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13 Nov 2019
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Startup Street: Google India's new top boss, the rise of Mastodon and keeping tabs on data complianceArindrajit Basu appeared on CNBC TV 18's Start Up Street discussing data compliance in the fall out of the Whatsapp-Pegasus incident.
13 Nov 2019
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Should online political advertising be regulated?Micro-targeting could have potentially damaging results in the context of political advertising.
13 Nov 2019
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Open Workshop on 'Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and AfricaMonish will be a part of a collaborative network which is organising an open workshop on 'Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and Africa', on December 4, 2019 at Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) Delhi.
13 Nov 2019
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Cultivating India's Cyber Defense StrategyArindrajit Basu, Pranav M. Bidare and Karan Saini organized a roundtable discussion on 'Cultivating India’s Cyber Defense Strategy' at the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi, on November 5, 2019. The event saw a total of 27 …
13 Nov 2019
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Advancing Cyberstability Final ReportCentre for Internet & Society (CIS) was acknowledged in the final report of the Global Commission on Stability of Cyberspace
2 Nov 2019
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Consultation on 'Privacy and Gender'Ambika Tandon was a speaker at the Consultation on Privacy and Gender organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy held at New York University, New York on October 30 - 31, 2019.
30 Oct 2019
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Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.
23 Oct 2019
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Trending Hate Against Muslims: Is Twitter Complicit?Twitter claimed that it had ‘prevented’ the Hashtag while it had not.
20 Oct 2019
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Roundtable Discussion on Intermediary LiabilityTanaya Rajwade participated in a roundtable discussion on intermediary liability organised by SFLC and the Dialogue in New Delhi on October 17, 2019.
20 Oct 2019
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NIPFP Seminar on Exploring Policy Issues in the Digital Technology ArenaAnubha Sinha participated in this seminar as a discussant on the "Regulating emerging technologies" panel. The event was held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 10 - 11, 2019.
20 Oct 2019
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Dystopia vs development: The Kashmir paradoxOn 26 July, Azmat Ali Mir, 26, landed in her hometown, Srinagar. A day later, uncertainty and panic gripped the Kashmir valley—the Amarnath yatris (pilgrims) and other tourists were being evacuated, there was heavy military deployment and …
20 Oct 2019
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Due Diligence Project FGD by UN WomenOn October 11, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan attended a focussed group discussion at the UN House, New Delhi, organized by UN Women for their multi-country research study on online violence (Due Diligence Project).
20 Oct 2019
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Discussion at CyFy on Technology, Policy and National Security: Building 21st Century Curricula in India’s Law SchoolsArindrajit Basu attended the session and gave comments on the course outline which included thoughts on:
20 Oct 2019
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BSides Delhi 2019 Security ConferenceKaran Saini attended the BSides Delhi security conference on October 11, 2019. The event was organized by Bsides Delhi in New Delhi.
18 Oct 2019
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Will FASTag raise privacy concerns?FASTag, an electronic device that enables direct, cashless toll payment, has been touted as the Aadhaar for vehicles as it would help the government track movement of automobiles. But the move can also stoke fresh concerns on privacy.
18 Oct 2019
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Participation in ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 meetingsFrom October 14 - 18, 2019, Gurshabad Grover, participated in the meetings of ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 held in Paris, the committee that develops international standards for IT Security techniques.
17 Oct 2019
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India's HIV-positive trans people find 'new strength' in technologyShoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha's hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive.
16 Oct 2019
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Panelist at launch of Google-UNESCAP AI ReportArindrajit Basu was a speaker at the panel launching the Google-UNESCAP AI Report at the GovInsider Forum held at the United Nations Convention Centre in Bangkok on October 16, 2019.
14 Oct 2019
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React India 2019Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at an International conference, 'React India 2019" which was the first beach conference and which was hosted at Goa on 26-28, September 2019.
14 Oct 2019
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DevFest'19Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at the event organised by Google Developers Groups at Coimbatore on September 14, 2019.
14 Oct 2019
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AI Opera- AI as a total work of artOn October 11, 2019, Shweta Mohandas and Mira were invited as panelists for the 'AI Opera- AI as a total work of art' event organized by Goethe as part of the India Week Hamburg 2019 held in Bangalore. CIS was an event partner.
13 Oct 2019
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Why conviction rate for cyber crime cases in Karnataka is abysmally lowPolice say a third of the cases involving economic offences in Karnataka are related to job scams, a third related to OTP and UPI fraud, and the remaining are lottery related scams.
30 Sep 2019
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SC directs govt to further regulate social media: Is it necessary? Experts weigh inWith the SC's directive to the Indian government for further regulation of social media, TNM asked experts what were the challenges associated with the same.
28 Sep 2019
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Millions of kids in India access the Net on their parents’ devices, says studyExperts raise concern over exposing kids to predators, phishing and bullying.
26 Sep 2019
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Turning off the internet: Chips with Everything podcastGurshabad Grover and Ambika Tandon recorded an episode with the Guardian's podcast on digital culture, called Chips with Everything.
25 Sep 2019
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Why having more CCTV cameras does not translate to crime preventionCan technology substitute addressing social, psychological, economic and other individual factors that largely lead to criminality? And what are the perils of over-reliance on technology to fight crime?
25 Sep 2019
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Policy Design JamPallavi Bedi, Akash Sheshadri and Anubha Sinha attended the event organized by Whatsapp and ISPP on 16 September 2019 at Indian School of Public Policy campus, Qutub Institutional Area, Delhi.
25 Sep 2019
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Participation in the meeting of LITD 17 at BISOn September 25, 2019, Gurshabad Grover along with Elonnai Hickok and Karan Saini attended the meeting of the Information Systems Security & Privacy Sectional Committee (LITD17) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
25 Sep 2019
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FOSSCON India 2019Bhuvana Meenakshi gave a talk on "The revolution of WebXR" at FOSSCON India 2019 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology in Belgaum from August 29 - 31, 2019, where she discussed about the tools used for development and demos.
25 Sep 2019
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CIS joins the Christchurch Call Advisory NetworkCentre for Internet & Society's application for membership of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network has been accepted! As a part of this network, we, along with other civil society groups based out of various jurisdictions, would be …