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Wie die chinesische Mega-App TikTok Indiens Wahlkampf beeinflussen könnte — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 20, 2019 03:20 PM
Die chinesische Kurzvideo-App Tiktok gehört zu den wertvollsten Start-ups der Welt – und sie wird zunehmend politisch. In Indien weckt das Ängste.
Improving the Processes for Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities to Government Entities in India — by Karan Saini, Pranesh Prakash and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Apr 01, 2019 12:02 PM
The aim of this policy brief is to recommend changes pertaining to current legislation, policy and practice to the Government of India regarding external vulnerability reporting and disclosure. The changes we recommend within this brief aim to strengthen the processes around voluntary vulnerability and bug disclosure by third parties.
Artificial Intelligence for India's Transformation — by Admin — last modified Mar 20, 2019 01:38 AM
ASSOCHAM's 3rd International Conference was organized at Hotel Imperial in New Delhi. Amber Sinha a session on use, impact and ethics in AI.
The Localisation Gambit: Unpacking policy moves for the sovereign control of data in India — by Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Aditya Singh Chawla — last modified May 21, 2019 03:24 PM
Edited by: Pranav M.B., Vipul Kharbanda and Amber Sinha Research Assistance: Anjanaa Aravindan
Conference on Future of Tech Policy in India — by Admin — last modified Mar 16, 2019 02:34 AM
SFLC.in organised a Conference on Future of Tech Policy in India on 15 March 2019 in New Delhi to discuss issues related to Rights on the Internet.
Vacancy: Programme Officer (Delhi) — by Pranav M B — last modified Mar 29, 2019 08:44 AM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, for research on intellectual property rights and access to knowledge. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Delhi office.
Digital Native: How an information overload affects what you forward — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 03, 2019 01:12 AM
The information overload of social media sharing can make us act against our better judgement.
Vacancy for Chief Finance Officer — by Pranav M B — last modified Mar 10, 2019 01:02 PM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Chief Finance Officer. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bangalore office (No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, 560071). The Chief Finance Officer will work closely with the CIS administrative and accounts team and will report to the Executive Director, as well as Directors/Managers of Projects.
More urban Indian women are acting against offensive calls and text messages — by Aria Thaker — last modified Mar 10, 2019 02:24 AM
More Indian women are fighting back against sexual harassment they face over phone calls and text messages, a survey shows.
Why entrepreneurs are wary of the new draft e-commerce policy — by Rahul Sachitanandan — last modified Mar 08, 2019 12:32 AM
Raka Chakrawarti, an entrepreneur from Mumbai, is tensed these days, not about her business, which is booming, but over the rules of the Draft National e-Commerce Policy.
RFCs We Love: Transport & Apps Edition — by Admin — last modified Mar 08, 2019 12:17 AM
The 2nd meetup of RFCs we love in 2019 was held at Go-Jek in Domlur on 2nd March 2019 in partnership with Bangalore Mobile performance group. Gurshabad Grover was a speaker at this event organized by India Internet Engineering Society.
Recapturing the Commons — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Apr 03, 2019 01:44 AM
Regulations that facilitate infrastructure with appropriate public resource use will enhance productivity.
Seminar on “Evolution of communication: Social Media & Beyond” — by Admin — last modified Mar 07, 2019 02:52 PM
Sunil Abraham will be a speaker at this event organized by TRAI on March 15 at Hotel Radisson Blu GRT, Near Airport, Chennai. Sunil will be speaking on How should Internet Giants- Social Media, Search engines and ad tech be Regulated.
Nullcon Security Conference — by Admin — last modified Mar 07, 2019 02:40 PM
On March 1 and 2, 2019, Karan Saini attended the Nullcon Security Conference organized by Nullcon at Holiday Inn Resort, Mobor Beach, Cavelossim, Salcette, Goa.
Rejuvenating India’s Rivers the Wiki Way — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Apr 01, 2019 01:18 PM
Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), an organisation working on rejuvenation of rivers in India, has began documentation of rivers on Wiki, especially to draw attention to and mitigate the crisis of toxic deposits facing more than 40 rivers in India. The work was started by Jal Biradari, TBS’s Maharashtra based group, in Sangli district with the help of the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team of CIS. Here is the report from the first pilot workshop conducted by CIS-A2K during 22-25 December 2018 at Tarun Bharat Sangh Ashram, in Alwar, Rajasthan.
The city of Bhubaneswar is going Open — by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Mar 07, 2019 11:41 AM
Bhubaneswar supporting the concept of Openness movement has joined as one of the ambassadors of the movement in the world by giving citizens the right to access the content online produced by the government and make use of the work.
CIS-A2K Finance Officer: Call for application — by Tito Dutta — last modified Mar 07, 2019 08:46 AM
The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet and Society is seeking applications for the position of Finance Officer, to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only.
'Website not found' pop-ups leave net activists fuming — by Admin — last modified Mar 07, 2019 02:52 AM
Internet activists are concerned over what they term as rising instances of websites being blocked by internet service providers (ISPs) and the government without citing any reason for doing so.
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಯೋಜನೆ ಸಮಾವೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ತರಬೇತಿಯ ವರದಿ — by Ananth — last modified Mar 07, 2019 02:35 AM
ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯು ದಿನದಿಂದ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೇ ಕುಂದುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಭಾಗದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಆಕರಗಳು ಸಿಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಇಂತಹ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ ಬೆಳೆಸುವುದು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗನ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ. ಇದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಗಮನದಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು, ಸಂತ ಅಲೋಶಿಯಸ್ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಆಶ್ರಯದಲ್ಲಿ ದಿನಾಂಕ ೦೯ ಹಾಗೂ ೧೦ ನೇ ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ, ೨೦೧೯ ರಂದು ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಯೋಜನೆ ಸಮಾವೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ತರಬೇತಿಯನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಲಾಯಿತು.
'Website not found' pop-ups leave net activists fuming — by Tushar Kaushik — last modified Apr 03, 2019 03:53 PM
Internet activists are concerned over what they term as rising instances of websites being blocked by internet service providers (ISPs) and the government without citing any reason for doing so.
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