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What’s up with WhatsApp?: by Aayush Rathi and Sunil Abraham — published Apr 23, 2018 — filed under: Social Media, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, WhatsApp, Homepage
In 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
White Paper on RTI and Privacy V1.2: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Nov 09, 2014 — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
This white paper explores the relationship between privacy and transparency in the context of the right to information in India. Analysing pertinent case law and legislation - the paper highlights how the courts and the law in India address questions of transparency vs. privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Whose Change is it Anyway?: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 18, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AM — filed under: Digital Activism, RAW Publications, Digital Natives, Youth, Featured, Publications, Homepage
This thought piece is an attempt to reflect critically on existing practices of “making change” and its implications for the future of citizen action in information and network societies. It observes that change is constantly and explicitly invoked at different stages in research, practice, and policy in relation to digital technologies, citizen action, and network societies.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities: by Bodhisattwa Mandal and Ananth Subray P. V. — published Sep 19, 2018 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Featured, Homepage
Wikisource is one of the trending Wikimedia projects. Many new editors and new books to Indic language Wikisource's get added over a period of time. However, new editors as well as existing editors face numerous problems while working with the content online. The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team, to help the editors, has created this Handbook. CIS invites feedback to the first draft of this Handbook. CIS-A2K will continue to work with the Wikipedia communities to improve their efforts towards developing Wikisource.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Your economy, our livelihoods: A policy brief by the All India Gig Workers’ Union: by W.C. Shukla, Rikta Krishnaswamy, Rohin Garg, Gunjan Jena, and S.B. Natarajan — published Jan 30, 2024 — last modified Jan 31, 2024 12:02 AM — filed under: Labour Futures, Digital Economy, Gig Work, Digital Labour, Reserve Bank of India, Featured, Homepage
In this policy brief, the All India Gig Workers’ Union (AIGWU) presents its critique on NITI Aayog’s report on India’s platform economy. Through experiences from over 3 years of organising gig workers across India, they highlight fallacies in the report that disregard workers’ experiences and realities. They present alternative recommendations that are responsive to these realities, and offer pathways towards rights-affirming futures for workers in the platform economy.
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