Topic
Digital Media
23 items.
16 May 2024
Blog post
Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024This submission is a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society India (CIS) to the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, published by the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), …
7 Feb 2023
Blog post
Comments to the proposed amendments to The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021This note presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India, on the proposed amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“proposed amendments”). We thank …
21 Jul 2022
Blog post
Deployment of Digital Health Policies and Technologies: During Covid-19In the last twenty years or so, the Indian government has adopted several digital mechanisms to deliver services to its citizens.
7 Jul 2022
Blog post
Comments to the draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) presented its comments on the draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (‘the rules’), which were released on 6 June, 2022 for …
5 Jul 2021
Blog post
State of Consumer Digital Security in IndiaThis report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded …
31 Dec 2020
Blog post
UN Questionnaire on Digital Innovation, Technologies and Right to HealthThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) contributed to the questionnaire put out by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on digital innovation, technologies and the right to health. The responses were …
19 May 2017
News
IT companies in Bengaluru on high alert over WannaCry ransomwareIn the wake of the ransomware attack triggered by WannaCry virus, IT firms in Bengaluru are racing against time to updating their security systems. At some firms, employees have been asked to stay away from work for a few hours, while many …
9 Dec 2016
Blog post
Indian Newspapers' Digital TransitionThis report examines the digital transition underway at three leading newspapers in India, the Dainik Jagran in Hindi, English-language Hindustan Times, and Malayala Manorama in Malayalam. Our focus is on how they are changing their …
18 Sep 2016
Blog post
Who Owns Your Phone?The capacity of companies to defy standards that work tells an alarming story of what we lose when we lose control of our devices.
7 Aug 2016
Blog post
Do I Want to Say Happy B’day?When it comes to greeting friends on their birthdays, social media prompts are a great reminder. So why does an online message leave us cold?
19 Jul 2016
Blog post
Digital Transition in Newspapers in India: A Pilot StudyThis pilot study situates itself at the intersection of global trends in news and journalism, and emergent practises of legacy print media in India. Our aim is to explore how legacy print newspapers are transitioning to the online space. …
6 Jul 2016
Blog post
How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?How are Indian newspapers adapting to the transition to digital news production, distribution, and consumption? How are they changing their journalistic work, their newsroom organisations, and their distribution strategies as digital media …
8 Jun 2016
Blog post
UN Special Rapporteur Report on Freedom of Expression and the Private Sector: A Significant Step ForwardOn 6 June 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, released a report on the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) sector and freedom of …
14 Feb 2016
News
Linking Facebook use to free top-up dataJust before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013.
23 Nov 2015
Blog post
WhatsApps with fireworks, apps with diyas: Why Diwali needs to go beyond digitalThe idea of a 'digital' Diwali reduces our social relationships to a ledger of give and take. The last fortnight, I have been bombarded with advertisements selling the idea of a “Digital Diwali”. We have become so used to the idea that …
5 Aug 2015
News
Porn block in India sparks outrageIndia’s government has triggered a storm of protest after blocking 857 alleged pornography websites, with privacy and internet freedom campaigners, as well as consumers, condemning the move as arbitrary and unlawful.
5 Aug 2015
5 Aug 2015
5 Aug 2015
News
India blocks access to 857 porn sitesIndia has blocked free access to 857 porn sites in what it says is a move to prevent children from accessing them.
27 Jul 2015
Blog post
'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTubeThis post by Ipsita Sengupta is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. In this essay, she explores the responses to various renditions of songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore available on YouTube and the questions they raise …
16 Jul 2015
News
Corporate push to Modi’s Rs.4.5-billion digital dreamPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s Rs. 4.5-billion digital dream seems to find favour with the corporate world, which calls it a “very progressive step” and “massive tech push”.
31 May 2015
News
Only digital sex, pleaseMany Indian men are getting so dependent on digital sex and online pornography that they can’t handle real relationships. And a new book says this is happening the world over. Prasun Chandhuri and Avijit Chatterjee turn the spotlight on the …
3 Jan 2015
News
Minds that (should) matterThinkers who best explain a rapidly-changing India to the world (and the world to India).