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13 Sep 2015
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CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 RecommendationsThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted the below to ICANN's CCWG-Accountability.
12 Sep 2015
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WikipediansSpeak with Dr. Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni: Tulu Wikipedia in the makingDr. Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni, Principal, Shri Ramakrishna P.U. College, Mangaluru shares with Dr. U.B. Pavanaja of the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme his insights on bringing more contributors of …
9 Sep 2015
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The Internet in the Indian Judicial ImaginationThis post by Divij Joshi is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Divij is a final year student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and is a keen observer and researcher on issues of law, policy and …
8 Sep 2015
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International Open Data Charter: Comments by CISThe second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the comments received during the public consultation period that ended on July 31, …
6 Sep 2015
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Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 v/s 2015 BillThis entry analyses the Human DNA Profiling Bill introduced in 2012 with the provisions of the 2015 Bill
5 Sep 2015
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Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series - Research Questions and a Literature Review on the Actor-Network TheoryThis document is divided into two parts - the first part lays out a series of research questions, potentially seeking to apply actor-network theory as a research methodology. The second part seeks to map literature around the Actor-Network …
4 Sep 2015
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More On Those Dropped CallsA basic problem is that the cost of spectrum and licences relative to earnings is too high, structurally.
3 Sep 2015
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Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of IndiaThis note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents …
2 Sep 2015
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CIS brings Nadustunna Charithra magazine under by CC BY SA licenceAs a part of its content donation initiative, the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has brought all issues of Nadustunna Charithra magazine under Creative Common Licence.
29 Aug 2015
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Supreme Court Order is a Good Start, but is Seeding Necessary?This blog post seeks to unpack the ‘seeding’ process in the UIDAI scheme, understand the implications of the Supreme Court order on this process, and identify questions regarding the UID scheme that still need to be clarified by the court …
29 Aug 2015
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Are we Throwing our Data Protection Regimes under the Bus?In this blog post Rohan examines why the principle of consent is providing us increasingly less of an aegis in protecting our data.
28 Aug 2015
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Training in eSpeak HindiNVDA team conducted a workshop at Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind, Varanasi from August 26 to 28, 2015. Eighty five students and 13 teachers took part in the training programme.
28 Aug 2015
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Governing Speech on the Internet: From the Free Marketplace Policy to a Controlled 'Public Sphere'This post by Smarika Kumar is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Smarika is a consultant with Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. She is interested in issues concerning law and technology. In this essay, Smarika explores how …
28 Aug 2015
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"Sau Dhuni Teen" project: Wikipedia workshop in TISS, MumbaiA two-day multilingual Wikipedia workshop was organised at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai during the 22nd through the 24th August. This was one of the outreach events under the scope of …
27 Aug 2015
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CIS Comments and Recommendations to the Human DNA Profiling Bill, June 2015The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted a clause-by-clause comments on the Human DNA Profiling Bill that was circulated by the Department of Biotechnology on June 9, 2015.
26 Aug 2015
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Workshop on Open Data for Human Development - Sessions ReportCIS facilitated a workshop on open data policy and tools for government officials from Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Tripura, and those from Bhutan and Maldives, in June 2015. The workshop was co-facilitated with Akvo, DataMeet, and Mapbox, and …
26 Aug 2015
23 Aug 2015
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Wikipedia workshop in the theme of “Sau Dhuni Teen” in Pune UniversityA two-day Wikipedia workshop was organised in the Srimati Savitribai Phule Pune University on the 20th August 2015. The workshop was focused on enriching Wikipedia with 100 articles related to notable Indian women under the scope of the …
23 Aug 2015
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The seedy underbelly of revenge pornIntimate photos posted by angry exes are becoming part of an expanding online body of dirty work.
23 Aug 2015
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'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'Rohini Lakshané attended “Open Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Our Digital Culture” in Bangalore on August 13, 2015. Major takeaways from the event are documented in this post.
22 Aug 2015
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Survey of Estimates of Economic Value of Open Government DataThis is a survey of estimates of economic value of open government data, and public sector information in general, across regions, countries, and sectors offered by several reports published during the last decade. The survey is undertaken …
21 Aug 2015
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Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articlesA three-day Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted for science lecturers of institutions who gathered at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Bengaluru this August 18. The idea of this event was to improve …
19 Aug 2015
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Security: Privacy, Transparency and TechnologyThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in privacy and data protection research for the last five years. It has participated as a member of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, which has influenced the draft Privacy Bill …
19 Aug 2015
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Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in India - Open ReviewThis is a book section written for the third volume (2000-2010) of the Asia Internet History series edited by Prof. Kilnam Chon. The pre-publication text of the section is being shared here to invite suggestions for addition and …
19 Aug 2015
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Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in Asia - Open ReviewThis is a book section written for the third volume (2000-2010) of the Asia Internet History series edited by Prof. Kilnam Chon. The pre-publication text of the section is being shared here to invite suggestions for addition and …
18 Aug 2015
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Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore to bring Tulu Wikipedia liveA Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised in Mangalore, Karnataka this 14th to encourage more Tulu-language speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia. Tulu Wikipedia is is currently in the Incubator but the enthusiastic editor community is …
18 Aug 2015
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Journalism Students of the SDM College Ujire Enrich Karnataka’s Folklore And Folk Art in Kannada WikipediaAs part of an ongoing partnership with the Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College Ujjire, with active support from a few Kannada Wikipedia editors, CIS-A2K began an outreach programme so that the journalism students could help …
17 Aug 2015
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War Driving in Lhasa VegasThis post by Oxblood Ruffin is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Oxblood Ruffin is a hacktivist and film maker. He joined the CULT OF THE DEAD COW in 1996 as its Foreign Minister. Colonel Ruffin is co-author of the …
17 Aug 2015
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A Review of the Policy Debate around Big Data and Internet of ThingsThis blog post seeks to review and understand how regulators and experts across jurisdictions are reacting to Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT) from a policy perspective.
13 Aug 2015
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Right to Privacy in PerilIt seems to have become quite a fad, especially amongst journalists, to use this headline and claim that the right to privacy which we consider so inherent to our being, is under attack. However, when I use this heading in this piece I am …