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Making Voices Heard
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Shweta Mohandas
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published
Jun 27, 2022
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filed under:
Voice User Interface,
Privacy,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Featured,
Homepage
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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DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Apr 29, 2015
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last modified
Apr 30, 2015 07:37 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
RTI,
Intermediary Liability,
Accountability,
Featured,
69A,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Transparency,
Homepage,
Blocking
Across India on 30 December 2014, following an order issued by the Department of Telecom (DOT), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocked 32 websites including Vimeo, Dailymotion, GitHub and Pastebin.
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Inclusive Financial Services - Global Trends in Accessibility Requirements
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
May 03, 2015
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Accessibility
Inclusive Financial Services is a G3ict White Paper researched in cooperation with the Centre for Internet and Society. The research paper comprises a Foreword and Introduction, four chapters — Barriers to Access for Persons with Disabilities and Diverse Abilities, International Framework, Integrating Accessibility into the System, and State of Practice - Impact of the Convention on Inclusive Finance and Accessibility Efforts around the Globe.
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Media Market Risk Ratings: India
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Torsha Sarkar, Pranav M Bidare, and Gurshabad Grover
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Jan 25, 2022 01:29 PM
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filed under:
Digital News,
Digital Access,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Homepage
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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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022
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by
Pranav M B
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published
Feb 11, 2022
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last modified
Feb 11, 2022 09:54 AM
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Featured,
Homepage
Due to internal delays related to the pandemic, the Internet Researchers' Conference will now take place online in May 2022. Please see below for a link to the updated call for sessions.
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Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and Facebook
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Apr 10, 2018
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last modified
Apr 27, 2018 09:52 AM
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filed under:
Google,
Instagram,
Privacy,
Twitter,
YouTube,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Google Plus,
Facebook,
Homepage
We conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. It has become apparent to us after a 2 week print media analysis that our Government has been providing free publicity worth Rs 40,000 to these entities. There are multiple issues with this as this article attempts at pointing out.
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2015 USTR Report: Old Wine in New Bottle
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
May 11, 2015
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last modified
Jun 16, 2015 10:24 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Homepage,
Limitations & Exceptions,
Access to Knowledge
Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) undertakes an elaborate exercise to castigate countries' domestic intellectual property (IP) law and policy. The criticisms and recommendations are presented in a document called the Special 301 Report. This year's edition puts India on the Priority Watch List for the twenty-sixth time in a row. Below, I rebut the report's prejudicial claims and demands, and argue that the report puts free speech, innovation and public interest in jeopardy.
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Call for Participation: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
May 14, 2015
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last modified
Jun 24, 2015 04:11 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Homepage,
Global Congress,
Access to Knowledge
We are pleased to announce the call for participation for the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (“Global Congress”), being hosted at New Delhi from December 15 to 17, 2015.
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DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India
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by
Laird Brown
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published
Jun 20, 2015
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last modified
Jun 29, 2015 04:25 PM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security Film,
Featured,
Chilling Effect,
Cyber Security,
Homepage,
Cyber Security Interview
As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary. The film produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad.
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COVID-19 Charter Of Recommendations on Gig Work
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Apr 30, 2020
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last modified
May 13, 2020 08:53 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Gig Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Future of Work,
Featured,
Network Economies,
Homepage
Tandem Research and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a webinar on 9 April 2020, with unions representing gig workers and researchers studying labour rights and gig work, to uncover the experiences of gig workers during the lockdown. Based on the discussion, the participants of the webinar have drafted a set of recommendations for government agencies and platform companies to safeguard workers’ well being. Here are excerpts from this charter of recommendation shared with multiple central and state government agencies and platforms companies.
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