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Open Data and Land Ownership

Posted by Sumandro Chattapadhyay at May 22, 2019 11:30 AM |
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In this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of politically aware interventions when creating open data standards, infrastructure, and ecosystems. State of Open Data, edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini, is published by African Minds and International Development Research Centre, Canada.

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Can data ever know who we really are?

This is an excerpt from an essay by Zara Rahman, 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.

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Project Tiger 2019 Coordinator position open

Posted by Gopala Krishna at May 21, 2019 12:55 PM |
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To contribute to support, and coordinate of the work of the Project Tiger, we are looking for a creative, dedicated individual to join the team as a coordinator. Please note that women, especially those from socioeconomically marginalized communities, and women who are returning to work after a hiatus will be given preference.

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Digital Native: Three things we need to realise about what TikTok is doing to us

Posted by Nishant Shah at May 19, 2019 08:00 PM |
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Fifteen seconds is all that will take for TikTok to own you.

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CIS-A2K Communication Officer position

Posted by Tito Dutta at May 19, 2019 02:25 PM |
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The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications only from prospective candidates who identify themselves as women, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications, the position is also known as Communication Officer), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team.

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Wikidata Advisor (Consultant) position open

Posted by Tito Dutta at May 17, 2019 05:50 PM |
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The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet and Society is seeking applications for the position of Wikidata Advisor (consultant), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme.

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Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity

Omidyar Network has recently announced its decision to invest in establishment of a three-region research alliance — to be co-led by the Institute for Technology & Society (ITS), Brazil, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) , Kenya, and the CIS, India — on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity. As part of this Alliance, we at the CIS will look at the policy objectives of digital identity projects, how technological policy choices can be thought through to meet the objectives, and how legitimate uses of a digital identity framework may be evaluated.

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Workshop on Feminist Information Infrastructure

Posted by Ambika Tandon at May 09, 2019 04:35 PM |
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) organised a workshop on feminist infrastructure in collaboration with Blank Noise and Sangama, on 29th October, 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to disseminate the findings from a two-month long project being undertaken by researchers at Blank Noise and Sangama, with research support and training from CIS.

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RTI Application to BSNL for the list of websites blocked in India

Posted by Gurshabad Grover at May 09, 2019 09:40 AM |

A Right to Information (RTI) request to a public company operating as an ISP for the list of websites and URLs blocked in India, and copies of such blocking orders issued by the Government of India.

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Will the WTO Finally Tackle the ‘Trump’ Card of National Security?

Posted by Arindrajit Basu at May 08, 2019 02:22 PM |
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The election of Donald Trump has marked a foundational challenge to the rules-based international order based on “free and fair trade”.

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An Analysis of the RBI’s Draft Framework on Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech

Posted by Vipul Kharbanda at May 08, 2019 01:57 PM |

The term Fintech is generally used to describe innovative technology and technological processes being used in the financial services sector.

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Digital Native: Narendra Modi’s interview by Akshay Kumar is a PR masterpiece

Posted by Nishant Shah at May 05, 2019 05:00 PM |
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How to spot the influencer in your politics.

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Why the TikTok ban is worrying

Posted by Gurshabad Grover at May 05, 2019 10:11 AM |
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Rather than critically examining the infringement of liberties by the political executive, the Indian courts are becoming an additional threat to the right to freedom of expression, which we must be increasingly wary of.

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Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019

Posted by Sunil Abraham at May 04, 2019 03:35 AM |
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The Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.

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Wikipedia assignments workshop for Post Graduate students in PAH Solapur University

Posted by Subodh Kulkarni at May 03, 2019 09:00 PM |

On May 3, 2019, Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) along with PAH Solapur University conducted a Wikipedia workshop for students from the post-graduate stream in PAH Solapur University. Ten students from Mass Communication department and three faculty members participated in the workshop. Prof. Ravindra Chincholkar and Subodh Kulkarni were the facilitators for the workshop.

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How privacy fares in the 2019 election manifestos | Opinion

Posted by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon at May 02, 2019 01:49 AM |

We now have a rights-based language around privacy in the mainstream political discourse but that’s where it ends.

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Democracy, Digital India and Networks

Posted by Shyam Ponappa at May 01, 2019 10:00 PM |
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Digitisation and democracy are ruled by the ineluctable dynamics of networks.

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FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments

Posted by Aayush Rathi and Shweta Mohandas at Apr 30, 2019 10:00 PM |

The unprecedented growth of the fintech space in India has concomitantly come with regulatory challenges around inter alia privacy and security concerns. This report studies the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies operating in India to better understand some of these concerns.

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International Cooperation in Cybercrime: The Budapest Convention

In today’s increasingly digitized world where an increasing volume of information is being stored in the digital format, access to data generated by digital technologies and on digital platforms is important in solving crimes online and offline.

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Delayed Cash Flows and NPAs

Posted by Shyam Ponappa at Apr 28, 2019 04:36 AM |
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We need to rid ourselves of a tolerance of delayed payments to avoid their consequences.

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