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The Networked Public: How Social Media Changed Democracy
by Amber SinhaThe book looks at how networks exert unchecked power in subverting political discourse and polarizing the public in India. Towards that, it investigates the history of misinformation and the biases that make the public susceptible to it, how digital platforms and their governance impacts the public’s behaviour in them, as well as the changing face of political targeting in a data-driven ecosystem.
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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
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India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem
August 19, 2019
B Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).
- Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at Work July 21, 2019
- Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in Firefox July 10, 2019
- Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya July 04, 2019
- Rootconf 2019 July 05, 2019
- Telecom
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Fix Problems Before Complete Failure
July 31, 2019
We need some real solutions on the ground. Examples - Jet Airways post mortem findings applied as the way forward for difficult NPAs; and a radical change of course a
- Fostering Strategic Convergence in US-India Tech Relations: 5G and Beyond July 05, 2019
- 5G Aspirations and Realities July 02, 2019
- Democracy, Digital India and Networks June 09, 2019
- The Huawei bogey June 05, 2019
- Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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Call for joining the Free Knowledge movement #Wikipedia #Wikimedia
August 19, 2019
Every little drop makes a Mighty ocean! Join us in this Free Knowledge movement where your contributions will be used world-wide.
- The Knowledge Base is Liberated August 05, 2019
- Re-licensing Sessions with Authors and Organisations August 05, 2019
- Wikimedia Workshop on Rivers under Project Jalbodh August 05, 2019
- Orientation programme, Wikipedia workshop & Action Plan meeting in PAH Solapur University August 05, 2019
- Internet Governance
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Core Concepts and Processes
September 19, 2019
When we embarked on this research project, we began with the primary questions of what constitutes a digital identity system. In the last few years, with the rise in national digital identity projects, there has been significant academic and media attention to the idea, benefits and risks of a digital identity system.
- Doing Standpoint Theory September 19, 2019
- The Networked Public: How Social Media Changed Democracy September 19, 2019
- Submission to Global Commission on Stability of Cyberspace on the definition of Cyber Stability September 11, 2019
- Kashmir’s information vacuum September 02, 2019
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Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts
September 03, 2019
In response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 4 pieces to be published as part of a series titled #List on the [email protected] blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts. The call for essays on #List remains open, and we are accepting and assessing the incoming abstracts on a rolling basis.
- August 2019 Newsletter September 03, 2019
- Workshop on Archival Standards and Digitisation Workflow August 22, 2019
- Digital Native: How free is the internet? September 04, 2019
- Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ fictive kinship relations in Mumbai app-based food delivery August 16, 2019
- Previous Events
- #MappingDigitalLabour - Panel discussion on platform-work in Mumbai and New Delhi
- Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya
- Wikimedia Education SAARC conference
- Train-the-Trainer 2019 at Vishakhapatnam
- Internet Speech: Perspectives on Regulation and Policy
- Manuel Beltrán - Institute of Human Obsolescence - Cartographies of Dispossession
- What is IFF? A model for digital rights advocacy in India
- Wikimedia Summit India 2019
- Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
- SOTM Asia 2018
- Previous Featured Posts
- The Networked Public: How Social Media Changed Democracy
- Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
- Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity
- FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments
- CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
- Design and the Open Knowledge Movement
- Rejuvenating India’s Rivers the Wiki Way
- Welcome to [email protected] blog!
- Statement on Serious Allegations against CIS Members and the CIS Workplace on Social Media
- Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report
- Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities
- ICANN Diversity Analysis
- 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
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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 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 regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
