News and media coverage
2,600 items.
7 Aug 2019
News
‘I’m just helpless’: Concern about Kashmir mounts as communication blackout continuesFor the last 36 hours, Arusha Farooq has been hooked to her phone — making frantic calls, messaging repeatedly and then checking news sites in despair.
31 Jul 2019
News
Facebook Data for Good in New DelhiWhen data is shared responsibly with the communities that need it, it can improve well being and save lives. Anubha Sinha participated in a session organized by Facebook on 29 July 2019 at University of Chicago Center in New Delhi.
31 Jul 2019
News
Facebook Data for Good in BangaloreWhen data is shared responsibly with the communities that need it, it can improve well being and save lives. Shweta Mohandas participated in a session organized by Facebook on 25 July 2019 at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
30 Jul 2019
News
Twitter reacts to the India's cryptocurrency dramaAn Inter-Ministerial Committee led by Subhash Chandra Garg, secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has submitted a report which will recommend a ban on cryptocurrency in India to the finance ministry.
30 Jul 2019
News
Roundtable with the WhatsApp leadershipWill Cathcart, WhatsApp's new global head, visited India and invited Sunil Abraham for a discussion on 26 July 2019 at the Mountbatten, The Oberoi, New Delhi. Sunil met with some other people from WhatsApp leadership.
30 Jul 2019
News
For sex workers, mobile phone becomes a double-edged swordOur research on the use of mobile phones by sex workers, as part of the project on Feminist Information Infrastructure in collaboration with Sangama, was cited in an article in the Economic Times.
30 Jul 2019
News
Easing the US-India divergence on data localisationAddition of data localisation to the basket of persisting trade issues warrants greater compartmentalisation and consultative approaches to US-India ties.
23 Jul 2019
News
European Summer School on Internet GovernanceThe 13th European Summer School on Internet Governance was held at Meissen in Germany from 13 - 20 July 2019. Akriti Bopanna attended the school. The event was organized by EuroSSIG.
22 Jul 2019
News
Leveraging Web Application Vulnerabilities for Reconnaissance and Intelligence GatheringKaran Saini gave a talk at the JSFoo Conference at the GRD College of Science in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on July 5, 2019. The event was organized by Has Geek.
22 Jul 2019
News
Lecture at International Summer School, DelhiAmbika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, on July 12, 2019, delivered a lecture at the International Summer School, Delhi.
21 Jul 2019
News
ออกแบบระบบข้อมูลประชาชนดิจิทัล: คุยกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญหาแนวทางเหมาะสมTalk with Sunil Abraham, an expert on the Internet and good governance in the issue of creating a digital identification system.
21 Jul 2019
News
Presentation to Amnesty International on researching the Future of WorkAayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon made a presentation to Amnesty International on July 18, 2019.
21 Jul 2019
News
Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at WorkOn July 13, 2019, Torsha and Mira attended the 'Learning and understanding the frameworks of rights at work' workshop held by Kai Hsin Hung at IT For change in Bangalore.
21 Jul 2019
News
ICANN 65 De-briefing MeetingThe Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) organized an ICANN65 de-briefing meeting on July 16, 2019. Akriti Bopanna remotely presented on the Human Rights related developments that took place at the …
21 Jul 2019
News
Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forwardOn July 13, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan, participated in a roundtable discussion on "Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward." The event was organized by …
21 Jul 2019
News
Deepfakes: Algorithms at war, trust at stakeA case in point is the video that surfaced of an Indian journalist not so long ago.
21 Jul 2019
News
BIS LITD 17 meetingOn July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
10 Jul 2019
News
Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India” @ ICRIERRadhika Radhakrishnan, attended a Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of AI Policy in India” organized by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in New Delhi on July 1, 2019, to arrive at actionable …
10 Jul 2019
News
Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in FirefoxMozilla is funding a project for bringing the Julia programming language to Firefox and the general browser environment.
8 Jul 2019
News
How Sai Baba Was Made To Spy On Your Phone For Credit RatingsResearchers revealed that Hyderabad-based CreditVidya—a highly successful fintech company that rated people’s creditworthiness—collected data from people using music apps and Sai Baba apps.
5 Jul 2019
News
PIB plans a fact-checking unit to counter fake newsCountering fake news has been high on the government’s agenda; in 2016; the MIB suggested expanding its analytics wing to monitor social media and set up an early warning system for possible flashpoints that the government may be unprepared …
4 Jul 2019
News
Setting the Agenda: A Behavioural Science approach to Data PrivacyAmber Sinha attended a meeting organised by the Centre for Social Behaviour Change (CSBC) at Ashoka University and the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics on 26 June 2019 at CSBC office, Vasant Vihar in New Delhi.
3 Jul 2019
News
Digital ID Forum 2019Sunil Abraham was one of the panelists at this event at Chulalongkorn University on July 3, 2019.
30 Jun 2019
News
Facebook’s Libra: A bit too ambitious?Power desperately finds ways to propagate at the slightest hint of losing lustre, which the social network is beginning to experience at the moment.
28 Jun 2019
News
Workshop on Cyber-Ethics: Values-driven Innovative SolutionsArindrajit Basu moderated a discussion on Cyber-Ethics at Swiss Nex (Consulate General of Switzerland, Bangalore on 28 June 2019. The event was organized by the Embassy of Switzerland.
27 Jun 2019
26 Jun 2019
News
Pranesh Prakash as Resource Person for ITD seminar on CompetitionPranesh Prakash represented the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as a resource person for a training seminar held by the International Institute for Trade and Development, which is an organization with a UN mandate and funding by the …
23 Jun 2019
News
Chasing fame and fun 15 seconds at a time: Why TikTok has India hookedHow TikTok, an app owned by a Chinese firm, has become a playground for India’s young.
22 Jun 2019
News
The Global Nature of Cybersecurity in a Changing WorldArindrajit Basu represented CIS at the annual grantee convening of the Hewlett Foundation held at San Diego from 20 - 22 June 2019.
22 Jun 2019
News
Rootconf 2019Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.