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Engaging with the Covid-19 Crisis
— by Pranav M B — last modified Jul 15, 2020 09:31 AMIn the last six months, COVID-19 has had a far-reaching impact on the world, including on the digital sphere, how people interact with it, and its mediation of social and economic exchanges. Researchers and practitioners at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) have responded to this dynamic landscape from different lenses.
A Survey of Covid 19 Apps Launched by State Governments in India
— by Pallavi Bedi, and Amber Sinha — last modified Jul 14, 2020 08:14 AMUse of mobile phones by vulnerable communities: A survey of sex workers and gay men in Karnataka
— by Megha Malnad, Parimala, Nagina, and Tasneem Mewa — last modified Jul 14, 2020 06:32 AMThis report has been authored by Megha Malnad, Parimala, Nagina, and Tasneem Mewa, and edited by Ambika Tandon, Gurshabad Grover and Rajesh Srinivas.
Social Entitlements for the Transgender Community
— by Deepa Krishnappa and Tasneem Mewa — last modified Jul 14, 2020 06:27 AMThis report has been authored by Deepa Krishnappa and Tasneem Mewa, and edited by Ambika Tandon, Gurshabad Grover and Rajesh Srinivas.
Event Report: How Safe is Your Harbour? Discussions on Intermediary Liability and User Rights
— by Anna Liz Thomas, Shubhika Saluja, Kanav Khanna and Dipto Ghosh — last modified Jul 10, 2020 12:50 PMThis report provides an overview of the proceedings and outcomes of the panel discussions on intermediary liability, organised at The Energy Research Institute’s (TERI) in Bangalore, on 20 January 2020.
Investigating TLS blocking in India
— by Simone Basso, Gurshabad Grover and Kushagra Singh — last modified Jul 09, 2020 01:23 AMA study into Transport Layer Security (TLS)-based blocking by three popular Indian ISPs: ACT Fibernet, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio.
Towards Algorithmic Transparency
— by Radhika Radhakrishnan, and Amber Sinha — last modified Jul 15, 2020 01:16 PMThis policy brief examines the issue of transparency as a key ethical component in the development, deployment, and use of Artificial Intelligence.
Response to the ‘Call for Comments’ on The Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability
— by Torsha Sarkar and Suhan S — last modified Jul 01, 2020 05:56 AMThe Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability, proposed in 2018, provided a robust framework of transparency reporting for online companies dealing with user-generated content. In 2020, the framework underwent a period of consultation "to determine whether the Santa Clara Principles should be updated for the ever-changing content moderation landscape." In lieu of this, we presented our responses, which are in-line with our previous research and findings on transparency reporting of online companies, especially in context of the Indian digital space.
Remove misinformation, but be transparent please!
— by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jun 29, 2020 11:46 AMThe Covid-19 pandemic has seen an extensive proliferation of misinformation and misleading information on the internet - which in turn has highlighted a heightened need for online intermediaries to promptly and effectively deploy its content removal mechanisms. This blogpost examines how this necessity may affect the best practices of transparency reporting and obligations of accountability that these online intermediaries owe to their users, and formulates recommendations to allow preservation of information regarding Covid-19 related content removal, for future research.
Donald Trump is attacking the social media giants; here’s what India should do differently
— by Anna Liz Thomas and Gurshabad Grover — last modified Jun 25, 2020 09:07 AMFor a robust and rights-respecting public sphere, India needs to ensure that large social media platforms receive adequate protections, and are made more responsible to its users.
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