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Internet Shutdown Stories
by Ambika TandonThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has published a collection of stories of the impact of internet shutdowns on people's lives in the country. This is a project funded by Facebook and MacArthur Foundation, and the stories were provided by 101 Reporters. Case studies from the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, and Uttar Pradesh have been highlighted in this compilation.
- Accessibility
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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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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income
May 23, 2018
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
- On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources March 22, 2018
- Delhi Declaration on Open Access February 26, 2018
- Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan February 12, 2018
- Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Internship December 11, 2017
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India's Draft Telecom Policy Needs to Bridge the Gap Between Intent and Execution
May 07, 2018
Earlier this week, India’s department of telecommunications (DoT) released a draft new telecom policy, titled ‘Draft National Digital Communications Policy 2018’.
- The Huawei pointer May 06, 2018
- NPAs & Bad Banks March 25, 2018
- Matching Realities and Aspirations March 09, 2018
- Submission to TRAI Consultation on "Inputs for Formulation of National Telecom Policy - 2018" January 25, 2018
- Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon
May 07, 2018
Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon was an offline edit-a-thon held in the month of April in collaboration with the Sambad media house, Odia Wikimedia User Group and the Center for Internet and Society.
- Institutional Partnership with Tribal Research & Training Institute May 07, 2018
- Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra May 07, 2018
- Wikipedia edit-a-thon in mind? Kindly start here May 07, 2018
- Article on Telugu Wikisource Feature Book in Pustakam.net April 17, 2018
- Internet Governance
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Indian Intermediary Liability Regime: Compliance with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability
May 20, 2018
This report assesses the compliance of the Indian intermediary liability framework with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability, and recommends substantive legislative changes to bring the legal framework in line with the Manila Principles.
- India's Data Protection Framework Will Need to Treat Privacy as a Social and Not Just an Individual Good May 18, 2018
- Internet Shutdown Stories May 17, 2018
- AI in the Banking and Finance Industry in India May 14, 2018
- Event report of the Methods workshop on researching Future of Work in India May 10, 2018
- Researchers at Work (RAW)
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Infrastructure as Digital Politics: Media Practices and the Assam NRC Citizen Identification Project (Draft Paper)
May 15, 2018
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam focuses on updating the list of Indian citizens in the state. A highly sensitive, controversial and massive exercise, the government has had several strategies to manage this project. One of the ways has been in which the government has engaged with and positioned itself, vis-a-vis the media, specifically through Facebook and Twitter, and on its own official website. This paper by Khetrimayum Monish Singh and Nazifa Ahmed is a discourse analysis of media content and user opinions on Facebook, and media responses on the NRC official website. These reflect bureaucratic practices of efficiency, transparency, trust and anxiety management; user feedback, confusion, political concerns and opinions help in accounting for and navigating through the system, and contribute to building up the NRC as an information infrastructure. We focus on how these two processes through media practices co-produce 'the sociotechnical building and maintenance' (Star and Bowker, 1999; Star and Ruhleder, 1996) of the NRC as an information infrastructure.
- Digital Native: The e-wasteland of our times May 06, 2018
- Digital Native: Delete Facebook? May 06, 2018
- Making Humanities in the Digital: Embodiment and Framing in Bichitra and Indiancine.ma April 10, 2018
- Information Infrastructures, State, and Citizens: An Initial Literature Survey March 28, 2018
- Featured Articles
- Internet Shutdown Stories
- What’s up with WhatsApp?
- Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and Facebook
- On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
- CIS Comments on TRAI Consultation Paper on Promoting Local Telecom Equipment Manufacturing
- The Fundamental Right to Privacy: An Analysis
- High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017
- (Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information
- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
- Net Neutrality Resources
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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 academic 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 practices around internet, technology and society in India, and elsewhere.
