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Overview and Concerns Regarding the Indian Draft DNA Profiling Act
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by
GeneWatch UK & the Council for Responsible Genetics, US
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published
Jul 11, 2012
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance
The Indian Code of Criminal Procedure was amended in 2005 to enable the collection of a host of medical details from accused persons upon their arrest. Section 53 of the Cr.PC provides that upon arrest, an accused person may be subjected to a medical examination if there are “reasonable grounds for believing” that such examination will afford evidence as to the crime.
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Internet Governance
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International Open Data Charter: Comments by CIS
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 08, 2015
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Policies,
Openness,
International Open Data Charter
The second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the comments received during the public consultation period that ended on July 31, 2015, are being re-discussed and finalised by the Stewards. Here we are sharing the comments submitted by us on the first public draft of the Charter published during the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2015. The comments include those submitted by Sumandro and Sharath Chandra Ram.
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Openness
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Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 22, 2012
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last modified
Sep 06, 2012 11:52 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship
Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Big Data and Reproductive Health in India: A Case Study of the Mother and Child Tracking System
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by
Ambika Tandon
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published
Oct 17, 2019
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last modified
Dec 06, 2019 04:57 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Researchers at Work,
Reproductive and Child Health,
Research,
Featured,
Publications,
BD4D,
Healthcare,
Big Data for Development
In this case study undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development (BD4D) network, Ambika Tandon evaluates the Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) as data-driven initiative in reproductive health at the national level in India. The study also assesses the potential of MCTS to contribute towards the big data landscape on reproductive health in the country, as the Indian state’s imagination of health informatics moves towards big data.
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RAW
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Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Aug 07, 2019
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last modified
Aug 07, 2019 12:29 PM
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filed under:
Language,
Research,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Knowledge,
Decolonizing the Internet's Languages,
Featured,
State of the Internet's Languages,
Digital Humanities,
Homepage
Whose Knowledge?, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Centre for Internet and Society are creating a State of the Internet’s Languages report, as baseline research with both numbers and stories, to demonstrate how far we are from making the internet multilingual. We also hope to offer some possibilities for doing more to create the multilingual internet we want. This research needs the experiences and expertise of people who think about these issues of language online from different perspectives. Read the Call here and share your submission by September 2, 2019.
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RAW
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State of the Internet's Languages 2020: Announcing selected contributions!
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Nov 01, 2019
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last modified
Nov 01, 2019 06:12 PM
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filed under:
Language,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Featured,
State of the Internet's Languages,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work,
Decolonizing the Internet's Languages
In response to our call for contributions and reflections on ‘Decolonising the Internet’s Languages’ in August, we are delighted to announce that we received 50 submissions, in over 38 languages! We are so overwhelmed and grateful for the interest and support of our many communities around the world; it demonstrates how critical this effort is for all of us. From all these extraordinary offerings, we have selected nine that we will invite and support the contributors to expand further.
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RAW
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User Experiences of Digital Financial Risks and Harms
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by
Amrita Sengupta, Chiara Furtado, Garima Agrawal, Nishkala Sekhar, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Yesha Tshering Paul
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published
Dec 15, 2023
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last modified
Dec 22, 2023 04:05 PM
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filed under:
Financial Technology,
Financial Platforms,
Digital Financial Harms,
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
RAW Blog,
Accessibility,
Digital Lending,
RAW Research,
Research,
Homepage
The reach and use of digital financial services has risen in recent years without a commensurate increase in digital literacy and access. Through this project, supported by a grant from Google(.)org, we will examine the landscape of potential risks and harms posed by digital financial services, and the disproportionate risk that information asymmetry and barriers to access pose for users, especially certain marginalised communities.
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RAW
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Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Feb 07, 2019
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last modified
Apr 01, 2019 04:38 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Internet Freedom,
Event
The Centre for Internet & Society and the University of Munich (LMU), Germany are jointly organizing an international symposium at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on April 5, 2019
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Internet Governance
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Events
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Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Feb 26, 2019
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last modified
Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Apr 01, 2019
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last modified
Apr 26, 2019 06:40 AM
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filed under:
E-Commerce,
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on the draft national e-commerce policy. This response was authored by Amber Sinha, Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
