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Sean McDonald - Ebola: A Big Data Disaster
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 21, 2016 09:57 AMWe are proud to initiate the CIS Papers series with a fascinating exploration of humanitarian use of big data and its discontents by Sean McDonald, FrontlineSMS, in the context of utilisation of Call Detail Records for public health response during the Ebola crisis in Liberia. The paper highlights the absence of a dialogue around the significant legal risks posed by the collection, use, and international transfer of personally identifiable data and humanitarian information, and the grey areas around assumptions of public good. The paper calls for a critical discussion around the experimental nature of data modeling in emergency response due to mismanagement of information has been largely emphasized to protect the contours of human rights.
Comments by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Report of the Committee on Medium Term Path on Financial Inclusion
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Mar 01, 2016 01:53 PMApart from item-specific suggestions, CIS would like to make one broad comment with regard to the suggestions dealing with linking of Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts. Aadhaar is increasingly being used by the government in various departments as a means to prevent fraud, however there is a serious dearth of evidence to suggest that Aadhaar linkage actually prevents leakages in government schemes. The same argument would be applicable when Aadhaar numbers are sought to be utilized to prevent leakages in the banking sector.
‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 25, 2016 01:21 AMIndia distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content.
Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 23, 2016 02:10 AMIndia would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.
World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 17, 2016 05:03 PMThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash contributed to Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter. The book was edited by Courtney C. Radsch.
Internet Freedom
— by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:51 AMThe modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Feb 20, 2016 07:28 AMThis is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
There is No Such Thing as Free Basics
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 14, 2016 11:37 AMIndia would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning the differential pricing without discriminating services.
Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:49 PMThe Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PMFacebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
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