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Future of the Commons: A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence, Indian Languages, and Archives Conference Report
We are pleased to share our report on the ‘Future of the Commons: A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence, Indian Languages, and Archives’ conference, held in July 2024 at the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) in Pune.
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Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53
March 06, 2018
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
- Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites November 26, 2017
- Comments on Mobile Accessibility Guidelines January 03, 2018
- Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled July 03, 2017
- GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities June 24, 2017
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Envisioning the Role of Open Knowledge in the Implementation of the National Education Policy 2020
August 27, 2024
The National Education Policy 2020 brings a significant change in India's educational landscape, representing a comprehensive overhaul to address the evolving developmental imperatives of the country.
- Commemorating Chandan Chiring (1990-2024) May 06, 2024
- Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions February 10, 2024
- Security of Open Source Software : A Survey of Technical Stakeholders’ Perceptions and Actions April 13, 2023
- Securing Our Dependence on Code Reuse in Software April 13, 2023
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How the Telecom Act undermines personal liberties
February 20, 2024
In this article, Prof. Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri analyse whether the law has enough safeguards and an independent regulatory architecture to protect the rights of citizens. The authors posit that the current version leaves the door open for an overenthusiastic enforcement machinery to suppress fundamental rights without any meaningful checks and balances.
- Comments to the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 December 22, 2023
- Why spectrum needs a change in approach January 18, 2023
- CIS’ Comments to the (Draft) Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022 November 22, 2022
- An Overview of Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Framework in India March 25, 2022
- Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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Envisioning the Role of Open Knowledge in the Implementation of the National Education Policy 2020
August 27, 2024
The National Education Policy 2020 brings a significant change in India's educational landscape, representing a comprehensive overhaul to address the evolving developmental imperatives of the country.
- Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions February 10, 2024
- Using the Wikimedia sphere for the revitalization of small and underrepresented languages in India February 10, 2024
- Commemorating Ulo Senthamizh Kodai (1945 - 2024): A Luminary of Tamil Open Knowledge Movement February 08, 2024
- Information Disorders and their Regulation January 31, 2024
- Internet Governance
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Online Censorship: Perspectives From Content Creators and Comparative Law on Section 69A of the Information Technology Act
August 26, 2024
This study presents a comparative analysis of Indian censorship law and experiences of people who have had their online content censored.
- Draft Circular on Digital Lending – Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders July 03, 2024
- Legal Advocacy Manual July 01, 2024
- A Guide to Navigating Your Digital Rights July 01, 2024
- Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024 May 16, 2024
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Gig and platform workers’ perspectives on worker collectives
August 13, 2024
This report highlights findings from a survey conducted by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union on platform workers’ perspectives around various worker collectives, particularly platform worker unions and cooperative societies. The survey was conducted with workers working for app-based platform companies like Ola, Uber, InDriver, Swiggy, Zomato, and Flipkart.
- Future of the Commons: A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence, Indian Languages, and Archives Conference Report August 06, 2024
- Combinations and Competition: Why the draft DCB must account for digital mergers and acquisitions August 05, 2024
- Karnataka’s uniform fare policy—Do attempts at parity consider the impact on workers? July 08, 2024
- ‘Future of work’ or 21st–century oppressed labour?: Findings from an AIGWU survey with 50 Urban Company housekeeping workers in Bengaluru May 16, 2024
- Previous Events
- Transference: Reimagining Data Systems: Beyond the Gender Binary
- Launching CIS’s Flagship Report on Private Crypto-Assets
- Reclaiming AI Futures
- Platforms, Power and Politics: Digital Labour in India
- Disinformation in the Indian Digital News Media Market
- Privacy in the Age of the Pandemic
- How to Shut Down Internet Shutdowns
- How safe is your harbour? Discussions on intermediary liability and user rights
- Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook: Launch Event
- Domestic Work in the ‘Gig Economy’
- Previous Featured Posts
- Future of the Commons: A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence, Indian Languages, and Archives Conference Report
- The Platform Economy’s Gatekeeping of Class and Caste Dominance in Urban India
- Online Gender Based Violence on Short Form Video Platforms
- Your economy, our livelihoods: A policy brief by the All India Gig Workers’ Union
- User Experiences of Digital Financial Risks and Harms
- Strategies to Organise Platform Workers
- Making Voices Heard
- Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27
- Internet Researchers' Conference 2022
- Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India
- IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety
- Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants
- Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19
- IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19
- COVID-19 Charter Of Recommendations on Gig Work
- Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
- Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity
- FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments
- CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
- Design and the Open Knowledge Movement
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.
Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
