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We are happy to announce the launch of our final report on the study ‘Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India. The study was undertaken with support from the Mozilla Corporation.

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Accessibility: Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53

March 06, 2018
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.; Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites November 26, 2017; Comments on Mobile Accessibility Guidelines January 03, 2018; Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled July 03, 2017; GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities June 24, 2017; 194 more articles →

Openness: Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949

October 11, 2022
The digitization project of O Bharat, a historic biweekly published between 1912 to 1949 in Goa was completed through collaboration of different organizations. The trustees of Bharatkar Hegde Desai Trust initiated the project in collaboration with Marathi department of Goa University, Bhakti Dnyan Marg Sanstha and Goa Central Library. The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge Programme facilitated the project with technical and financial assistance. Two local students scanned 12000 pages in 8 days. The year wise volumes of O Bharat are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons in the form of archive.; Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949 October 11, 2022; Call for Survey Responses: Security Perceptions of Open Source Software Among Practitioners November 29, 2021; Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1 November 02, 2019; React India 2019 October 14, 2019; 824 more articles →

Telecom: Why spectrum needs a change in approach

January 18, 2023
Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri write: It must be recognised that spectrum needs to be combined with other infrastructure to enable service delivery.; CIS’ Comments to the (Draft) Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022 November 22, 2022; An Overview of Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Framework in India March 25, 2022; Response to TRAI consultation on Auction of Spectrum in frequency bands identified for IMT/5G March 25, 2022; Opinion: Delicensing 6 GHz, 60 GHz bands is crucial to improve Wi-Fi scenario in India January 03, 2022; 116 more articles →

Access to Knowledge (A2K): Research Studies on Indian Language Wikimedia Projects 2019-21

October 17, 2022
This is a compilation of the final reports from a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2021, on an array of topics related to Indian language Wikimedia projects. The projects were undertaken by Subodh Kulkarni, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Ananth Subray, Satpal Dandiwal and Nitesh Gill, with research oversight and editorial support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and internal review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Ambika Tandon.; Global Civil Society Coalition launches website to promote Access to Knowledge October 12, 2022; Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949 October 11, 2022; Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949 October 11, 2022; Mapping Content on Gender and Sexuality in Indian Languages October 10, 2022; 748 more articles →

Internet Governance: The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022

January 20, 2023
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) published its comments and recommendations to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on December 17, 2022.; Big Tech’s privacy promise to consumers could be good news — and also bad news January 18, 2023; ‘Techplomacy’ and the negotiation of AI standards for the Indo-Pacific October 21, 2022; Demystifying Data Breaches in India October 17, 2022; Getting the (Digital) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Right October 03, 2022; 1299 more articles →

[email protected]: Designing Domestic Work Platforms

August 13, 2022
This research was conducted by The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) with funding from Association for Progressive Communication (APC) through the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN), supported by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The authors are deeply grateful to the platform workers who talked to us and shared their experiences of finding work through Urban Company. Their responses shaped our research and their insights guided the creation of this final report.; Procurement Through Digital Platforms July 26, 2022; Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27 May 07, 2022; Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New Delhi May 05, 2022; Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22) - Selected Sessions April 23, 2022; 423 more articles →

Previous Events: Transference: Reimagining Data Systems: Beyond the Gender Binary; Launching CIS’s Flagship Report on Private Crypto-Assets; Reclaiming AI Futures; Platforms, Power and Politics: Digital Labour in India; Disinformation in the Indian Digital News Media Market; Privacy in the Age of the Pandemic; How to Shut Down Internet Shutdowns; How safe is your harbour? Discussions on intermediary liability and user rights; Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook: Launch Event; Domestic Work in the ‘Gig Economy’

Previous Featured Posts: Making Voices Heard; Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27; Internet Researchers' Conference 2022; Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India; IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety; Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants; Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19; IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19; COVID-19 Charter Of Recommendations on Gig Work; The Networked Public: How Social Media is Changing Democracy; Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!; Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity; FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments; CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy; Design and the Open Knowledge Movement; Rejuvenating India’s Rivers the Wiki Way; Welcome to [email protected] blog!; Statement on Serious Allegations against CIS Members and the CIS Workplace on Social Media; Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report; Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities

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