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Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of Websites after Sony Complains Infringement of 2014 FIFA World Cup Telecast Rights
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 08, 2014
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last modified
Jul 08, 2014 07:02 AM
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Internet Governance,
Censorship
Of late the Indian judiciary has been issuing John Doe orders to block websites, most recently in Multi Screen Media v. Sunit Singh and Others. The order mandated blocking of 472 websites, out of which approximately 267 websites were blocked as on July 7, 2014. This trend is an extremely dangerous one because it encourages flagrant censorship by intermediaries based on a judicial order which does not provide for specific blocking of a URL, instead provides for blocking of the entire website.
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High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Aug 04, 2017
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last modified
Aug 11, 2017 02:16 AM
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Privacy
This blog post seeks to provide a high level comparison of the 2017 and 2015 DNA Profiling Bill - calling out positive changes, remaining issues, and missing provisions.
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Enabling Elections
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Mar 24, 2014
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last modified
May 10, 2014 12:12 AM
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Accessibility
For making the 2014 General Elections in India participatory and accessible for voters with disabilities the Centre for Law and Policy Research and the Centre for Internet and Society have come up with a report. The report addresses the barriers that people with disabilities face during elections and recommends solutions for the same.
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Crowdsourcing Incidents of Communication Privacy Violation in India
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Oct 16, 2015
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Oct 16, 2015 10:49 AM
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In the context of several ongoing threads of debates and policy discussions, we are initiating this effort to crowdsource incidents of violation of digital/online/telephonic privacy of persons and organisations in India. The full list of submitted incidents is publicly shared, under Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Please contribute and share with your friends and colleagues.
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IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety
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by
Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
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published
Jun 25, 2021
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last modified
Jun 29, 2021 06:53 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
Between July to November 2019, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, conducted 2,128 surveys across 6 major cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Lucknow, to determine the occupational health and safety of app-based transport workers. CIS is proud to publish the study report and the press release. Akash Sheshadri, Ambika Tandon, and Aayush Rathi of CIS supported post-production of this report.
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IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19
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Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
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published
Sep 17, 2020
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last modified
Jun 29, 2021 07:27 AM
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Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
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Homepage
This report, by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, explores the responses to the outbreak of Covid-19 by digital platform based companies, trade unions, and governments to help out workers for digital platform based companies hereafter app based workers during the lockdown. The research work in this article is a characterization of the struggles of app based workers during the global pandemic and how it has affected and changed the world of work for them. The surveys were conducted amongst the workforce working for app based companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato etc. This study is partially supported by CIS as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications.
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Apr 23, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
FOSS,
Homepage
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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CIS's Position on Net Neutrality
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 04, 2015
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last modified
Dec 09, 2015 01:06 PM
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Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
As researchers committed to the principle of pluralism we rarely produce institutional positions. This is also because we tend to update our positions based on research outputs. But the lack of clarity around our position on network neutrality has led some stakeholders to believe that we are advocating for forbearance. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Please see below for the current articulation of our common institutional position.
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Privacy in Healthcare: Policy Guide
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by
Tanvi Mani
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published
Aug 26, 2014
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last modified
Aug 31, 2014 03:18 PM
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The Health Policy Guide seeks to understand what are the legal regulations governing data flow in the health sector — particularly hospitals, and how are these regulations implemented. Towards this objective, the research reviews data practices in a variety of public and private hospitals and diagnostics labs. The research is based on legislation, case law, publicly available documents, and anonymous interviews.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Call for Sessions
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 23, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 01:40 PM
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Researchers at Work,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
Featured,
Learning,
IRC17,
Homepage
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) will take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. It will be organised by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in partnership with the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B). It is a free and open conference. Sessions must be proposed by teams of two or more members on or before Friday, October 28. All submitted session proposals will go though an open review process, followed by each team that has proposed a session being invited to select ten sessions of their choice to be included in the Conference agenda. Final sessions will be chosen through these votes, and be announced on January 09, 2017.
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