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- Facebook sees its salvation with its cryptocurrency Libra — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:58 AM
- Facebook’s Libra is designed to take control of our digital lives.
- SVG translation workshop Kannada — by Gopala Krishna — last modified Jun 29, 2019 07:21 AM
- The Centre for Internet & Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) organized a SVG translation workshop for Kannada Wiki community on 23-24 February 2019 in Bengaluru. The workshop was a part of SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India. Total 10 Wikipedians participated in the workshop and contributed to Wikimedia Commons.
- Workshop on Cyber-Ethics: Values-driven Innovative Solutions — by Admin — last modified Jul 06, 2019 12:51 AM
- Arindrajit Basu moderated a discussion on Cyber-Ethics at Swiss Nex (Consulate General of Switzerland, Bangalore on 28 June 2019. The event was organized by the Embassy of Switzerland.
- ICANN 65 — by Admin — last modified Jul 06, 2019 01:08 AM
- Akriti Bopanna attended ICANN 65 in Marrakech, Morocco from 24 - 27 June 2019.
- Pranesh Prakash as Resource Person for ITD seminar on Competition — by Admin — last modified Jul 04, 2019 04:23 PM
- Pranesh Prakash represented the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as a resource person for a training seminar held by the International Institute for Trade and Development, which is an organization with a UN mandate and funding by the Thai government. The event was held from 24 - 26 June 2019 at Bangkok.
- Chasing fame and fun 15 seconds at a time: Why TikTok has India hooked — by Tora Agarwala, Surbhi Gupta, and Karishma Mehrotra — last modified Jul 05, 2019 02:13 AM
- How TikTok, an app owned by a Chinese firm, has become a playground for India’s young.
- The Global Nature of Cybersecurity in a Changing World — by Admin — last modified Jul 05, 2019 02:26 AM
- Arindrajit Basu represented CIS at the annual grantee convening of the Hewlett Foundation held at San Diego from 20 - 22 June 2019.
- Rootconf 2019 — by Admin — last modified Jul 05, 2019 12:52 AM
- Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
- Wikimedia Education SAARC Conference 2019 — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Jul 04, 2019 02:48 AM
- Christ University in association with the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) organized a conference, from 20 - 22 June 2019, at Christ University, Bengaluru. Forty-nine Wikimedians from four countries (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India) participated in the event.
- Facebook to pay Indians to give up privacy: Experts raise questions — by Geetika Mantri — last modified Jun 22, 2019 04:01 AM
- Facebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
- ICANN Masterclass — by Admin — last modified Jun 22, 2019 03:57 AM
- ICANN organized a masterclass in Bangalore on June 19, 2019.
- Unpacking video-based surveillance in New Delhi — by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — last modified Jun 20, 2019 05:13 AM
- Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented at an international workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South', on 14 June 2019, at the University of Manchester. The agenda for the workshop and the slides from the presentation by Aayush and Ambika are available below.
- Staying silent about cyberbullying is no longer an option — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:52 AM
- Cyberbullying is the dangerous new normal.
- Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South' — by Admin — last modified Jul 06, 2019 01:30 AM
- Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
- Karavali Wikimedians at All India Radio, Mangaluru — by Bharathesha Alasandemajalu — last modified Jun 13, 2019 08:54 AM
- This blog is about the experience of visiting All India Radio Mangaluru station as a part of the Karavali Wikimedians outreach program.
- Call for Design Interns — by Amber Sinha — last modified Jun 12, 2019 06:16 AM
- CIS is seeking graphic design interns to create communication material (information and data visualizations, publication layouts, presentations, etc.) for our projects. The intern will assist our researchers in presenting their research in accessible and easy-to-understand forms, as well as design social media collaterals. They will be working with a multi-disciplinary team across two cities, and be supervised by a designer.
- Data bleeding everywhere: a story of period trackers — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:03 AM
- This is an excerpt from an essay by Sadaf Khan, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration between Point of View and the Centre for Internet and Society, undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development Network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
- No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS report — by Shilpa S. Ranipeta — last modified Jul 08, 2019 02:34 AM
- The study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
- 5G Aspirations and Realities — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Jul 02, 2019 04:29 AM
- What the government can do for 5G and Digital India with a Systems Approach.
- Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non-Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to Today — by Admin — last modified Jul 06, 2019 03:17 AM
- Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the journal article authored by Abigail D. Pershing and published by Yale Journal of International Law.
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