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Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List - Selected Sessions and Papers

Here is the list of selected sessions and papers for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19) - #List. IRC19 will be held in Lamakaan, Hyderabad, from Jan 30 to Feb 1, 2019. The conference announcement, along with the final agenda, will be published on Monday, January 7.

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Digital Native: System Needs a Reboot

Digital Native: System Needs a Reboot

Posted by Nishant Shah at Dec 31, 2018 02:05 AM |
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It’s time to replace the schizophrenic need for variety with ingenuity — the truthiness of the information.

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Economics of Cybersecurity: Literature Review Compendium

Posted by Natallia Khaniejo at Dec 31, 2018 01:55 AM |

The twenty first century has witnessed an unprecedented conflation of everyday experiences and technosocial practices. The emergence of technologies like the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Digital Payment infrastructures are all emblematic of this conflation of technology with economic, social and political modes of existence.

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Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?

Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?

Posted by Elonnai Hickok, Vipul Kharbanda, Shweta Mohandas and Pranav M. Bidare at Dec 29, 2018 04:02 PM |

The government could always authorise intelligence agencies to intercept and monitor communications, but the lack of clarity is problematic.

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Private-public partnership for cyber security

Private-public partnership for cyber security

Posted by Arindrajit Basu at Dec 26, 2018 02:50 PM |

Given the decentralised nature of cyberspace, the private sector will have to play a vital role in enforcing rules for security.

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Mapping cybersecurity in India: An infographic

Posted by Arindrajit Basu, Karan Saini, Aayush Rathi and Swaraj Barooah at 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.

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European E-Evidence Proposal and Indian Law

Posted by Vipul Kharbanda at 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.

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Feminist Methodology in Technology Research: A Literature Review

Posted by Ambika Tandon at Dec 23, 2018 04:25 PM |
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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.

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Event Report on Intermediary Liability and Gender Based Violence

Posted by Akriti Bopanna at Dec 20, 2018 12:20 AM |
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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.

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Silicon Plateau: Volume Two

Silicon Plateau: Volume Two

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.

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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy

CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy

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.

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A Gendered Future of Work

Posted by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi at Dec 19, 2018 09:05 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.

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A Critical Look at the Visual Representation of Cybersecurity

Posted by Paromita Bathija, Padmini Ray Murray, and Saumyaa Naidu at Dec 11, 2018 01:50 PM |

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.

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Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018

Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018

A group of Indian Wikisource leader from 12 different language communities gathered in Kolkata to attend the Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018

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Punjabi Wikisource Training Workshop, Patiala

Punjabi Wikisource Training Workshop, Patiala

Posted by Jayanta Nath at Dec 06, 2018 07:30 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.

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Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List - Call for Papers

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*.

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Cyberspace and External Affairs:A Memorandum for India Summary

Posted by Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok at Nov 30, 2018 07:00 PM |

This memorandum seeks to summarise the state of the global debate in cyberspace; outline how India can craft it’s global strategic vision and finally, provides a set of recommendations for the MEA as they craft their cyber diplomacy strategy.

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A great start on Wi-Fi reforms

Posted by Shyam Ponappa at Nov 30, 2018 04:43 PM |
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The 5 GHz regulations are exactly what we needed for a start. But we need a lot more, and not only from the DoT.

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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF

Posted by Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover and Sunil Abraham at Nov 30, 2018 06:55 AM |

The institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental agencies to focus adequate resources geared towards achieving favourable outcomes at standards development fora.

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Views on on the proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations at side-event organised by Knowledge Ecology International

On November 27, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) organised a side event during deliberations of the 37th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Electronic Information for Libraries (eiFL.net), Corporacion Innovarte, Creative Commons, and Knowledge Ecology International appraised the current text for the proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (Revised Consolidated Text on Definitions, Object of Protection, Rights to be Granted and Other Issues, SCCR/36/6). Speakers provided an overview of the treaty, explained the potential risks and problems caused, and proposed solutions to narrow the Treaty’s scope and limit the damage. Below is a transcript of the remarks made by Anubha Sinha who represented CIS at this event.

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