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- Mapping cybersecurity in India: An infographic — by Arindrajit Basu, Karan Saini, Aayush Rathi and Swaraj Barooah — last modified Dec 23, 2018 04:57 PM
- This infographic maps the key stakeholder, areas of focus and threat vectors that impact cybersecurity policy in India. Broadly, policy-makers should concentrate on establishing a framework where individuals feel secure and trust the growing digital ecosystem. The infographic therefore serves as a ready reference point for the research that we have done and hope to continue through our cybersecurity work at CIS.
- European E-Evidence Proposal and Indian Law — by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Dec 23, 2018 04:45 PM
- In April of 2018, the European Union issued the proposal for a new regime dealing with cross border sharing of data and information by issuing two draft instruments, an E-evidence Regulation (“Regulation”) and an E-evidence Directive (“Directive”), (together the “E-evidence Proposal”). The Regulation is a direction to states to put in place the proper legislative and regulatory machinery for the implementation of this regime while the Directive requires the states to enact laws governing service providers so that they would comply with the proposed regime.
- Feminist Methodology in Technology Research: A Literature Review — by Ambika Tandon — last modified Dec 25, 2018 03:18 PM
- This literature review has been authored by Ambika Tandon, with contributions from Mukta Joshi. Research assistance was provided by Kumarjeet Ray and Navya Sharma. The publication has been designed by Saumyaa Naidu.
- Event Report on Intermediary Liability and Gender Based Violence — by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Dec 21, 2018 07:16 AM
- This report is a summary of the proceedings of the Roundtable Conference organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) at the Digital Citizen Summit, an annual summit organized by the Digital Empowerment Foundation. It was conducted at the India International Centre in New Delhi on November 1, 2018 from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
- Silicon Plateau: Volume Two — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Mar 13, 2019 01:01 AM
- Silicon Plateau is an art project and publishing series that explores the intersection of technology, culture and society in the Indian city of Bangalore. Each volume of the series is a themed repository for research, artworks, essays and interviews that observe the ways technology permeates the urban environment and the lives of its inhabitants. This project is an attempt at creating collaborative research into art and technology, beginning by inviting an interdisciplinary group of contributors (from artists, designers and writers, to researchers, anthropologists and entrepreneurs) to participate in the making of each volume.
- CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy — by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM
- On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
- A Gendered Future of Work — by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Jul 21, 2020 06:29 AM
- This paper aims to contextualise the narrative around digitalisation and automation with reference to women's labour in India. The paper has been authored by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, edited by Elonnai Hickok and Rakhi Sehgal. Research assistance has been provided by Divya Kushwaha.
- Podcast on 'Abortion rights and privacy' with PI — by Admin — last modified Dec 25, 2018 01:09 AM
- Ambika Tandon recorded a podcast with Privacy International on abortion rights, bodily autonomy, and privacy in the Indian and Argentinian context, which was released on December 6, 2018.
- A Critical Look at the Visual Representation of Cybersecurity — by Paromita Bathija, Padmini Ray Murray, and Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Aug 21, 2019 08:00 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society and design collective Design Beku came together on the 15th of November for a workshop on Illustrations and Visual Representations of Cybersecurity. Images in the public sphere such as visuals in the media, Wikipedia commons, and stock images - play a vital role in the public’s perception of cybercrime and cybersecurity.
- Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Dec 08, 2018 06:22 PM
- A group of Indian Wikisource leader from 12 different language communities gathered in Kolkata to attend the Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018
- Punjabi Wikisource Training Workshop, Patiala — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Dec 08, 2018 04:08 PM
- A two-day long First Indic Wikisource Workshop training programme was organised by Punjabi Wikimedian during November 17-18th 2018 in Patiala, Punjab to better capacity of Wikisourcers both technically, and outreach and community building.
- Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 report at Asomiya Pratidin ePaper- Highest Circulated Assamese Daily — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Dec 10, 2018 03:08 PM
- Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 report at Asomiya Pratidin ePaper- Highest Circulated Assamese Daily
- Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List - Call for Papers — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Dec 06, 2018 07:00 AM
- Who makes lists? How are lists made? Who can be on a list, and who is missing? What new subjectivities - indicative of different asymmetries of power/knowledge - do list-making, and being listed, engender? What makes lists legitimate information artifacts, and what makes their knowledge contentious? Much debate has emerged about specificities and implications of the list as an information artifact, especially in the case of #LoSHA and NRC - its role in creation and curation of information, in building solidarities and communities of practice, its dependencies on networked media infrastructures, its deployment by hegemonic entities and in turn for countering dominant discourses. For the fourth edition of the Internet Researchers’ Conference (IRC19), we invite papers that engage critically with the form, imagination, and politics of the *list*.
- How Bengalureans use Whatsapp to connect and solve civic problems — by Admin — last modified Dec 05, 2018 01:57 PM
- Silicon Plateau Volume 2 is a collection of essays where contributors responded to the question: what does it mean to be an app user today—as a worker, a client, or simply an observer?
- Teaching at Shristi Interlude — by Admin — last modified Dec 05, 2018 02:53 AM
- Shweta Mohandas is participating as a mentor for Srishti Interlude (a set of workshops that help the design students to produce outputs on a given theme) the theme of this year is Privacy. The course would end on December 7, 2018.
- Report: From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy — by Admin — last modified Dec 05, 2018 02:48 AM
- Eva Blum-Dumontet, Research Officer at Privacy International, published her report on gender and privacy on November 28, 2018. The report, titled 'From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy', traces the history of privacy as a tool of oppressing women across different spheres, eventually calling for a feminist reclamation of privacy. Ambika Tandon was quoted.
- Future Tech and Future Law — by Admin — last modified Jan 03, 2019 01:17 AM
- The Dept. of IT & BT, Government of Karnataka organised the 21st edition of Bengaluru Tech Summit from November 29, 2018 to December 1, 2018 at Palace Grounds, Bengaluru. Arindrajit Basu was a speaker at the panel on 'Future Tech and Future Law'.
- International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 2018 — by Admin — last modified Dec 04, 2018 03:46 PM
- The event was co-organized by Feminist Approaches to Bioethics and Sama - A Resource Centre for Women and Health and was held at St. John's Medical College in Bangalore between December 3 and 5, 2018.
- Facebook Privacy Design Sprint — by Admin — last modified Dec 04, 2018 04:28 PM
- Pranav Bidare and Saumyaa Naidu participated in the Facebook Privacy Design Sprint on Friday, November 30, 2018.
- Danish Expert Group on Data Ethics — by Admin — last modified Dec 01, 2018 04:42 AM
- Amber Sinha was one of the stakeholders who provided inputs to the Danish Expert Group on Data Ethics in June 2018 during their visit to New Delhi. The Expert Group has prepared and submitted its final report.
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