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10 Jan 2020
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Call for Researchers: Welfare, Gender, and SurveillanceWe are inviting applications for two researchers. Each researcher is expected to write a narrative essay that interrogates the modes of surveillance that people of LGBTHIAQ+ and gender non-conforming identities and sexual orientations are …
2 Jan 2020
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Pegasus snoopgate, an opportune moment to revisit legal framework governing state surveillance frameworkRevelations of hacking call for a relook at India’s surveillance regime
2 Jan 2020
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Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy ConcernsArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the first of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial …
2 Jan 2020
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way ForwardArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the third of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial …
2 Jan 2020
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy ConcernsArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated …
1 Jan 2020
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Anushree Gupta - Ladies ‘Log’: Women’s Safety and Risk Transfer in RidehailingWorking in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every …
31 Dec 2019
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Extra-Territorial Surveillance and the Incapacitation of Human RightsThis paper was published in Volume 12 (2) of the NUJS Law Review.
30 Dec 2019
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Is India's Digital Health System Foolproof?This contribution by Aayush Rathi builds on "Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?" (by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon, EPW Engage, Vol. 54, Issue No. 6, 09 Feb, …
23 Dec 2019
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Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of ScienceAn orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage …
23 Dec 2019
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Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of ScienceAn orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage …
18 Dec 2019
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Sarah Zia - Not knowing as pedagogy: Ride-hailing drivers in DelhiWorking in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every …
18 Dec 2019
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Digital Humanities and New Contexts of Digital Archival Practice in IndiaPuthiya Purayil Sneha attended and presented at a conference on 'The Arts, Knowledge, and Critique in the Digital Age in India: Addressing Challenges in the Digital Humanities' organised by Sahapedia and Department of Liberal Arts, Indian …
17 Dec 2019
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ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitmentsAkriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working …
16 Dec 2019
15 Dec 2019
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The Telecom Crisis is an NPA ProblemAfter interim relief for telecom, structural reforms must follow.
12 Dec 2019
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In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public SpaceA discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
11 Dec 2019
5 Dec 2019
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Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in IndiaWe believe that voice interfaces have the potential to democratise the use of internet by addressing barriers such as accessibility concerns, lack of abilities of reading and writing on digital text interfaces, and lack of options for …
4 Dec 2019
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Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ Fictive Kinship Relations in Mumbai App-based Food DeliveryWorking in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every …
3 Dec 2019
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A Deep Dive into Content Takedown TimeframesSince the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web-hosting providers, …
28 Nov 2019
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Project on Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism with City UniversityCIS is a partner on the project 'Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism in the Digital Age'. The project is lead by Dr. Carolina Matos, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media in the Department of Sociology at City University.
24 Nov 2019
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Project Tiger 2.0If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
24 Nov 2019
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Project Tiger 2.0If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
24 Nov 2019
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Project Tiger 2.0If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
22 Nov 2019
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Project Tiger 2.0If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
18 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019
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Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media HandbookThe need for intervention in the cybersecurity imagery in media publications was realised during a brainstorming workshop that was conducted by CIS with illustrators, designers, and cybersecurity researchers.
15 Nov 2019
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Guest post: Before cyber norms, let’s talk about disanalogy and disintermediationIn a guest post in relation to CIS’s recently held roundtable onIndia’s cyber defense strategy, Pukhraj Singh looks at the critical fissures – at the technical and policy levels – in global normative efforts to secure cyberspace. By …
15 Nov 2019
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Draft Security Standards for The Financial Technology Sector in IndiaInformation security standards provide a framework for the secure development, implementation and maintenance of information systems and technology architecture. This document includes draft information security standards, which seek to …
13 Nov 2019
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India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy FormulationThe past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, …