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Media Market Risk Ratings: India
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) are launching a study into the risk of disinformation on digital news platforms in India, creating an index that is intended to serve donors and brands with a neutral assessment of news sites that they can utilise to defund disinformation.
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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
- Openness
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Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1
November 02, 2019
Gurshabad 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.
- React India 2019 October 14, 2019
- DevFest'19 October 14, 2019
- FOSSCON India 2019 September 25, 2019
- India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem August 19, 2019
- Telecom
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Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Broadband Connectivity and Speed
December 20, 2020
CIS comments on Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s Consultation Paper on Roadmap to Promote Broadband Connectivity and Enhanced Broadband Speed
- Unlock = Open, not Choked! June 15, 2020
- Kick-start the economy with cash flow May 24, 2020
- High priced restrictive entry, distorted regulations make India's telecom sector unattractive May 20, 2020
- Short on Spectrum: Need for an enabling policy and regulatory environment May 20, 2020
- Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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Standing Committee's recommendations are at odds with Access to Knowledge
July 26, 2021
The Indian Parliamentary Committee's report weighs on several aspects of the Indian IPR system and issues of protection and enforcement. This blog post summarily notes the observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Copyright Act, 1957 which stand to impact access to knowledge. The primary issue dealt with was the claim that copyright exceptions were affecting the publishing industry and authors. The recommendations include narrowing of copyright exceptions, barring digital storage and copying, promotion of libraries, and adopting the Berne Convention as the benchmark on limitations and exceptions.
- WIPO SCCR 41: Notes from Day 3 and Day 4 July 07, 2021
- WIPO SCCR 41: Notes from Day 2 July 07, 2021
- WIPO SCCR 41: Statement by CIS on Limitations and Exceptions Agenda Item June 29, 2021
- WIPO SCCR 41: Statement by CIS on the Protection of Broadcasting Organisations Agenda Item June 29, 2021
- Internet Governance
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Comments on proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020
July 27, 2021
- CIS Seminar Series: Information Disorder July 23, 2021
- Health IDs: Voluntary or Mandatory? July 22, 2021
- Media Market Risk Ratings: India July 12, 2021
- The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End Encryption July 12, 2021
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Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India
June 25, 2021
CIS has been undertaking a two-year project studying the entry of digital platforms in the domestic and care work in India, supported by the Association for Progressive Communications as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network. Implemented through 2019-21, the objective of the project is to use a feminist lens to critique platform modalities and orient platformisation dynamics in radically different, worker-first ways. Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi led the research team at CIS. The Domestic Workers’ Rights Union is a partner in the implementation of the project, as co-researchers. Geeta Menon, head of DWRU, was an advisor on the project, and the research team consisted of Parijatha G.P., Radha Keerthana, Zeenathunnisa, and Sumathi, who are office holders in the union and are responsible for organising workers and addressing their concerns.
- IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety August 25, 2020
- Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants June 03, 2021
- Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India June 03, 2021
- The Many Languages of Digital Infrastructures June 02, 2021
- Previous Events
- 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’
- Cultivating India’s Cyber Defense Strategy
- Draft Model Fintech Security Standards: Closed Door Consultation
- AI: A Full Spectrum Regulatory Challenge
- Previous Featured Posts
- Media Market Risk Ratings: India
- 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
- ICANN Diversity Analysis
- Internet Shutdown Stories
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.
Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
