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Internet Governance
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30 Jul 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What is the problem with ‘Ethical AI’? An Indian PerspectiveOn 22 May 2019, the OECD member countries adopted the OECD Council Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence. The Principles, meant to provide an “ethical framework” for governing Artificial Intelligence (AI), were the first set of …
21 Jul 2019
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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
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Old Isn't Always Gold: FaceApp and Its Privacy PoliciesLeaving aside the Red Scare for a moment, FaceApp's own rebuttal of privacy worries are highly problematic in nature.
21 Jul 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 …
8 Jul 2019
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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.
6 Jul 2019
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DIDP #34 On granular detail on ICANN's budget for policy development processICANN has Advisory Committees which help guide the policy recommendations that the ICANN community develops while its Supporting Organizations are charged with developing policy recommendations for a particular aspect of ICANN's operations. …
5 Jul 2019
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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
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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
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The Impact of Consolidation in the Internet Economy on the Evolution of the InternetThe Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with the Internet Society organized an event on the impact of consolidation in the Internet economy. It was divided into two roundtable discussions, the first one focusing on the policies …
3 Jul 2019
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Digital ID Forum 2019Sunil Abraham was one of the panelists at this event at Chulalongkorn University on July 3, 2019.
30 Jun 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
22 Jun 2019
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Facebook to pay Indians to give up privacy: Experts raise questionsFacebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
14 Jun 2019
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
10 Jun 2019
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No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS reportThe study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
6 Jun 2019
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Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non-Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to TodayArindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the journal article authored by Abigail D. Pershing and published by Yale Journal of International Law.