>The Making of an Asian City</b><br /> Nishant Shah attended the conference on 'Pluralism in Asia: Asserting Transnational Identities, Politics, and Perspectives' organised by the Asia Scholarship Foundation, in Bangkok, where he presented the final paper based on his work in Shanghai. The paper, titled 'The Making of an Asian City', consolidates the different case studies and stories collected in this blog, in order to make a larger analyses about questions of cultural production, political interventions and the invisible processes that are a part of the IT Cities.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/MXxyXP">http://bit.ly/MXxyXP</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Internet, Society and Space in Indian City: First Report</b><br /> This is the first report on the progress of the research on Internet, Society and Space in Indian City. The post is a collection of some of the initial focus of these studies. I have started simultaneously exploring and testing various arguments and have listed some key observations from the ones that are nearing completion.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/Ndmday">http://bit.ly/Ndmday</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Digital Natives Workshop in Taipei: Only a Few Seats Left!!!</b><br /> The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the Frontier Foundation is holding a three day Digital Natives workshop in Taipei from 16 to 18 August, 2010. The three day workshop will serve as an ideal platform for the young users of technology to share their knowledge and experience of the digital and Internet world and help them learn from each other’s individual experiences.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/P4mCKv">http://bit.ly/P4mCKv</a></p>
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<h2><b>Accessibility</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>NMEICT Funds Book Conversion Project for the Print Disabled</b><br /> IIT, Kharagpur, Daisy Forum of India, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Internet and Society have joined hands to undertake a project for the print disabled. The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) is funding this project.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/bWHi00">http://bit.ly/bWHi00</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Right to Read: Campaign Updates</b><br /> A nationwide campaign on Right to Read was co-organised by CIS along with the Daisy Forum of India and Inclusive planet to highlight the lack of content in accessible formats and accelerate change in the provisions of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, which presently does not permit the conversion of books in accessible formats for the benefits the blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled persons. The campaign is affiliated with the global R2R campaign started by the World Blind Union in April 2008.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/akoaSj">http://bit.ly/akoaSj</a></p>
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<h2><b>Intellectual Property</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010</b><br /> CIS analyses the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from a public interest perspective to sift the good from the bad, and importantly to point out what crucial amendments should be considered but have not been so far.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/KLBQDx">http://bit.ly/KLBQDx</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>A Guide to Key IPR Provisions of the Proposed India-European Union Free Trade Agreement</b><br /> The Centre for Internet and Society presents a guide for policymakers and other stakeholders to the latest draft of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, which likely will be concluded by the end of the year and may hold serious ramifications for Indian businesses and consumers.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/Rw7whN">http://bit.ly/Rw7whN</a></p>
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<h2><b>Openness</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Open Access to International Agricultural Research</b><br /> Open access advocates have urged the top management of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research to give open access to its research publications. A report by Subbiah Arunachalam on 3 June, 2010 was also circulated to all the signatories of the letter.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/cspMYY">http://bit.ly/cspMYY</a></p>
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<h2><b>Telecom</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Catching up on broadband</b><br /> The govt can invest some of the Rs 1,00,000 crore from the spectrum auctions to help India catch up on broadband, says Shyam Ponappa in his latest article published in the Business Standard on July 1, 2010.<br /> <a href="http://bit.ly/ag67TU">http://bit.ly/ag67TU</a></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceCISRAWOpenness2012-08-10T09:41:01ZPageJanuary 2018 Newsletter
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<b>January 2018 Newsletter</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>Dear readers,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Previous issues of the newsletters can be <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">accessed here</a>.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">The paper titled <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-working-requirements-and-complex-products">"Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products" </a>has been published in the latest issue of the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. It is one of the outputs of the Pervasive Technology project and has been authored by Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, Paxton M. Lewis, and Rohini Lakshané.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/submission-to-dipp-at-meeting-with-ip-stakeholders">made a submission to the Department of Industrial Planning and Promotion on mobile patents</a>. CIS offered its assistance on matters aimed at developing a suitable policy framework for SEPs and FRAND in India, and, working towards sustained innovation, manufacture and availability of mobile technologies in India</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare in India is increasing with new startups and large ICT companies offering AI solutions for healthcare challenges in the country. <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-the-healthcare-industry-in-india" style="text-align: left; ">The report</a><span style="text-align: left; "> by </span><span>by Yesha Paul, Elonnai Hickok, Amber Sinha and Udbhav Tiwari <span>seeks to map the present state of AI in the healthcare sector in India.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span><span>About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent. The article by Sunil Abraham was <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/deccan-herald-january-20-2018-sunil-abraham-data-protection-we-can-innovate-leapfrog">published in Deccan Herald</a> on January 20, 2018.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span><span>CIS <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/submission-to-trai-consultation-on-inputs-for-formulation-of-national-telecom-policy-2018">made a submission to TRAI Consultation</a> on inputs to the National Telecom Policy. CIS in its submission also recommended what all should be the main objectives of TRAI while drafting the next edition of National Telecom Policy.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span><span>Under a <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/life-of-a-tuple-nrc-assam-citizen-identification-infrastructure">research grant from the Azim Premji University CIS</a> has initiated a study of the ongoing updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and the resultant reform of citizen identification infrastructure in India.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><span><span>The <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-shyam-ponappa-january-3-2018-2g-judgment-of-december-2017">2G judgment of December 2017</a> provides a critique of how no proper evidence was presented on existence of an FCFS policy and its improper implementation, wrote Shyam Ponappa in his article in the Business Standard which was published on January 3, 2018. </span></span></li>
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<p>The following articles were written by CIS members:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-december-3-2017-digital-native-memory-card-is-full">Digital native: Memory card is full</a><span> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; January 3, 2018).</span></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-shyam-ponappa-january-3-2018-2g-judgment-of-december-2017">The 2G Judgment of December 2017: What Was It About?</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; January 3, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/business-standard-sunil-abraham-january-10-fixing-aadhaar">Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breach</a> (Sunil Abraham; Business Standard; January 10, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/governance-now-elonnai-hickok-another-step-towards-privacy-law-data-protection">Another Step towards Privacy Law</a> (Elonnai Hickok; Governance Now; January 15, 2018).</li>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/deccan-herald-january-20-2018-sunil-abraham-data-protection-we-can-innovate-leapfrog">Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog</a> (Sunil Abraham; Deccan Herald; January 20, 2018).</li>
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<p><span><br />CIS in the News:</span></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-surabhi-agarwal-and-samanwaya-rautray-from-net-neutrality-to-ibc-and-aadhaar-how-vidhi-is-framing-key-government-legislation">From net neutrality to IBC & Aadhaar, how Vidhi is framing key government legislation</a> (Surabhi Agarwal and Samanwaya Rautray; Economic Times; January 4, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-komal-gupta-january-7-2018-uidai-denies-any-breach-of-aadhaar-database">UIDAI denies any breach of Aadhaar database</a> (Komal Gupta; Livemint; January 7, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-january-9-2018-manasa-venkataraman-ajay-patri-token-security-or-tokenized-security">Token security or tokenized security?</a> (Manasa Venkataraman and Ajay Patri; Livemint; January 9, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-january-11-2018-uidai-introduces-new-two-layer-security-system-to-improve-aadhaar-privacy">UIDAI introduces new two-layer security system to improve Aadhaar privacy</a> (Economic Times; January 11, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/indian-express-january-11-2018-">Hammered government offers Virtual ID firewall to protect your Aadhaar </a>(New Indian Express; January 11, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindu-yuthika-bhargava-january-11-2018-virtual-aadhaar-id-too-little-too-late">Virtual Aadhaar ID: too little, too late?</a> (Yuthika Bhargava; Hindu; January 11, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-quint-january-11-2018-india-to-introduce-virtual-id-for-aadhaar-to-strengthen-privacy">India To Introduce Virtual ID For Aadhaar To Strengthen Privacy</a> (Bloomberg Quint; January 11, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/uidais-virtual-id-limited-kyc-does-little-to-protect-aadhaar-data-already-collected-say-critics">UIDAI's Virtual ID, limited KYC does little to protect Aadhaar data already collected, say critics</a> (Business Today; January 12, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ndtv-sukriti-dwivedi-january-13-2018-aadhaar-body-talked-about-virtual-id-7-years-ago-put-it-off-uidai-chief">Aadhaar Body Talked About Virtual ID 7 Years Ago, Put It Off: UIDAI Chief</a> (Sukriti Dwivedi; NDTV; January 13, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-herald-january-14-2018-pranshu-rathee-bengaluru-gives-data-safety-tips-to-panel">Bengaluru gives data safety tips to panel </a>(Deccan Herald; January 14, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindu-businessline-january-16-2018-sravanthi-challapalli-is-your-personal-information-under-lock-and-key">Is your personal information under lock and key?</a> (Sravanthi Challapalli; Hindu Businessline; January 16, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/first-post-january-18-2018-aadhaar-privacy-debate-how-the-12-digit-number-went-from-personal-identifier-to-all-pervasive-transaction-tool">Aadhaar-privacy debate: How the 12-digit number went from personal identifier to all pervasive transaction tool</a> (First Post; January 18, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-komal-gupta-remya-nair-january-24-2018-paytm-payments-bank-woos-corporates-with-digital-incentives">Paytm Payments Bank woos corporates with digital incentives</a> (Komal Gupta and Remya Nair; Livemint; January 24, 2018).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-january-25-2018-alnoor-peermohamed-aadhaars-new-security-measures-are-good-it-is-still-work-in-progress">Aadhaar's new security measures are good, it is still work in progress</a> (Alnoor Peermohamed; Business Standard; January 25, 2018).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>-----------------------------------</strong><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /><strong>----------------------------------- </strong><br />Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/government-of-odisha-adopting-creative-commons-license-to-promote-transparency-and-access-to-knowledge">Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge</a> (Sailesh Patnaik; January 17, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/experience-and-learning-outcome-from-wikipedia-education-program">Experience and Learning outcome from Wikipedia Education Program</a> (Lakshmi Karlekar; January 30, 2018).</li>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Dept._of_Mass_Communication,_Solapur_University">Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Dept. of Mass Communication, Solapur University</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Dept of Mass Communication, Solapur University; Solapur; January 2, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Dayanand_College,_Solapur">Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Dayanand College, Solapur</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Dayanand College, Solapur; Solapur; January 3, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Willingdon_College,_Sangli">Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Willingdon College, Sangli</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Willingdon College; Sangli; January 5, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Govt.Science_%26_Arts_College,_Aurangabad">Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Govt.Science & Arts College, Aurangabad</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Govt.Science & Arts College; Aurangabad; January 9, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Dr.Babasaheb_Ambedkar_Marathwada_Vidyapeeth">Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Vidyapeeth</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University; Aurangabad; January 10, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Workshop_at_Shivaji_University,_Kolhapur">Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Shivaji University, Kolhapur </a>(Organized by CIS-A2K and Shivaji University; Kolhapur; January 15, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0_%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2/2018/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2_-_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF">Wikidata Workshop</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Andhra Loyola College; Vijaywada; January 20 - 21, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2018">Train the Trainer 2018</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K; Mysore; January 26 - 28, 2018).</li>
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<p><span style="text-align: justify; ">►</span><span style="text-align: justify; ">Pervasive Technologies</span></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-working-requirements-and-complex-products">Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products</a> (Jorge L. Contreras, Rohini Lakshané and Paxton M. Lewis; JIPEL NYU Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, Vol. 7 - No.1 on January 16, 2018). </li>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/submission-to-dipp-at-meeting-with-ip-stakeholders">Submission to DIPP at Meeting with IP Stakeholders</a> (Anubha Sinha; January 1, 2018). <i>The submission was made in December 2017 but it was published on the website in January 2018</i>.</li>
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<p>►Openness</p>
<div style="text-align: justify; ">Our work in the Openness programme focuses on open data, especially open government data, open access, open education resources, open knowledge in Indic languages, open media, and open technologies and standards - hardware and software. We approach openness as a cross-cutting principle for knowledge production and distribution, and not as a thing-in-itself.</div>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /><strong>-----------------------------------</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-the-healthcare-industry-in-india">Artificial Intelligence and the Healthcare Industry in India</a> (Yesha Paul, Elonnai Hickok, Amber Sinha and Udbhav Tiwari (Ecosystem mapping by Shweta Mohandas, Sidharth Ray and Elonnai Hickok. Designed by Saumyaa Naidu under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; January 26, 2018).</li>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/roundtable-on-ai-and-manufacturing-and-services">Roundtable on A.I. and Manufacturing and Service</a>s (TERI, Bengaluru; January 19, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/null-bangalore-meet-january-19">null Bangalore Meet: Special Session on Digital Identity and Privacy</a> (CIS, Bengaluru; January 19, 2018). Sunil Abraham gave a talk.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Free Speech and Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/internet-governance-forum-report-2017">Internet Governance Forum Report 2017</a> (Shweta Mohandas; January 11, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/mobile-net-ban-during-peaceful-protest-leaves-farmers-confused">Mobile net ban during peaceful protest leaves farmers confused</a> (Shruti Jain; January 19, 2018).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/2018hurt-sentiments2019-cost-udaipur-internet-access-for-four-days">‘Hurt sentiments’ cost Udaipur internet access for four days</a> (Shruti Jain; January 19, 2018).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a> <br /><strong>----------------------------------- </strong><br /></strong><span>CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources, and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</span></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/submission-to-trai-consultation-on-inputs-for-formulation-of-national-telecom-policy-2018">Submission to TRAI Consultation on "Inputs for Formulation of National Telecom Policy - 2018"</a> (Pranesh Prakash; January 25, 2018).</li>
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<li><strong><a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/life-of-a-tuple-nrc-assam-citizen-identification-infrastructure">Life of a Tuple: National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Reform of Citizen Identification Infrastructure in Assam</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; January 22, 2018). All posts related to the study can be <a class="external-link" href="https://cis-india.org/raw/life-of-a-tuple/">found here</a>.</strong></li>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2018-03-01T01:35:56ZPageJanuary 2017 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2017-newsletter
<b>Welcome to the January 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Dear readers,</p>
<p>We are pleased to bring you the Centre for Internet & Society's January newsletter. Previous issues of the newsletters can be <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">accessed here</a>.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPD) Act, which was passed in December 2016, seeks to give effect to the rights and obligations enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities, which India signed and ratified nearly a decade ago. Nirmita Narasimhan <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/digital-accessibility-in-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-2016">in a blog entry</a> has summarized the key provisions of the Act relating to digital accessibility.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/super-cassettes-v-myspace">latest judgment</a> in the matter of Super Cassettes v. MySpace is a landmark and progressive ruling, which strengthens the safe harbor immunity enjoyed by Internet intermediaries in India. CIS was one of the intervenors in the case, and has been duly acknowledged in the judgment. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Meena Gayathri <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/meet-telugu-wikipedian-surampudi-meena-gayathri-2013-the-first-south-indian-wikiwoman-completing-100wikidays-challenge">became the first South Indian Wikiwoman to complete 100 Wikidays challenge</a>. The challenge required Wikipedians to create one new article per day for one hundred days in a row. Gayathri's contribution and passion towards Telugu language and culture have transcended into a "knowledge revolution".</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. CIS <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-report-of-the-committee-on-digital-payments-dec-2016">submitted its comments</a>. The comments were authored by Sumandro Chattopadhyay. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">ICANN sought community input on the Proposed ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy on 7 November 2016. In response to this CIS <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-proposed-icann-community-anti-harassment-policy">submitted its comments</a>. The comments were authored by Padma Venkataraman, Rohini Lakshané, Sampada Nayak and Vidushi Marda. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The eleven sessions selected for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) to be held at the IIIT Bangalore campus during March 3-5, 2017 has been announced. The <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc17-selected-sessions">conference is being organised</a> by the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at IIIT Bangalore and CIS.</li>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/wall-street-journal-gabriele-parussini-january-13-2017-indias-digital-id-rollout-collides-with-rickety-reality">India’s Digital ID Rollout Collides With Rickety Reality</a> (Gabriele Parussini; Wall Street Journal; January 13, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/washington-post-january-14-2017-rama-lakshmi-millions-of-indians-move-from-cash-to-digital-payments">Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safe</a> (Rama Lakshmi; Washington Post; January 14, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-january-14-2017-sunil-abraham-on-aadhaar-misuse-during-demonetisation">Sunil Abraham on Aadhaar's misuse during demonetisation</a> (Economic Times; January 14, 2017)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-indulekha-aravind-january-15-2017-the-soon-to-be-launched-aadhaar-pay-will-let-you-make-purchases-using-your-fingerprint">The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint</a> (Indulekha Aravind; January 15, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-january-16-2017-sanjay-kumar-singh-lost-your-phone-here-is-how-you-can-make-your-mobile-theft-proof">Lost your phone? Here's how you can make your mobile theft-proof</a> (Sanjay Kumar Singh; Business Standard; January 16, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-mayank-jain-january-17-2017-dangers-of-aadhaar-based-payments-that-no-one-is-talking-about">The Dangers Of Aadhaar-Based Payments That No One Is Talking About</a> (Mayank Jain; Bloomberg; January 17, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-mj-antony-ayan-pramanik-apurva-venkat-supreme-court-issues-notice-to-whatsapp-centre-on-data-privacy">Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp, Centre on data privacy</a> (MJ Antony, Ayan Pramanik and Apurva Venkat; Business Standard; January 17, 2017).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ndtv-december-24-2016-demonetisation-cost-versus-benefit">Demonetisation: Cost Vs Benefit</a> (NDTV; December 24, 2016). <i>Sunil Abraham took part in the Big Fight programme aired by NDTV. The video was published on January 17, 2017</i>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/financial-times-amy-kazmin-january-23-2017-for-indias-complaints-department-visit-facebook-live">For India’s complaints department, visit Facebook Live</a> (Amy Kazmin; Financial Times; January 23, 2017).</li>
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<p><b>CIS members wrote the following articles:</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-shyam-ponappa-january-4-2017-cashlessness-needs-connectivity">Cashlessness Needs Connectivity</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; January 4, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-january-8-2017-digital-native-the-dream-of-the-cyborg">Digital Native: The Dream of the Cyborg</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; January 8, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science-january-16-2017-digital-transitions-in-the-newsroom-how-are-indian-language-papers-adapting-differently">Digital transitions in the newsroom</a>: How are Indian language papers adapting differently? (Zeenab Aneez; London School of Economics and Political Science; January 16, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-january-22-2017-digital-native-back-at-it-again">Digital native: Back at it Again</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; January 22, 2017).</li>
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<p><b>Jobs</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/policy-officer-cyber-security">Policy Officer (Cyber Security)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/senior-policy-officer-cyber-security">Senior Policy Officer (Cyber Security)</a> </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/internship">Internship</a> - Application accepted throughout the year</li>
<li><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/seeking-survey-participants-for-research-on-musician-livelihood">Survey Participants for Research on Musician Livelihood</a><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/community-advocate-on-consultancy-basis-access-to-knowledge-language-anchor"><span class="internal-link"> </span></a></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility & Inclusion</a> <br /> ------------------------------------- <br /> India has an estimated 70 million persons with disabilities who don't have access to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. As part of our endeavour to make available accessible content for persons with disabilities, we are developing a text-to-speech software in 15 languages with support from the Hans Foundation. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/digital-accessibility-in-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-2016">Digital accessibility in the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act 2016</a> (Nirmita Narasimhan; January 23, 2017).</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/workplace-solutions-champions-consultative-workshop">Workplace Solutions Champions Consultative Workshop</a> (Organized by Enable India, January 21 - 22, 2017; Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bangalore). Nirmita Narasimhan attended the workshop.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- </b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><br />Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Copyright and Patent</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/super-cassettes-v-myspace">Super Cassettes v. MySpace</a> (Redux) (Anubha Sinha; January 16, 2017).<br /><br /></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/events/seminar-on-rethinking-copyright-and-licensing-for-digital-publishing-today-delhi-jan-23-2017">Seminar on Rethinking Copyright and Licensing for Digital Publishing Today</a> (Organized by Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi, and CIS; New Delhi; January 23, 2017). Anubha Sinha attended the event.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisangamotsavam-2016">WikiSangamotsavam 2016</a> (Manasa Rao; January 18, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-hyderabad-book-fair">Telugu Wikipedia Stall at Hyderabad Book Fair</a> (Manasa Rao; January 18, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-rajahmundry-book-fair-1">Telugu Wikipedia Stall at Rajahmundry Book Fair</a> (Manasa Rao; January 18, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-workshop-on-tools-wikipedia-monthly-meetup-hyderabad">Mini Workshop on Tools: Wikipedia Monthly Meetup, Hyderabad</a> (Manasa Rao and Pavan Santhosh; January 18, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/meet-telugu-wikipedian-surampudi-meena-gayathri-2013-the-first-south-indian-wikiwoman-completing-100wikidays-challenge">Meet Telugu Wikipedian Surampudi Meena Gayathri – the first South Indian Wikiwoman completing 100 Wikidays Challenge</a> (Ting-Yi Chang; January 23, 2017).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Organized</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/events/odia-wikipedia-and-orientation-training-programme">Odia Wikipedia and Orientation Training Programme</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K team; Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal; January 31, 2017).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</p>
<div style="text-align: justify; ">Our work in the Openness programme focuses on open data, especially open government data, open access, open education resources, open knowledge in Indic languages, open media, and open technologies and standards - hardware and software. We approach openness as a cross-cutting principle for knowledge production and distribution, and not as a thing-in-itself.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></div>
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<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/cbga-consultation-on-opening-up-access-to-budget-data-in-india-delhi-jan-27-2017">CBGA - Consultation on Opening Up Access to Budget Data in India</a> (Organized by CBGA; January 27, 2017; New Delhi). Sumandro Chattapadhyay was a speaker.</li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- </b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /><b> -----------------------------------</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
<p>►Privacy</p>
<p><b>Submission</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-report-of-the-committee-on-digital-payments-dec-2016">Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha; January 12, 2017).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-design-technology-behind-india2019s-surveillance-programmes">The Design & Technology behind India’s Surveillance Programmes</a> (Udbhav Tiwari; January 20, 2017)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-after-big-data">Workshop on ‘Privacy after Big Data’</a> (Amber Sinha; January 27, 2017).</li>
</ul>
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<p><b>Events Organized</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/discussion-on-ranking-digital-rights-in-india-delhi-jan-07-2017">Discussion on Ranking Digital Rights in India</a> (India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi; January 7, 2017).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/rankathon-on-digital-rights-delhi-jan-08-2017">Rankathon on Digital Rights</a> (CIS office, New Delhi; January 8, 2017). </li>
</ul>
<br />
<p><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
<ul>
<li> <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/global-governance-futures-2027-session-3-new-delhi">Global Governance Futures 2027 - Session 3</a> (Organized by Global Public Policy Institute and supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung; New Delhi; January 17, 2017). Sumandro Chattapadhyay joined Ankhi Das (Facebook) and Arun Mohan Sukumar (Observer Research Foundation) to discuss the "data governance" scenarios developed by the GGF 2027 Fellows.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cpdp-computers-privacy-and-data-protection-2017">CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) 2017</a> (Organized by Privacy International; Brussels, January 26, 2017). Amber Sinha participated as a panelist.</li>
</ul>
<br />
<p>►Big Data</p>
<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/new-media-personalisation-and-the-role-of-algorithms">New Media, personalisation and the role of algorithms</a> (Amber Sinha; January 2, 2017).<br /><br /></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/training-programme-for-chairs-convenor-and-experts-for-international-standardization-work">Training programme for Chairs, Convenor and Experts for International Standardization Work</a> (Organized by National Institute of Training for Standardization, under the Bureau of India Standards; January 19 - 20, 2017; NOIDA). Udbhav Tiwari attended the training programme.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/seminar-on-understanding-financial-technology-cashless-india-and-forced-digitalisation-delhi-jan-24-2017">Seminar on Understanding Financial Technology, Cashless India, and Forced Digitalisation</a> (Centre for Financial Accountability; New Delhi; January 24, 2017). Sumandro Chattapadhyay spoke on the emerging architecture of FinTech in India.</li>
</ul>
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<p>►Free Speech & Expression</p>
<p><b>Submission</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-proposed-icann-community-anti-harassment-policy">Comments on the Proposed ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy</a> (Padma Venkataraman, Rohini Lakshané, Sampada Nayak and Vidushi Marda; January 13, 2017).<br /><br /></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/social-media-monitoring">Social Media Monitoring</a> (Amber Sinha; January 13, 2017).</li>
</ul>
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<p>----------------------------------- <br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a> <br /> ----------------------------------- <b><b><br /> </b></b>CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources, and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
<p><b>Article</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-shyam-ponappa-january-4-2017-cashlessness-needs-connectivity">Cashlessness Needs Connectivity</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; January 4, 2017 and Organizing India Blogspot; January 5, 2017).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>-----------------------------------</b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><br /> The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by an emerging need to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It aims to produce local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p><b>Event</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc17-selected-sessions">Internet Researchers' Conference 2017</a> (IRC17) - Selected Sessions (Organized by Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy and CIS; IIIT, Bangalore; March 3 - 5, 2017). Eleven sessions have received 10 or more nominations.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- </b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><br /> The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Follow us elsewhere</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Support Us</p>
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<div style="text-align: justify; ">Please help us defend consumer and citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 5600 71.</div>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Request for Collaboration</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at sumandro@cis-india.org (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme Officer, at <a>tanveer@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects</i>.</div>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2017-newsletter'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2017-newsletter</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2017-03-01T06:00:37ZPageJanuary 2014 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2014-bulletin
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcomes you to the first issue of its newsletter (January) for the year 2014:</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------<br /> Highlights<br /> -------------------------------</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Amba Salelkar provides an analysis of the three stages of the Rights for Persons with Disabilities 2013 since it was initially commissioned.</li>
<li> We published revised chapters for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as part of our National Resource Kit project.</li>
<li> In the first of a three-part study Ananth Padmanabhan examines the "John Doe" orders that courts have passed against ISPs, which entertainment companies have used to block websites.</li>
<li> The second Institute on Internet and Society is being held in Pune from February 11 to 17.</li>
<li> CIS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences for furthering Odia Wikipedia.</li>
<li> Dr. Nishant Shah co-authored a chapter on video games in a book published by Palestinian Art Court-al Hoash.</li>
<li> Sneha gives an overview of the research enquiry in the field of Digital Humanities in her blog post on Mapping Digital Humanities in India.</li>
<li> In the first of the insightful seven part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------- <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4718&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> Jobs</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------<br /> CIS is seeking applications for the posts of Program Officer (Access to Knowledge): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4719&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1fnydB0</a> and Program Officer (Internet Governance): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4720&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1aA57K6</a>. There are two vacancies each for these posts and these are full-time based in Delhi. To apply, please send your resume to Sunil Abraham (<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org" target="_blank">sunil@cis-india.org</a>), Nirmita Narasimhan (<a href="mailto:nirmita@cis-india.org" target="_blank">nirmita@cis-india.org</a>) and Pranesh Prakash (<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org" target="_blank">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>) with three writing samples of which at least one demonstrates your analytic skills, and one that shows your ability to simplify complex policy issues.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4721&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> Accessibility and Inclusion</a><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /> As part of our project (under a grant from the Hans Foundation) on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India, we bring you draft chapters for the states of Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, and the union territory of Daman and Diu. With this we have completed compilation of draft chapters for 27 states and 5 union territories.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>Based on the feedback and comments received from our readers the following chapters were revised</i>:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► National Resource Kit Chapter</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Andhra Pradesh Chapter (by Anandhi Viswanathan, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4722&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1lzUFcG</a>.</li>
<li> Chhattisgarh Chapter (by Anandhi Viswanathan, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4723&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1fY4NZ0</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entry</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2013 and the Lack of Access to Accessibility Rights (by Amba Salelkar, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4724&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1diSg40</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4725&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> Access to Knowledge</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------------------<br /> The Access to Knowledge programme addresses the harms caused to consumers and human rights, and critically examines Open Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, and Open Access to Law, Open Content, Open Standards, and Free/Libre/Open Source Software.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Analysis</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Can Judges Order ISPs to Block Websites for Copyright Infringement? (Part 1) (by Ananth Padmanabhan, January 30, 2014). Ananth looks at the theory behind John Doe orders and finds that it would be wrong for Indian courts to grant "John Doe" orders against ISPs: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4726&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1nteYaK</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPR (by Samantha Cassar, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4727&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1dGN7OS</a>.</li>
<li> The Game of IPR: Insights from the 6th Global Intellectual Property Convention in Hyderabad (by Samantha Cassar, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4728&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1fY5qS6</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following has been done under grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4729&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SPqFOl</a>). As part this project (<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4730&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/X80ELd</a>), we organised 4 workshops in the month of January, published an article in DNA, and signed a memorandum of understanding with KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences to further the development of Odia Wikipedia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Articles / Newspaper Columns</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten Year Old Project (by Subhashish Panigrahi, HASTAC, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4731&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1jvxD8r</a>.</li>
<li> WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together (by Netha Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, January 14, 2014). The article was edited by Rohini Lakshane: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4732&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1jvynKP</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Announcement</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs (by Subhashish Panigrahi, January 11, 2014): KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4733&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1j1qtFv</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom (by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan, January 30, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4734&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1m5QHMD</a>.</li>
<li> Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University (by Syed Muzamiluddin, January 29, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4735&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/LTFA8E</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Organised</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Odia WikiMeetup (Bhubaneswar, January 11, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4736&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NBkFJi</a>.</li>
<li> Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics" (KIIT School of Technology, Bhubaneswar, January 12, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4737&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1j1yv1f</a>.</li>
<li> Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary @ KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, January 28, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4738&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1gsqkJC</a>.</li>
<li> Odia Wikipedia 10th anniversary (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, January 29, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4739&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1dGRBoy</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and Challenges (organized by KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, February 21-22, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4740&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ePwqHc</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Media Coverage</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Digitising contest to preserve rare books in Malayalam (The Hindu, January 4, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4741&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NBtVgz</a>.</li>
<li> ‘With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’ (by Shubhadeep Chaudhury, The Tribune, January 12, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4742&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ojb1IZ</a>. Shubhadeep interviews T. Vishnu Vardhan on internet and social media.</li>
<li> ଆଦିବାସୀଭାଷାରଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ(Odishan.com, January 12, 2014):<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4743&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1kAWJmG</a>.</li>
<li> KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiative (India Education Diary.com, January 20, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4744&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1j1Rzwk</a>.</li>
<li> Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repository (Odisha Diary Bureau, January 20, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4745&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1bLBhmB</a>. </li>
<li> FDC recognition for the Centre for the Internet and Society (Wikimedia Foundation, January 30, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4746&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1fYdxOz</a>. Wikimedia Foundation published a resolution declaring CIS eligible for funding through the Annual Plan Grants program. </li>
<li> Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field (The Times of India, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4747&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1j1QvIX</a>.</li>
<li> Odia Wikipedia (Sanchar, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4748&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ePwAON</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Openness</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Organised</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> What is happening in South America and how Openness is an opportunity to Social, Political and Activist Movements? (Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, January 17, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4749&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1bnZaq0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------- <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4750&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> Internet Governance</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------<br /> CIS is doing a project (under a grant from Privacy International and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)) on conducting research on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). So far we have organised seven privacy round-tables and drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill. Gautam Bhatia gives an analysis of the right to privacy from a constitutional perspective and Elonnai Hickok analyses a public report published by GNI.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Analyses</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations (by Gautam Bhatia, January 13, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4751&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ntqsen</a>.</li>
<li> Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest Test (by Gautam Bhatia, January 27, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4752&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1dH3meL</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Newspaper Columns / Book Chapter</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Big Brother is Watching You (by Chinmayi Arun, The Hindu, January 3, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4753&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1cGpg0K</a>.</li>
<li> Making the Powerful Accountable (by Chinmayi Arun, The Hindu, January 30, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4754&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1nvzSpC</a>.</li>
<li> Video Games: A Case Study of a Cross-cultural Video Collaboration (by Larissa Hjorth and Nishant Shah, January 31, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4755&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1eTaXLX</a>. A new book focusing on Palestinian artists’ video, edited by Bashir Makhoul and published by Palestinian Art Court- al Hoash, 2013, includes a chapter co-authored by Larissa and Nishant. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Letter requesting public consultation on position of GoI at WGEC (by Snehashish Ghosh, January 7, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4756&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1g66bL7</a>.</li>
<li> Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns (by Snehashish Ghosh, January 16, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4757&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/Mb4ktM</a>.</li>
<li> GNI Assessment Finds ICT Companies Protect User Privacy and Freedom of Expression (by Elonnai Hickok, January 20, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4758&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1mjbpmL</a>.</li>
<li> Interview with Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign - UID Court Cases (by Maria Xynou, January 27, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4759&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1eT9XHv</a>. Maria interviewed Mathew Thomas on UID.</li>
<li> India's Central Monitoring System (CMS): Something to Worry About? (by Maria Xynou, January 30, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4760&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1gsM4oQ</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Organized</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Biometrics or Bust? Implications of the UID for Participation and Inclusion (CIS, Bangalore, January 10, 2014). Malavika Jayaram gave a talk: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4761&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1lJZhuK</a>. </li>
<li> Digital Citizens: Why Cyber Security and Online Privacy are Vital to the Success of Democracy and Freedom of Expression (CIS, Bangalore, January 14, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4762&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KucEU5</a>. Michael Oghia gave a talk. </li>
<li> Nullcon Goa Feb 2014 — International Security Conference (organised by Nullcon, Bogmallo Beach Resort, Goa, February 12 – 15, 2014). CIS is one of the sponsors for this event: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4763&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1lrBu5I</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Co-organised</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> CPDP 2014 Reforming Data Protection: The Global Perspective (organised by CPDP, Brussels, January 22 – 24, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4764&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KsgCws</a>. CIS is one of the sponsors for this event. Malavika Jayaram was a speaker.</li>
<li> The Future of the Internet, Who Should Govern It and What is at Stake for You? (organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India, Cellular Operators Association of India, Internet Democracy project, Media for Change, SFLC and CIS, India International Centre, January 29, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4765&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1eqkSUu</a>. Chinmayi Arun moderated a session. Snehashish Ghosh participated in the event as a speaker.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Seminar on "Hate Speech and Social Media" (organized by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and British Deputy High Commission, Hyderabad, January 4 – 5, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4766&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1dmcEkT</a>. Chinmayi Arun was one of the speakers.</li>
<li> Multistakeholders Consultation on International Public Policy Issues (organized by the Department of Electronics & Information Technology, New Delhi, January 21, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4767&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/Mbfkao</a>. Snehashish Ghosh participated in this meeting.</li>
<li> Internet Governance and India: The Way Forward (organized by Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, January 22, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4768&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ePFueY</a>. Snehashish Ghosh participated in the event.</li>
<li> Data Privacy Day 2014 (organized by Data Security Council of India, Infosys, Bangalore, January 28, 2014). Elonnai Hickok was a panelist: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4769&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ePFfk8</a>.</li>
<li> TACTIS Symposium 2014 (organized by Tata Consultancy Service, TCS Siruseri, Chennai, January 28 and 29, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4770&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1bo9y0R</a>. Sunil Abraham gave the keynote address. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--------------------------------<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4771&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> News & Media Coverage</a><br /> --------------------------------<br /> CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Inventions that will make a difference (by Geeta Padmanabhan, The Hindu, January 1, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4772&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/MKwmfu</a>.</li>
<li> Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat online (by Danish Raza, Hindustan Times, January 5, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4773&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1dHgNex</a>.</li>
<li> Despite apex court order, IOC proceeds with Aadhaar-linked DBT (by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, January 6, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4774&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1g6ffjn</a>.</li>
<li> Worldwide: International Privacy - 2013 Year in Review – Asia (by Gonzalo S. Zeballos, James A. Sherer and Alan M. Pate, Mondaq Yearly Review, January 8, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4775&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1iOaYRO</a>.</li>
<li> Election panel rejects Google’s proposal for electoral services tie-up (by Anuja and Moulishree Srivastava, Livemint, January 9, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4776&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1gpaGjF</a>.</li>
<li> Social Notworking - 'Murder by Twitter'(by Malini Nair, The Times of India, January 19, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4777&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1j2kT63</a>.</li>
<li> The net is taking over (by Veenu Sandhu and Surabhi Agarwal, Business Standard, January 24, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4778&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1hb4eQL</a>.</li>
<li> The Dangers of Birdsong (by Namrata Joshi, January 25, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4779&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1kB8J7L</a>.</li>
<li> Is Bhutan selling its soul to Google? (by Lucky Wangmo from Thimphu and Pema Seldon form Bangalore, Business Bhutan, January 25, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4780&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1fYl3sO</a>. </li>
<li> What is net neutrality and why it is important (The Times of India, January 30, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4781&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ePFZ8P</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--------------------------------<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4782&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> Digital Humanities</a><br /> --------------------------------<br /> CIS is building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entry</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Mapping Digital Humanities in India (by Sneha PP, January 16, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4783&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1gsQEEQ</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--------------------------------<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4784&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> Digital Natives</a><br /> --------------------------------<br /> CIS is doing a research project titled “Making Change”. The project will explore new ways of defining, locating, and understanding change in network societies. Having the thought piece 'Whose Change is it Anyway' as an entry point for discussion and reflection, the project will feature profiles, interviews and responses of change-makers to questions around current mechanisms and practices of change in South Asia and South East Asia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Making Change Project</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entry</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Creative Activism - Voices of Young Change Makers in India (UDAAN) (by Denisse Albornoz, January 20, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4785&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1cxXAMI</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Other<br /> # Newspaper Column</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> 10 Ways to Say Nothing New (by Nishant Shah, Indian Express, January 19, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4786&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1gsONjn</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------------------<br /> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4787&qid=376274" target="_blank">Knowledge Repository on Internet Access</a><br /> ----------------------------------------------------------<br /> CIS in partnership with the Ford Foundation is executing a project to create a knowledge repository on Internet and society. This repository will comprise content targeted primarily at civil society with a view to enabling their informed participation in the Indian Internet and ICT policy space. The repository is available at the Internet Institute website: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4788&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1iQT2UB</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Ongoing Event</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Institute on Internet and Society (organised by Ford Foundation and CIS, Yashada, Pune, February 11-17, 2014): <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4789&qid=376274" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/180mQi9</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-----------------------------------------------------<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4790&qid=376274" target="_blank"><br /> About CIS</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------------<br /> The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Follow us elsewhere</p>
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<li> Twitter:<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4791&qid=376274" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CISA2K</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Request for Collaboration:<br /> We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org" target="_blank">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org" target="_blank">nishant@cis-india.org</a>. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <a href="mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org" target="_blank">vishnu@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects</i>.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital HumanitiesOpenness2014-04-07T07:09:59ZPageJanuary 2013 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2013-bulletin
<b>We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wish you all a great year ahead and welcome you to the first issue of our newsletter for the year 2013. This issue brings you an overview of our research programs, events organised and participated, news and media coverage, and videos of recent events.</b>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Jobs</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is seeking applications for the posts of <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2675&qid=263491" target="_blank">Programme Officer</a> (Access to Knowledge — Indic Language Initiatives), <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2676&qid=263491" target="_blank">Developer</a> (NVDA Project), <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2677&qid=263491" target="_blank">Programme Officer</a> (Access to Knowledge and Openness), and <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2678&qid=263491" target="_blank">Programme Officer</a> (Internet Governance). To apply send your resume to <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> and <a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>. For our Privacy project, we are seeking applications for the post of Researcher, Technology/Security Expert, Graphic Designer as well as for internships. To apply for these posts, please send in your resume to Elonnai Hickok (<a href="mailto:elonnai@cis-india.org">elonnai@cis-india.org</a>).</p>
<h2><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2679&qid=263491" target="_blank">Accessibility</a></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">CIS is carrying out two projects in partnership with the <b>Hans Foundation</b>. The first one is to create a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India and the second one is for developing a screen reader and text to speech synthesizer for Indian languages. We are also working with the World Blind Union to develop the Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons, and assisting in the negotiations at WIPO:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">National Resource Kit for Persons with Disabilities</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">Anandhi Viswanathan from CIS and Manojna Yeluri from the Centre for Law and Policy Research are working in this project. Shruti Ramakrishnan has left the project. Draft chapters have been published. Feedback and comments are invited from readers for the chapter on Haryana:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-haryana-chapter-call-for-comments" class="external-link">The Haryana Chapter</a> (by Anandi Viswanathan, January 31, 2012): The state implements the provisions under the central laws, particularly the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 and the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act 1999.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Submission / Notification</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2681&qid=263491" target="_blank">Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities</a> (by Rahul Cherian, January 23, 2013): CIS was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2682&qid=263491" target="_blank">Government of Madhya Pradesh initiates ICT Accessibility in Public Communication</a> (by Nirmita Narasimhan, January 31, 2013): CIS with Daisy Forum of India member Arushi in Bhopal submitted a request for a notification mandating that all communication by the Government of Madhya Pradesh should be accessible to persons with disabilities.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Report</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2683&qid=263491" target="_blank">Accessible Broadcasting in India</a> (by Srividya Vaidyanathan, January 11, 2013): The abridged version of ITU’s report "Making Television Accessible" which was initially put up for comments last year has been updated once again.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2684&qid=263491" target="_blank">Linking Commercial Availability and Exceptions in the Treaty for Visually Impaired/Persons with Disabilities</a> (by Rahul Cherian, January 23, 2013).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2685&qid=263491" target="_blank">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">In partnership with the <b>International Development Research Centre</b> we are doing a project on Pervasive Technologies examining the relationship between production of pervasive technologies and intellectual property. The <b>Wikimedia Foundation</b>’s India Program to support and develop free knowledge in India is now being executed by us. We are also supporting the Iraq government in developing an eGovernment Interoperability Framework:</p>
<h3><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2686&qid=263491" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">Beginning from September 1, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation has <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2686&qid=263491" target="_blank">awarded</a> CIS a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. The <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2687&qid=263491" target="_blank" title="Access To<br ></a><br /> <br /> Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of four members based in Delhi: <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2688&qid=263491" target="_blank">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2689&qid=263491" target="_blank">Nitika Tandon</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2689&qid=263491" target="_blank">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2689&qid=263491" target="_blank">Noopur Raval</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>New Project Director</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2688&qid=263491" target="_blank">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a> is the new Programme Director-Access to Knowledge at CIS. Vishnu has over the last 11 years worked in various capacities as researcher, grant manager, teacher, project consultant, information architect and translator. Vishnu managed the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2690&qid=263491" target="_blank">Art, Crafts and Culture</a> portfolio of <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2691&qid=263491" target="_blank">Sir Ratan Tata Trust</a> and also worked as Research Coordinator at the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2692&qid=263491" target="_blank">Centre for the Study of Culture and Society</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>New Distinguished Fellow at CIS</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2693&qid=263491" target="_blank">Tejaswini Niranjana</a>, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore, and Visiting Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is joining our team as an Adviser to the 'Access to Knowledge' project. She will guide the A2K team in expanding the Indian language Wikipedias and in increasing the number of active editors through strategic partnerships with Higher Education institutions across India.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Reports</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2694&qid=263491" target="_blank">Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012</a> (by Noopur Raval, January 31, 2013): The report covers an overview of the activities done by the Access to Knowledge team under the grant provided by the Wikimedia Foundation from September 2012 to December 2012.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2695&qid=263491" target="_blank">Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012</a> (by Shiju Alex, January 21, 2013): A statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012 providing perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Wiki Event Reports<br /> </b>CIS organised a series of Wiki workshops in Goa in the month of December 2012, we bring you the reports from those events.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><i>Note: The workshops were held in the month of December 2012 but the reports were published only in the month of January.</i></p>
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<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2696&qid=263491" target="_blank">Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 15, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2697&qid=263491" target="_blank">Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 19, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2698&qid=263491" target="_blank">Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 22, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2699&qid=263491" target="_blank">Promoting GLAM in Goa</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 24, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2700&qid=263491" target="_blank">Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator — Taking it to the Next Level</a> (by Nitika Tandon, January 25, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; ">CIS also organised a Wiki workshop in Ghaziabad:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2701&qid=263491" target="_blank">A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad</a> (RKGIT, Ghaziabad, January 17, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Wiki Event Participated</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2702&qid=263491" target="_blank">Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013</a> (organized by Wikipedia Club, Pune, January 12 – 13, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Wikipedia News Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2703&qid=263491" target="_blank">First Odia Wikipedia Education Program concludes at IIMC, Dhenkanal</a> (Odisha Diary Bureau, Dhenkanal, January 27, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2704&qid=263491" target="_blank">Odia Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary and Workshop on Application of Odia in Media</a> (Sambad, January 30, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Wiki Events Organised</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2705&qid=263491" target="_blank">Odia Education Program</a> (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Orissa, January 26, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2706&qid=263491" target="_blank">Odia Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebration</a> (Academy of Media Learning, Samantha Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, January 29, 2013).</li>
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<h3>Pervasive Technologies</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">The Pervasive Technologies project carries out research on the intellectual property implicated in the hardware, software and content available in low-cost mobile devices.The long-term outcome of this project is to create a legitimate, legal space for these technologies to exist on the Indian market.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Events Participated</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2707&qid=263491" target="_blank">Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham</a> (FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro, December 15, 2012).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2708&qid=263491" target="_blank">Fifth International IPR Conference</a> (GIPC 2013) (organised by ITAG Business Solutions, Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore, January 30, 2013): Snehashish Ghosh made a presentation on the Pervasive Technologies Project.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Other <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2709&qid=263491" target="_blank">Openness</a> Updates<b> </b></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Blog Posts / Columns</b></p>
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<li><i> </i><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2710&qid=263491" target="_blank">The Violence of Knowledge Cartels</a> (by Nishant Shah, Hybrid Publishing Lab, January 17, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2711&qid=263491" target="_blank">Remembering Aaron Swartz, Taking Up the Fight</a> (by Nishant Shah, DML Central, January 24, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Interview </b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2712&qid=263491" target="_blank">Aaron Swartz: The First Martyr of the Free Information Movement</a>: Prabir Purkayastha interviewed Lawrence Liang on Newsclick, January 19, 2013. The video is published.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2713&qid=263491" target="_blank">Bangalore hackers write code as tribute to Aaron Swartz</a> (by Deepa Kurup, Hindu, January 21, 2013. Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
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<td>HasGeek creates discussion spaces for geeks and has organised conferences like the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2714&qid=263491" target="_blank">Fifth Elephant</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2715&qid=263491" target="_blank">Droidcon India 2011</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2716&qid=263491" target="_blank">Android Camp</a>, etc. HasGeek is supported by CIS and works out from CIS office in Bengaluru.</td>
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<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2717&qid=263491" target="_blank">Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight</a> (CIS, Bangalore, January 19 – 20, 2013): Aaron’s collaborators such as <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2718&qid=263491" target="_blank">Anand Chitipothu</a> and <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2719&qid=263491" target="_blank">A S L Devi</a> participated in the event.</li>
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<h2><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2720&qid=263491" target="_blank">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">With <b>Privacy International</b>, London we signed an agreement to facilitate the implementation of activities related to surveillance and freedom of speech and expression. In this month we have blog posts on data retention, international principles of surveillance and human rights and comparitive analysis of Indian legislation vis-à-vis draft of the International Principles on Surveillance of Communications by Ellonai Hickok, and columns by Sunil Abraham and Nishant Shah:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Privacy Research</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2721&qid=263491" target="_blank">Data Retention in India</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, January 30, 2013): The post provides an insight into the data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2722&qid=263491" target="_blank">Draft International Principles on Communications Surveillance and Human Rights</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, January 16, 2013): These principles were developed by Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and seek to define an international standard for the surveillance of communications.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2723&qid=263491" target="_blank">A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, January 31, 2013): The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seek to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights. CIS is contributing feedback to the drafting of the principles.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Columns/Op-eds</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2724&qid=263491" target="_blank">Web of Sameness</a> (by Nishant Shah, Indian Express, January 18, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2725&qid=263491" target="_blank">TV versus Social Media: The Rights and Wrongs</a> (by Sunil Abraham, The Tribune, January 20, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Statement</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2726&qid=263491" target="_blank">Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in Bangladesh</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, January 15, 2013): This is a statement on the violent attack on blogger Asif Mohiuddin by the participants to the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2727&qid=263491" target="_blank">No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, January 10, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2728&qid=263491" target="_blank">Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Amended ITRs</a> (by Chinmayi Arun, January 28, 2013): The author discusses the five major questions that have been the subject of debate after the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2729&qid=263491" target="_blank">DML Conference 2013</a> (co-organised by CIS and Digital Media & Learning Research Hub Central, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers - Chicago, Illinois, March 14 – 16, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2730&qid=263491" target="_blank">An Introduction to Bitfilm and Bitcoin – A Discussion by Aaron Koenig</a> (CIS, Bangalore, January 23, 2013): Aaron Koenig, Managing Director, Bitfilm Networks of Hamburg, Germany gave a talk.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Events Participated</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2731&qid=263491" target="_blank">Panel Discussion on E-Commerce at NLSIU</a> (organised by National Law School of India University, Bangalore, January 7, 2013). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2732&qid=263491" target="_blank">Mobile Broadband: Leveraging for Business Transformation</a> (Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore, January 9, 2013): Sunil Abraham was a panelist in this event.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2733&qid=263491" target="_blank">Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression</a> (organized by Internet Democracy Project, Voices for Interactive Choice & Empowerment and Global Partners & Associates, Dhaka, January 14 – 15, 2013): Pranesh Prakash moderated the session on "Understanding cyber security and surveillance in South Asia”.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2734&qid=263491" target="_blank">Is Freedom of Expression under Threat in the Digital Age?</a> (organized by Editors Guild of India, Index on Censorship and Sage, India International Centre, New Delhi, January 15, 2013): Sunil Abraham was a panelist at this event.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2735&qid=263491" target="_blank">7th India Digital Summit 2013</a> (organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India, Lalit Hotel, New Delhi, January 16 – 17, 2013): Sunil Abraham was the moderator for Plenary Session 3: Discussion on Social Media – Freedom, Moderation or Regulation.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2736&qid=263491" target="_blank">9th International Asian Conference</a> (organised by ITechLaw, February 14 – 15, 2013): Sunil Abraham will be participating as a panelist in the session on “Censorship of Online Content”.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2737&qid=263491" target="_blank">2012 in Review: Biometric ID Systems Grew Internationally...and So Did Concerns about Privacy</a> (by Rebecca Bowe, Right Side News, January 1, 2013)</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2738&qid=263491" target="_blank">Cool Jobs | Parmesh Shahani, Head, Godrej India Culture Lab</a> (LiveMint, January 4, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2739&qid=263491" target="_blank">Clash of the cyberworlds</a> (by Latha Jishnu, Dinsa Sachan and Moyna, Down to Earth, January 15, 2013 issue). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2740&qid=263491" target="_blank">Is freedom of expression under threat in digital age?</a> (originally published by<a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2741&qid=263491" target="_blank"> Indo Asian News Service</a>, January 16, 2013 and also covered in the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2742&qid=263491" target="_blank">Business Standard</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2743&qid=263491" target="_blank">Vancouver Desi</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2744&qid=263491" target="_blank">DNA</a>, and <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2745&qid=263491" target="_blank">Tech2</a>). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2746&qid=263491" target="_blank">Is freedom of expression under threat in the digital age?</a> (by Mahima Kaul, Index on Censorship, January 18, 2013).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2747&qid=263491" target="_blank">Internet Freedom in India – Open to Debate</a> (by Kirsty Hughes, Index on Censorship, January 22, 2013). CIS research on censorship is quoted.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2748&qid=263491" target="_blank">Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: country perspectives</a> (by Richa Kaul Padte, Internet Democracy Project).</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2749&qid=263491" target="_blank">Surveillance Camp: Privatized State Surveillance</a> (by Katitza Rodriguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation, January 28, 2013). Elonnai Hickok is quoted.</li>
<li> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2750&qid=263491" target="_blank">An innovative concept comes to the fore</a> (Deccan Herald, January 29, 2013).</li>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">In partnership with Ford Foundation, CIS was tasked to produce and disseminate modules on various aspects of telecommunications including policy, regulations, infrastructure and market. However, as on November 9, 2012 there was a change in the mandate of the project. Currently, we are working on building a knowledge repository on “Internet Access”. This new repository will cover the history of the internet, technologies involved, principle and values of internet access, broadband market and universal access. It will also touch upon various polices and regulations which has an impact on internet access and bodies and mechanism which are responsible for such policy formulation. For this purpose we will be hosting a new website:<span class="visualHighlight"> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2751&qid=263491" target="_blank">www.internet-institute.in</a></span>.</td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">We are also organizing an “Institute on Internet and Society” in collaboration with the Ford Foundation India, which is to be held from June 8, 2013 to June 14, 2013. Call for registrations and relevant details will be soon announced on our website.</td>
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<h2><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2752&qid=263491" target="_blank">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">While the potential for growth and returns exist for telecommunications in India, a range of issues need to be addressed. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the other is a countrywide access to broadband which is low. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum.:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Column by Shyam Ponappa</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2753&qid=263491" target="_blank">What's Needed Is User-Centric Design, Not Good Intentions</a> (by Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard, January 3, 2013 and Organizing India Blogpost, January 6, 2013).</li>
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<li><b> </b>21<sup>st</sup> Convergence Conference Conference India 2013 (organized by Exhibitions India Group, January 16 – 17, 2013, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi). Snehashish Ghosh participated in the event.</li>
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<h2><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2754&qid=263491" target="_blank">Digital Humanities</a></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">From 2012 to 2015, the Researchers At Work series is focusing on building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. We organised the first Habits of Living workshops in Bangalore last year. The next workshop is being held in Brown University:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><b>Habits of Living Workshop</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2755&qid=263491" target="_blank">Habits of Living: Networked Affects, Glocal Effects</a> (organised by CIS and Brown University, March 21 – 23, 2013, Brown University, Rhode Island). Nishant Shah will be speaking at this event.</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2756&qid=263491" target="_blank">About CIS</a></h2>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2757&qid=263491" target="_blank">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2758&qid=263491" target="_blank">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2759&qid=263491" target="_blank">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2760&qid=263491" target="_blank">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2761&qid=263491" target="_blank">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2762&qid=263491" target="_blank">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2763&qid=263491" target="_blank">NIA Bill</a>, etc.</td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2764&qid=263491" target="_blank">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2765&qid=263491" target="_blank">NIVH Excellence Award</a>.</td>
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<h3>Follow us elsewhere</h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Support Us</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Request for Collaboration</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; "><i>CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects.</i></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2013-bulletin'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2013-bulletin</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceOpennessResearchers at Work2013-06-11T11:56:35ZPageJanuary 2012 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2012-bulletin
<b>Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of events organized by us during the month of January 2012!</b>
<h2>Digital Natives with a Cause?</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Digital Natives with a Cause? is a knowledge programme initiated by CIS, India and Hivos, Netherlands. It is a research inquiry that seeks to look at the changing landscape of social change and political participation and the role that young people play through digital and internet technologies, in emerging information societies. The major outputs have been a four book collective asking questions about theory and practice around 'digital revolutions' in a post MENA (Middle East - North Africa) world, a position paper, a scouting study and three international workshops.</p>
<h3>Events Organised<b> </b> <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1038&qid=140996" target="_blank"></a></h3>
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<li><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1038&qid=140996" target="_blank">Digital AlterNatives Video Contest: The Everyday Digital Native — To Be, To Think, To Act, To Connect</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1039&qid=140996" target="_blank">Digital AlterNatives Tweet-a-Review</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">'Digital Natives with a Cause?' project invites readers to review essays from the 'Digital AlterNatives with a Cause', a four-book collective published by Centre for Internet & Society and Hivos.<b> </b></p>
<h3>Digital AlterNatives: Book Reviews <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1040&qid=140996" target="_blank"></a></h3>
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<li><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1040&qid=140996" target="_blank">Alternative Approaches to Social Change</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">“<i>Observations about intangible aspects of a movement will keep a research from clinging to activism with a capital A, and start seeing a gradation in the social movement practices. It is constructive and opens the door to analyses of multi-dimensional movements such as the Blank Noise initiative (India). Drawing on methods of identifying new developments to the field of social movement, Maesy examines some aspects of it: the issue, strategy, site of action, and internal mode of organization</i>.”<br /><b>Nuraini Juliastuti</b>, Co-founder, KUNCI Cultural Studies Center</p>
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<h2>Accessibility</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">India has an estimated 70 million disabled persons who are unable to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. This includes persons with blindness, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, cerebral palsy and persons who do not have full control over their limbs. For these people, the material needs to be converted into alternate formats such as Braille, audio or video or electronic formats (text document, word document or PDF) which they can access using assistive technologies. Our key research has focused on a submission to amend the Indian Copyright to the HRD Ministry, publishing a policy handbook on e-accessibility, research on accessible mobile handsets in India and an analysis of the Working Draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2010.<b> </b></p>
<h3>Journal Article</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1041&qid=140996" target="_blank">Technology for Accessibility in Higher Education</a>, published in the Journal: Enabling Access for Persons with Disabilities to Higher Education and Workplace. Nirmita Narasimhan wrote an article.</li>
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<h3>Featured Research</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1042&qid=140996" target="_blank">Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible</a>. CIS researched, edited and published this report in partnership with G3ict and ITU. The report contains a foreword, eleven chapters, a bibliography and glossary with contributions from Deepti Bharthur, Nirmita Narasimhan and Axel Leblois.</li>
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<h3>Upcoming Event</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1043&qid=140996" target="_blank">ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility</a>, organized by the International Telecommunication Union, India International Centre, 14-15 March 2012. CIS is hosting the meeting. The Tutorial will be preceded by the fourth meeting of the Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) on 13 March 2012. This meeting will take place at the same venue and will also be hosted by CIS, in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India.</li>
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<h2>Access to Knowledge</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Access to Knowledge is a campaign to promote the fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development. It deals with issues like copyrights, patents and trademarks, which are an important part of the digital landscape. We prepared the India report for the Consumers International IP Watchlist, made submission to the HRD Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty, questioned the demonization of pirates, and advocated against laws (such as PUPFIP Bill) that privatize public funded knowledge.</p>
<h3>Event Organised <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1044&qid=140996" target="_blank"></a></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1044&qid=140996" target="_blank">Gandhi, Freedom, and the Dilemmas of Copyright</a>: To commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary, CIS organised a public lecture. Prof. Shyamkrishna Balganesh of the University of Pennsylvania gave a lecture.</li>
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<h2>Openness</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The advent of the Internet has radically defined what it means to be open and collaborative. Even the Internet is built upon open standards and free/libre/open source software. CIS has been committed and actively campaigned for promotion of open standards, open access and free/libre/open source software.<b> </b></p>
<h3>Workshop Reports <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1045&qid=140996" target="_blank"></a></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1045&qid=140996" target="_blank">Summary of the Minutes of the Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics</a>, organized by the Western Ghats Portal team to explore the contemporary state of biodiversity informatics at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore on 25 November 2011.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1046&qid=140996" target="_blank">Design!PubliC — Innovation and the Public Interest</a>: On the 14th of October, 2011, the Center for Knowledge Societies organized the second edition of the Design Public Conclave, a conversation on how innovation can serve the Public Interest. The conclave was held at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1047&qid=140996" target="_blank">Report on the 'Open Access to Academic Knowledge' workshop</a>: On Wednesday the 2nd of November, during Open Access Week, the Indian Institute of Science in conjunction with the Centre for Internet and Society held a workshop on Open Access at the National Centre for Science Information, in Bangalore. We recorded the meeting and published it online.</li>
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<h3>Event Organised <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1048&qid=140996" target="_blank"></a></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1048&qid=140996" target="_blank">Geekup on Open Data in Bangalore</a>: Hapee de Groot, Hivos, Netherlands gave a talk on Open Data and its use for citizen engagement.</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1049&qid=140996" target="_blank">Wikipedia turns 11 today</a>: The Bangalore event, open to all Wikipedia users, contributors and enthusiasts, is being held at the Centre for Internet and Society at Domlur.<br />The Hindu, 15 January 2012</li>
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<h2>Internet Governance</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Tunis Agenda of the second World Summit on the Information Society has defined internet governance as the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the internet. CIS partnered with Privacy International and Society in Action Group which has produced outputs in banking, telecommunications, consumer rights, etc., submitted open letters to Parliamentary Committee on UID, feedbacks on NIA Bill, and IT Rules.</p>
<h3>Newspaper / Magazine Articles <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1050&qid=140996" target="_blank"></a></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1050&qid=140996" target="_blank">Keeping it Private</a><br />As we disclose more information online, we must ask who might access it and why, writes Nishant Shah in the Indian Express, 15 January 2012.</li>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1051&qid=140996" target="_blank">Click to Change</a><br />From organising political protests and flash mobs to uploading their versions of Kolaveri Di, people brought about change with the help of the internet, Nishant Shah, Indian Express, 1 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1052&qid=140996" target="_blank">The Quixotic Fight to Clean up the Web</a><br />The ongoing attempt to pre-screen online content won’t change anything. It will only drive netizens into the arms of criminals, writes Sunil Abraham, Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 04, 28 January 2012.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1053&qid=140996" target="_blank">Sense and Censorship</a><br />The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills, at the US House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, appear to enforce property rights, but are, in fact, trade bills, Sunil Abraham in the Indian Express, 20 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Interview</b></h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1054&qid=140996" target="_blank">Our Internet and the Law</a><br />Nishant Shah was interviewed by the BBC Channel 5 (Radio) for its Outriders section. Jamillah Knowles reports this. Listen to the podcast online, BBC Radio, 24 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Event Reports</b></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1055&qid=140996" target="_blank">Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill"</a><br />On January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in the series of regional consultations held as “Privacy Matters”. The present conference analyzed the Draft Privacy Bill and the participants discussed the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1056&qid=140996" target="_blank">Future of Integrated Science Education in Higher Education in India</a><br />The Higher Education Innovation and Research Application (HEIRA) at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) and the Centre for Contemporary Studies (CCS) at the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) hosted a two day workshop on 2 and 3 January 2012 on the Future of Integrated Science Education in Higher Education in India at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, IISc. Nishant Shah participated in the workshop.</li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Media Coverage</b></h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1057&qid=140996" target="_blank">Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China?</a><br />"<i>The region-specific blocking was already being used on video hosting websites like YouTube and Hulu, where due to the wishes of copyright owners many videos are not available in India. Twitter is extending this technology to its tweets</i>.”<br />Pranesh Prakash in International Business Times, 28 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/google2019s-privacy-policy-raises-hackles" class="external-link">Google's privacy policy raises hackles</a> (Times of India, January 26, 2012)<br />“<i>Storing data makes it prone to misuse by authorities as well as corporations... I don't want my bakery shop owner to know what kind of medicines I buy from the nearby medical store</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Times of India, 26 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1059&qid=140996" target="_blank">Google to change privacy policy to use personal info of users</a><br />“<i>New changes are not good for a consumer's privacy</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in Punjab Newsline, 27 January 2012.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/tangled-web" class="external-link">Tangled Web</a><br />“<i>We did a policy sting operation wherein we sent fraudulent notices to big web sites...in one case where we asked for the removal of three comments, they removed all 13. So there is already a private censorship underway.</i>”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Week, 21 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1061&qid=140996" target="_blank">POV: Should user-generated content be monitored?</a><br />“<i>We should not fool ourselves into thinking that private sector companies like Google will defend our fundamental rights. The next Parliament session is the last opportunity for parliamentarians to ask for the revocation of the rules for intermediaries, cyber-cafes and reasonable security practices</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in afaqs, 19 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1062&qid=140996" target="_blank">Indian Internet Lawsuit Puts Spotlight on Freedom of Expression</a><br />“<i>These rules have the potential to curtail debate and discussion on the net... They allow for all sorts of subjective tests by private parties and we predicted they would have a chilling effect on freedom of expression online</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Voice of America, 19 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1063&qid=140996" target="_blank">India: obscene pics of gods require massive human censorship of Google, Facebook</a><br /> “<i>It’s difficult to establish exactly what is anti-religious: for example, the Hindu profession of belief in multiple gods is blasphemous to Muslims, Christians and Jews</i>.”<br /> Sunil Abraham in ars technica, 14 January 2012.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/is-india-ignoring-its-own-internet-protections" class="external-link">Is India Ignoring its own Internet Protections? </a><br />“<i>The I.T. Act provides immunity to (Internet companies) and that should be the default starting position</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Wall Street, 16 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1065&qid=140996" target="_blank">India internet: clean-up or censorship?</a><br />Sunil Abraham was quoted in Financial Time’s beyondbrics, 13 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1066&qid=140996" target="_blank">Twists and turns of the SOPA opera</a><br />“<i>In terms of infrastructure, the U.S. controls critical web resources. Contrasting this to the Chinese firewall that blocks content for users within its jurisdiction, the U.S. decision to redirect a link can act as a ‘global block’</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Hindu, 15 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1067&qid=140996" target="_blank">Activists cry foul against Aadhaar</a><br />Sunil Abraham participated in the meet on Aadhaar convened by the Indian Social Action Forum.<br />The Telegraph, 12 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1068&qid=140996" target="_blank">NGO questions people's privacy in UID scheme</a><br />“<i>The UID project was allowed to march on without any protection being put in place</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Times of India, 11 January 2012.</li>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1069&qid=140996" target="_blank">Revealed: Bangalore’s Basic Instincts</a><br />“<i>If you look at the Google trend or any other website, Bangalore does not figure among the top 10 cities that surfs for porn. But that does not mean that Bangalore does not surf porn. It only means that we have a very sophisticated surfer with a very specific type. They don’t go through Google or other websites. They know how to go about it. But whether it affects their personal lives is lot more complicated</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in the Bangalore Mirror, 8 January 2012.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/facebook-google-face-censorship-in-india" class="external-link">Facebook, Google face censorship in India</a><br />“<i>Traditional intellectual property rights holders like movie studios, music companies and software vendors are trying to protect their obsolete business models by pushing for the adoption of blanket surveillance and filtering technologies</i>.”<br />Sunil Abraham in SmartPlanet, 5 January 2012.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1070&qid=140996" target="_blank">Trail of the Trolls</a><br />“<i>Trolling provokes a non-productive argument and as of now it is not considered a criminal offence anywhere in the world</i>.”<br />The Telegraph, 4 January 2012.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1071&qid=140996" target="_blank">Constitution of Group of Experts to Deliberate on Privacy Issues</a><br />It has been decided to constitute a Small Group of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to identify the privacy issues and prepare a paper to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. Pranesh Prakash is one of the members.<br />Published by the Planning Commission, New Delhi.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1072&qid=140996" target="_blank">2011: The year India began to harness social media</a><br />“<i>We saw an increased sharing of digital content whether photos, videos, songs, news or blogs pointing to the Why This Kolaveri Di video, which went viral on YouTube with over 1.3 million views within a week of its release</i>.”<br />Nishant Shah in the Sunday Guardian, 1 January 2012.</li>
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<h3><b>Blog Posts</b></h3>
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<li><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1073&qid=140996" target="_blank">Section 79 of the Information Technology Act</a> by Pranesh Prakash</li>
<li><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1074&qid=140996" target="_blank">How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books</a> (And How We Can Change That) by Pranesh Prakash. This was reproduced in <a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1075&qid=140996" target="_blank">Medianama</a>.</li>
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<h3><b>Upcoming Events</b></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1076&qid=140996" target="_blank">The High Level Privacy Conclave</a><br />Privacy India in partnership with the International Development Research Centre, Canada, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon and Privacy International, UK is organizing the High Level Privacy Conclave at the Paharpur Business Centre, Nehru Place Greens in New Delhi on Friday, 3 February 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1077&qid=140996" target="_blank">All India Privacy Symposium</a><br />Privacy India in partnership with the International Development Research Centre, Canada, and Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, Privacy International, UK and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is organizing the All India Privacy Symposium at the India International Centre, New Delhi on Saturday, 4 February 2012.</li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Events Organised</b></h3>
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<li><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1078&qid=140996" target="_blank">Workshop on the Standardization of Kannada Computing Terminology</a>, 28-29 January 2012, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1079&qid=140996" target="_blank">The Curious Case of Whose Data is it Anyway?</a> The second round of discussions of the Exposing Data Series was co-organized by Tactical Tech and CIS. Siddharth Hande and Hapee de Groot gave lectures.</li>
<li>"ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಜೊತೆ ಜೊತೆಗೆ..." organised in TERI, Bangalore, 22 January 2012.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Telecom</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The growth in telecommunications in India has been impressive. While the potential for growth and returns exist, a range of issues need to be addressed for this potential to be realized. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the second aspect is a countrywide access to broadband which is low at about eight million subscriptions. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum. In this connection, Shyam Ponappa continues to write his monthly column for the Business Standard.</p>
<h3><b> Article by Shyam Ponappa</b></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1081&qid=140996" target="_blank">Reversing India's Downward Trajectory</a><br />The country can regain growth momentum with rate cuts and telecom reforms, writes Shyam Ponappa in this column published in the Business Standard on 5 January 2012.</li>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchOpenness2012-07-09T09:36:46ZPageJanuary 2011 Bulletin
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<b>Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:</b>
<h2><b>Researchers@Work</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">RAW is a multidisciplinary research initiative. CIS believes that in order to understand the contemporary concerns in the field of Internet and society, it is necessary to produce local and contextual accounts of the interaction between the Internet and socio-cultural and geo-political structures. To build original research knowledge base, the RAW programme has been collaborating with different organisations and individuals to focus on its three year thematic of Histories of the Internets in India. Monographs finalised from these projects have been published on the CIS website for public review:</p>
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<h2><b>Digital Natives</b></h2>
<p>CIS has interest in developing Digital Identities as a core research area and looks at practices, policies and scholarships in the field to explore relationships between Internet, technology and identity.</p>
<h3>Column on Digital Natives</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A fortnightly column on ‘Digital Natives’ authored by Nishant Shah is featured in the Sunday Eye, the national edition of Indian Express, Delhi, from 19 September 2010 onwards. The following article was published in the Indian Express recently:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://bit.ly/h2E3Jd">Is That a Friend on Your Wall?</a> [published in the Indian Express on 9 January 2010]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Workshop</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The third and final workshop in the Digital Natives with a Cause? research project will take place in Santiago, Chile, from the 8 to 10 February. Open Call and FAQs for the workshop are online:</p>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/emKslL">Digital Natives with a Cause? Workshop in Santiago – An Open Call</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/eCu2it">Digital Natives with a Cause? Workshop in Santiago – Some FAQs</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Blog Entry by Maesey Angelina</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Maesy Angelina is a MA candidate on International Development, specializing in Children and Youth Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University of Rotterdam. She is working on her research on the activism of digital natives under the Hivos-CIS Digital Natives Knowledge Programme. She spent a month at CIS, working on her dissertation, exploring the Blank Noise Project under the Digital Natives with a Cause framework. She writes a series of blog entries. The latest is:</p>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/hjbzB0">The Digital Tipping Point</a></li>
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<h3>Announcement</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/h92qtI">Rising Voices Seeks Micro-Grant Proposals for Citizen Media Outreach</a></li>
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<h2><b>Accessibility</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Estimates of the percentage of the world's population that is disabled vary considerably. But what is certain is that if we count functional disability, then a large proportion of the world's population is disabled in one way or another. At CIS we work to ensure that the digital technologies, which empower disabled people and provide them with independence, are allowed to do so in practice and by the law. To this end, we support web accessibility guidelines, and change in copyright laws that currently disempower the persons with disabilities.</p>
<h3>New Blog Entry</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/fgOaHa">Accessibility in Telecommunications</a> </li>
</ul>
<h2><b>Intellectual Property</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Copyright, patents and trademarks are the most important components on the Internet. CIS believes that access to knowledge and culture is essential as it promotes creativity and innovation and bridges the gaps between the developed and developing world positively. Hence, the campaigns for an international treaty on copyright exceptions for print-impaired, advocating against PUPFIP Bill, calls for the WIPO Broadcast Treaty to be restricted to broadcast, questioning the demonization of 'pirates', and supporting endeavours that explore and question the current copyright regime. Our latest endeavour has resulted into these:</p>
<h3>New Blog Entry</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/igNQMW">New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement</a> </li>
</ul>
<h2><b>Internet Governance</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Although there may not be one centralised authority that rules the Internet, the Internet does not just run by its own volition: for it to operate in a stable and reliable manner, there needs to be in place infrastructure, a functional domain name system, ways to curtail cybercrime across borders, etc. The Tunis Agenda of the second World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), paragraph 34 defined Internet governance as “the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.” Within the larger field of Internet governance, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue forum that was instituted by the WSIS processes and that is their only formal outcome, has fast emerged as one of the key institutions. As the definition quoted above indicates, a unique feature of the field of Internet governance is that, unlike many other governance spheres, it does not only involve governments. Historically, not only governments but also the technical community and private players have played a crucial role in the development of the Internet. In the context of the IGF, that role is not only explicitly acknowledged but also institutionalised as the IGF formally brings together governments, private players and civil society actors from all areas of and organisations involved in Internet governance. Moreover, now that the open and egalitarian potential of the Internet is increasingly under attack, this unique nature of the IGF, in addition to its WSIS roots, has made it a prime venue to remind stakeholders in all areas of Internet governance of the commitment they have made earlier to building a “people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society” (WSIS Geneva Principles, Para 1). CIS involvement in the field of Internet governance has the following shape:</p>
<h3>New Blog Entry</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/fOB4sL">Jurisdictional Issues in Cyberspace</a><b> </b></li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Privacy</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS has undertaken many new and exciting projects. One of these, "Privacy in Asia", is funded by Privacy International (PI), UK and is being completed in collaboration with Society and Action Group. "Privacy in Asia" is a two-year project that commenced on 24 March 2010 and will complete within two years from the commencement date, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The project was set up with the objective of raising awareness, sparking civil action and promoting democratic dialogue around privacy challenges and violations in India. In furtherance of these goals it aims to draft and promote an over-arching privacy legislation in India by drawing upon legal and academic resources and consultations with the public.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Apart from "Privacy in Asia" CIS is also participating in the " Privacy and Identity" project, which is funded by the Ford Foundation and managed by the Centre for Study of Culture and Society. The project is a research inquiry into the history of Privacy in India and how it shapes the contemporary debates around technology mediated identity projects like <i>Aadhaar</i>. The "Privacy and Identity" project started in August 2010.</p>
<h3>New Blog Entries</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/eWxry1">Privacy Matters — Conference Report</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/gocDqf">An Open Letter to the Finance Committee</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/igov/privacy-india/privacy-UIDdec17">Does the UID Reflect India?</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Staff Update</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Prashant Iyengar is a lawyer and legal scholar who has worked extensively on intellectual property issues particularly focusing on copyright reform and open access. He is a past recipient of an Open Society Institute fellowship for research into Open Information Policy, and has been affiliated with the Alternative Law Forum – a collective of lawyers in Bangalore engaged in human rights practice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Prashant joined the Centre for Internet and Society as a lead researcher in the Privacy India project recently.</p>
<h2><b>Telecom</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The growth in telecommunications in India has been impressive. While the potential for growth and returns exist, a range of issues need to be addressed for this potential to be realized. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the second aspect is a countrywide access to broadband which is low at about eight million subscriptions. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum. It is imperative to resolve these issues in the common interest of users and service providers. CIS campaigns to facilitate this.</p>
<h3>Column</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Shyam Ponappa is a Distinguished Fellow at CIS. He writes regularly on Telecom issues in the Business Standard and these articles are mirrored on the CIS website as well.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://bit.ly/grwFzq">The policy langurs</a> [published on 6 January 2011]</li>
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<h2><b>News & Media Coverage</b></h2>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/hcNWgX">Civic hackers seek to find their feet in India</a> (Livemint, 24 January 2011) and (IndiaInfoline, January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/ihsya0">A Tweet and a poke from the CEO</a> (Livemint, 24 January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/g19Yrv">Clicktivism & a brave new world order</a> (Mail Today, 2 January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/eiyWsT">Would it be a unique identity crisis</a>? (Bangalore Mirror, 2 January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/gnJNzc">Nel suk dei nativi digitali. Perché gli studenti 2.0 hanno bisogno di una bussola per orientarsi</a> (Il Sore24 ORE, 2 January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/fvn4Fw">A Refreshing Start!</a> (Verveonline, Volume 19, Issue 1, January, 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/glcDk1">Getting Connected</a> (Livemint, January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/eN0Njz">Knowledge Warriors</a> (Il Sore24 ORE, January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/f5m3fg">Nishant Shah Quoted in Livemint 2011 Tweet-out</a> (Livemint, January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/eti5N2">Digital Natives with a Cause? - Workshop in Chile seeks participants</a> (Bahama islands info, 30 December 2010)</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/h1YBgf">Mothers discuss kids, music, fashions, on Net</a> (The Hindu, 26 December 2010)</li>
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