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Rethinking the intermediary liability regime in India — by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Aug 16, 2019 01:49 AM
The article consolidates some of our broad thematic concerns with the draft amendments to the intermediary liability rules, published by MeitY last December.
Abuse linked to Net fixation — by Nina C. George — last modified Aug 15, 2019 04:26 PM
Addiction to surfing for explicit content and loss of privacy are big concerns when it comes to children, say counsellors.
IETF 105 — by Admin — last modified Aug 13, 2019 01:38 AM
Gurshabad Grover attended a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), IETF105, held in Montreal from July 20 - 26.
Ministry of Health's public consultation on National Digital Health Blueprint: Legal issues around telemedicine, consent, and 'egosystems' in healthcare Trisha Jalan — by Trisha Jalan — last modified Aug 09, 2019 02:05 PM
“The patient should be centric to every intervention,” declared Preeti Sudan, special secretary at the Ministry of Health, at the ministry’s public consultation on the National Digital Health Blueprint 2019, held at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi on August 6.
Why the Madras HC case on WhatsApp traceability could have wider ramifications — by Haripirya Suresh — last modified Aug 09, 2019 01:58 PM
While traceability will make law enforcement easier, it could also undermine voices of dissent, say experts.
Design and Uses of Digital Identities - Research Plan — by Amber Sinha and Pooja Saxena — last modified Aug 17, 2019 07:58 AM
In our research project about uses and design of digital identity systems, we ask two core questions: a) What are appropriate uses of ID?, and b) How should we think about the technological design of ID? Towards the first research question, we have worked on first principles and will further develop definitions, legal tests and applications of these principles. Towards the second research question, we have first identified a set of existing and planned digital identity systems that represent a paradigm of how such a system can be envisioned and implemented, and will look to identify key design choices which are causing divergence in paradigm.
Holding ID Issuers Accountable, What Works? — by Shruti Trikanad and Amber Sinha — last modified Aug 08, 2019 10:23 AM
The Appropriate Use of Digital Identity — by Amber Sinha — last modified Aug 08, 2019 10:24 AM
Comments to the ID4D Practitioners’ Guide — by Yesha Tshering Paul, Prakriti Singh, and Amber Sinha — last modified Aug 08, 2019 10:25 AM
Private Sector and the cultivation of cyber norms in India — by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Aug 07, 2019 03:18 PM
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become a regular facet of modern existence. The growth of cyberspace has challenged traditional notions of global order and uprooted the notion of governance itself. All over the world, the private sector has become a critical player, both in framing cyber regulations and in implementing them.
National Stakeholders Consultation on the National Digital Health Blueprint — by Admin — last modified Aug 07, 2019 02:21 PM
Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi attended the National Stakeholders Consultation on the National Digital Health Blueprint organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 6 August 2019 at Constitution Club of India in New Delhi.
‘I’m just helpless’: Concern about Kashmir mounts as communication blackout continues — by Niha Masih — last modified Aug 07, 2019 02:03 PM
For the last 36 hours, Arusha Farooq has been hooked to her phone — making frantic calls, messaging repeatedly and then checking news sites in despair.
Will Modi govt move on Kashmir’s Article 370 stand the scrutiny of Supreme Court? — by Admin — last modified Aug 07, 2019 01:44 PM
Many scholars have questioned the constitutional validity of Narendra Modi government's decision to scrap Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu & Kashmir.
Comments on the National Digital Health Blueprint — by Samyukta Prabhu, Ambika Tandon, Torsha Sarkar and Aayush Rathi — last modified Aug 07, 2019 01:24 PM
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had released the National Digital Health Blueprint on 15 July 2019 for comments. The Centre for Internet & Society submitted its comments.
Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages! — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Aug 07, 2019 12:29 PM
Whose Knowledge?, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Centre for Internet and Society are creating a State of the Internet’s Languages report, as baseline research with both numbers and stories, to demonstrate how far we are from making the internet multilingual. We also hope to offer some possibilities for doing more to create the multilingual internet we want. This research needs the experiences and expertise of people who think about these issues of language online from different perspectives. Read the Call here and share your submission by September 2, 2019.
The Knowledge Base is Liberated — by Subodh Kulkarni and Madhav Gadgil — last modified Aug 05, 2019 11:04 PM
The article published in Sunday supplement of Loksatta newspaper of Express group, written jointly by Madhav Gadgil & Subodh Kulkarni summarises - the status of searchable open knowledge available on web, eagerness of youth generation across the social strata to access knowledge on new gadgets and the approaches to build resources in Marathi on web harnessing potential of Wikimedia projects. It also elaborates major three breakthroughs – Free & open source software movement, Unicode revolution and development of collaborative knowledge building and sharing free platforms like Wikimedia projects easily accessible to people in their own languages.
Event Report: Community Discussion on Open Standards — by Karan Saini, Prem Sylvester and Anishka Vaishnav — last modified Aug 02, 2019 06:51 AM
This community discussion organised by HasGeek was held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India on June 20, 2019.
Re-licensing Sessions with Authors and Organisations — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Aug 05, 2019 04:12 PM
In collaboration with Marathi community, CIS-A2K is getting connected with various authors and organisations willing to re-license their content under CC-By-SA. A2K is facilitating the OTRS process Commons for re-licensing as well as digitisation of the content. The team of trained Wikimedians at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal, District Pune has taken the responsibility of digitising the books and further uploads in Wikimedia projects.
Facebook Data for Good in Bangalore — by Admin — last modified Jul 31, 2019 02:14 AM
When data is shared responsibly with the communities that need it, it can improve well being and save lives. Shweta Mohandas participated in a session organized by Facebook on 25 July 2019 at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
Fix Problems Before Complete Failure — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Jul 31, 2019 02:43 AM
We need some real solutions on the ground. Examples - Jet Airways post mortem findings applied as the way forward for difficult NPAs; and a radical change of course a
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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 research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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