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Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights - Workshop Report
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by
Vidushi Marda, Akash Deep Singh and Geethanjali Jujjavarapu
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published
Nov 14, 2016
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last modified
Nov 18, 2016 12:58 PM
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filed under:
Human Rights,
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Artificial Intelligence,
Internet Governance,
Machine Learning,
Featured,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Information Technology,
E-Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society held a one-day workshop on “Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms and Human Rights” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the 1st of October, 2016. This report is a compilation of the the issues discussed, ideas exchanged and challenges recognized during the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to discuss aspects of big data technologies in terms of harms, opportunities and human rights. The discussion was designed around an extensive study of current and potential future uses of big data for governance in India, that CIS has undertaken over the last year with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
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Internet Governance
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Selection of Sessions
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 16, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 01:37 PM
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filed under:
Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
Learning,
IRC17,
Homepage
We have a wonderful range of session proposals for the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) to take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. From the 23 submitted session proposals, we will now select 10 to be part of the final Conference agenda. The selection will be done through votes casted by the teams that have proposed the sessions. This will take place in December 2016. Before that, we invite the session teams and other contributors to share their comments and suggestions on the submitted sessions. Please share your comments by December 14, either on session pages directly, or via email (sent to raw at cis-india dot org).
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RAW
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CIS Statement on Right to Privacy Judgment
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Aug 28, 2017
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last modified
Aug 31, 2017 06:13 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In an emphatic endorsement of the right to privacy, a nine judge constitutional bench unanimously upheld a fundamental right to privacy. The events leading to this bench began during the hearings in the ongoing Aadhaar case, when in August 2015, Mukul Rohatgi, the then Attorney General stated that there is no constitutionally guaranteed right to privacy.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Digital Natives Video Contest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2012
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last modified
May 08, 2015 12:35 PM
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filed under:
Video,
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
The Everyday Digital Native Video Contest has its top five winners through public voting.
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Digital Natives
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Digital Humanities in India?
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Nov 12, 2015
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last modified
Jun 30, 2016 05:05 AM
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filed under:
Digital Knowledge,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India,
Research,
Featured,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work
An extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' itself, as a 'found' name for which one needs to excavate some meaning, context, and location in India at the present moment. Instead of importing this term to describe practices taking place in this country - especially when the term itself is relatively unstable and undefined even in the Anglo-American context - what I chose to do was to take a few steps back, and outline a few questions/conflicts that the digital practitioners in arts and humanities disciplines are grappling with. The final report of this study will be published serially. This is the first among seven sections.
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RAW
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Open Government Data Study
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 20, 2011
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last modified
Sep 03, 2015 08:08 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Featured,
Publications,
Openness
CIS produced a report on the state of open government data in India, looking at policy, infrastructure, and particular case studies, as well as emerging concerns, future strategies and recommendations. The report is authored by Glover Wright, Pranesh Prakash, Sunil Abraham, and Nishant Shah. We are grateful to the Transparency and Accountability Initiative for providing generous funding for this report.
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Openness
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Blog
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Call for Comments for Report on the Online Video Environment in India
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 21, 2010
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 12:12 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Open Video
The Open Video Alliance, the Centre for Internet and Society and iCommons are pleased to announce a public call for comments on version 1 of "Online Video Environment in India: A Survey Report".
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Openness
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Blog
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Call for Comments for Report on Open Government Data in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 24, 2010
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last modified
Mar 01, 2013 05:50 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Featured,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society is pleased to announce a public call for comments on the Report on Open Government Data in India prepared by Glover Wright, Pranesh Prakash, Sunil Abraham and Nishant Shah.
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Openness
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Blog
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Open Government Data in India (v2)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 19, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:25 AM
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filed under:
Call for Comments,
Open Data,
Featured,
Openness,
e-governance
The first draft of the second version of the Open Government Data Report is now online. Nisha Thompson worked on updating the first version of the report. This updated version of the report on open government data in India includes additional case studies as well as a potential policy (National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy) that would create a central government data portal. The report was distributed for peer review and public feedback.
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Openness
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Blog
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Know your Users, Match their Needs!
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by
Rebecca Schild
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published
Nov 23, 2011
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last modified
Feb 27, 2012 03:06 PM
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filed under:
Research,
Featured,
Open Access,
Openness,
Publications
As Free Access to Law initiatives in the Global South enter into a new stage of maturity, they must be certain not to lose sight of their users’ needs. The following post gives a summary of the “Good Practices Handbook”, a research output of the collaborative project Free Access to Law — Is it Here to Stay? undertaken by LexUM (Canada) and the South African Legal Institute in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Openness
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Blog