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The National Health Stack: An Expensive, Temporary Placebo — by Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta, and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Aug 13, 2018 03:13 PM
The year 2002 saw the introduction of a very ambitious National Program for Information Technology in the United Kingdom with the goal to transform the National Health Service — a pre-existing state-sponsored universal healthcare program. This would include a centralised, digital healthcare record for patients and secure access for 30,000 professionals across 300 hospitals.
The Big Eye: The tech is all ready for mass surveillance in India — by Admin — last modified Aug 13, 2018 02:54 PM
Chennai’s T. Nagar, arguably India’s biggest shopping district by revenues and crowded on any given day, gets even more packed in festival seasons as thousands throng its saree and jewellery stores.
Workshop of Publishers and Writers on Unicode, Open Source and Wikimedia Projects — by Admin — last modified Aug 11, 2018 02:08 AM
CIS-A2K team organized a workshop on unicode, open source and wikimedia projects at Pune on July 25, 2018.
Call for Essays: Offline — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Aug 20, 2018 06:58 AM
Who is offline, and is it a choice? The global project of bringing people online has spurred several commendable initiatives in expanding access to digital devices, networks, and content, and often contentious ones such as Free Basics / internet.org, which illustrate the intersectionalities of scale, privilege, and rights that we need to be mindful of when we imagine the offline. Further, the experience of the internet, for a large section of people is often mediated through prior and ongoing experiences of traditional media, and through cultural metaphors and cognitive frames that transcend more practical registers such as consumption and facilitation. How do we approach, study, and represent this disembodied internet – devoid of its hypertext, platforms, devices, it's nuts and bolts, but still tangible through engagement in myriad, personal and often indiscernible ways. The researchers@work programme invites abstracts for essays that explore dimensions of offline lives.
UNDP joins Tech Giants in Partnership on AI — by Admin — last modified Aug 13, 2018 03:51 PM
UNDP joins the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI), a consortium of companies, academics, and NGOs working to ensure that AI is developed in a safe, ethical, and transparent manner. Founded in 2016 by the tech giants - Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft - It has since been joined by industry leaders such as Accenture, Intel, Oxford Internet Institute - University of Oxford, eBay, as well as non profit organizations such as UNICEF and Human Rights Watch and many more.
వాట్సాప్ సాహిత్య వేదిక నుంచి వికీసోర్సుకు — by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Jul 31, 2018 11:33 PM
పద్యసౌందర్యం గ్రూపు సభ్యులకు వికీసోర్సు పరిచయం
India’s internet shutdowns are costing the economy billions of dollars — by Admin — last modified Jul 31, 2018 04:54 PM
Frequent internet shutdowns have begun to hurt the Indian economy.
Spreading unhappiness equally around — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jul 31, 2018 02:49 PM
The section of civil society opposed to Aadhaar is unhappy because the UIDAI and all other state agencies that wish to can process data non-consensually.
Smartphone rumours spark series of mob killings in India — by Admin — last modified Jul 31, 2018 02:30 PM
Nation reels from killings blamed on fake reports of kidnappers spread on WhatsApp
Lining up the data on the Srikrishna Privacy Draft Bill — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jul 31, 2018 02:52 AM
In the run-up to the Justice BN Srikrishna committee report, some stakeholders have advocated that consent be eliminated and replaced with stronger accountability obligations. This was rejected and the committee has released a draft bill that has consent as the bedrock just like the GDPR. And like the GDPR there exists legal basis for nonconsensual processing of data for the “functions of the state”. What does this mean for lawabiding persons?
The Potential for the Normative Regulation of Cyberspace: Implications for India — by Pranav M B — last modified Jul 31, 2018 11:49 PM
Author: Arindrajit Basu Edited by: Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Udbhav Tiwari Research Assistance: Tejas Bharadwaj
Digital Native: Hashtag Along With Me — by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:25 AM
A hashtag that evolved with a movement.
Data localisation may pinch startups, payments firms — by Admin — last modified Jul 29, 2018 07:22 AM
The draft Data Protection Bill is likely to have significant impact on how companies and startups use customer data, particularly as it would increase costs and make it difficult for them to take data outside the country.
People Should Have Right To Their Data, Not Companies, Says TRAI — by Admin — last modified Jul 29, 2018 05:44 AM
Rules for protection of personal data in the telecom space are not sufficient, regulator TRAI said today while suggesting that consumers be given the right to choice, consent and to be forgotten to safeguard their privacy.
After Securing Net Neutrality In India, TRAI Goes To Bat For Data Privacy — by Admin — last modified Jul 29, 2018 05:28 AM
This will be a stop-gap measure before the creation of a privacy bill.
The crown of thorns that awaits Facebook’s India MD hire — by Admin — last modified Jul 29, 2018 02:00 AM
Between 2015 to 2017, Facebook nearly doubled its user base to about 250 million in India. The two other popular Facebook products, WhatsApp and Instagram, became swimmingly popular in the country, too – the messaging platform counts 200 million users here and the photos and videos sharing app some 60 million.
Bit by byte protecting her privacy — by Admin — last modified Jul 29, 2018 01:46 AM
The Srikrishna committee draft law on data protection is days away. Here’s a bucket list of issues that will matter
Govt asks CBI to probe Cambridge Analytica in data breach case — by Admin — last modified Jul 29, 2018 01:47 AM
Centre directs social media platforms to take prompt action against fake messages
Ethical Data Design Practices in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) Age — by Admin — last modified Aug 01, 2018 11:14 PM
Shweta Mohandas was a panelist at discussion on Ethical Data Design Practices in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) Age, organised by Startup Grind, Bangalore on July 28, 2018 at NUMA Bangalore.
Workshop of River activists for building Jal Bodh - Knowledge resource on Water — by Admin — last modified Aug 11, 2018 01:45 AM
To build knowledge resource on rivers in Pune district, CIS-A2K team organized a workshop in Pune on July 25, 2018.
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