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- State of Work in India — by Admin — last modified Oct 09, 2018 02:25 PM
- Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon attended a panel discussion organized by Bangalore International Centre (TERI) and Azim Premji University, on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in Bengaluru. A report titled 'State of Working India' by the Centre for Sustainable Employment was released on the occasion.
- Countering Patriarchy, One Feminist Judgement at a Time — by Admin — last modified Oct 30, 2018 01:24 AM
- The Indian Feminist Judgement Writing Project, following the movements in the US, Australia and Canada, decides to challenge male hegemony in the judicial process.
- CyFy 2018 — by Admin — last modified Oct 08, 2018 03:36 PM
- Swaraj Paul Barooah and Arindrajit Basu participated in CyFy 2018 organized by Observer Research Foundation at Hotel Taj Mahal, New Delhi from October 3 - 5, 2018.
- Gmail users beware while giving access — by Admin — last modified Oct 08, 2018 03:25 PM
- Recently, Google admitted to giving hundreds of firms access to users’ Gmail inboxes. It also revealed that many apps are able to scan and share data from email inboxes. However, Google explained that it vets third parties that are given access, and permission should be given by the user.
- Call for Position - Programme Officer (Communication) - Access to Knowledge — by Tito Dutta — last modified Nov 02, 2018 09:37 AM
- We are inviting applications for the position of a Programme Officer (Communication) to join the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Centre for Internet and Society. Please find below the description of the position, the eligibility criteria, and the application process.
- Policies & the Public Interest — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Nov 01, 2018 08:11 AM
- The public interest calls for real reforms for equitable growth.
- Net nanny meets muscular law — by Admin — last modified Oct 02, 2018 05:48 AM
- India’s new human-trafficking bill could criminalise sex workers and curtail free speech.
- Plenary Talk at Jyothi Nivas College Research Symposium — by Sneha PP — last modified Oct 03, 2018 04:46 PM
- I gave a plenary presentation on new reading and writing practices in the digital context, and emerging questions for digital humanities and literary studies at a research symposium organised by Jyothi Nivas College, Post Graduate Centre, on September 28, 2018.
- Networked Economies and Gender Action Learning — by Admin — last modified Oct 02, 2018 03:10 AM
- Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Ambika Tandon participated in a meeting organized by IDRC for grantees under their networked economies programme to discuss gender-based outputs and development outcomes in their work. The event was held in Ottawa on September 20 - 21, 2018, facilitated by Gender at Work.
- Cyber-Security in the Age of Smart Manufacturing — by Admin — last modified Oct 02, 2018 12:23 AM
- Arindrajit Basu attended the event 'Cyber-security in the age of Smart Manufacturing.' The event 'BTS - CyberComm 2018' was organised by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & industry (FICCI) in association with Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society, and Government of Karnataka at The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru on September 26, 2018.
- After Supreme Court Setback, Fintech Firms Await Clarity On Aadhaar — by Admin — last modified Oct 01, 2018 11:39 PM
- The 12-digit Aadhaar number is now out of bounds for fintech companies in India.
- Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): List - Call for Sessions — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Nov 05, 2018 09:15 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 sessions that engage critically with the form, imagination, and politics of the *list*.
- Digital Native: Hardly Friends Like That — by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:28 AM
- Individual effort is far from enough to fool Facebook’s grouping algorithm.
- 5th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest — by Admin — last modified Oct 02, 2018 03:01 AM
- Sunil Abraham, Anubha Sinha and Swaraj Paul Barooah attended the Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest, in Washington DC, from September 24 - 29, 2018. The event was co-organized by PublicCitizen, Washington College of Law, American University, O'Neill Institute and the American Assembly, Columbia University.
- Cross-Border Data Sharing and India: A study in Processes, Content and Capacity — by Amber Sinha, Elonnai Hickok, Udbhav Tiwari and Arindrajit Basu — last modified Sep 29, 2018 12:37 AM
- A majority of criminal investigations in the modern era necessitate law enforcement access to electronic evidence stored extra-territorially. The conventional methods of compelling the presentation of evidence available for investigative agencies often fail when the evidence is not present within the territorial boundaries of the state.
- Takshashila's online Cogitatum on AI and Ethics in India — by Admin — last modified Sep 26, 2018 01:46 AM
- Elonnai Hickok participated in an event organized by Takhshashila on August 27, 2018 and made a presentation on Ethics and AI in India. The event was held in Takshashila Institution
- SFLC Round Table Discussion on Personal Data Protection Bill — by Admin — last modified Oct 02, 2018 03:16 AM
- Shweta Mohandas participated in a Round Table Discussion on Personal Data Protection Bill, orgnanised by SFLC on September 25, 2018 in Bangalore. She also moderated the first session - Data Protection Principles (Rights and Obligations).
- A trust deficit between advertisers and publishers is leading to fake news — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:44 AM
- Transparency regulations is need of the hour. And urgently for election and political advertising. What do the ads look like? Who paid for them? Who was the target? How many people saw these advertisements? How many times? Transparency around viral content is also required.
- Find ways to trace origin of messages: Government to WhatsApp — by Admin — last modified Sep 24, 2018 02:53 AM
- Unhappy with the steps taken so far by WhatsApp, the government plans to trace the origins of incendiary messages spread on its platform.
- The Right Words for Love — by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:23 AM
- Queer love is legal. Which means that all of us are finally free to find a language that can match our desires.
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