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CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch Call
— by Tanaya Rajwade, Elonnai Hickok, and Raouf Kundil Peedikayil — last modified Nov 04, 2019 02:13 PMIn the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2018 to “bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism.”
Through the looking glass: Analysing transparency reports
— by Torsha Sarkar, Suhan S and Gurshabad Grover — last modified Nov 02, 2019 05:48 AMAn analysis of companies' transparency reports for government requests for user data and content removal
Department of Labour Interaction Program: Online Business Platforms
— by Bharath Gururagavendran — last modified Oct 29, 2019 06:05 AMThe Department of Labour convened an interaction program of sorts at Vikas Soudha in Bangalore on 21st October, 2019 to hear the issues plaguing the emergent gig economy.
Comments to the Code on Social Security, 2019
— by Aayush Rathi , Amruta Mahuli and Ambika Tandon — last modified Oct 27, 2019 03:57 AMThis submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet & Society, India (CIS) to the draft Code on Social Security, 2019 (hereinafter “ Draft Code ”) prepared by the Government of India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and Privacy
— by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon and Pallavi Bedi — last modified Dec 30, 2019 05:40 PMThis submission to UNHRC presents a response by researchers at the CIS to ‘gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and individuals of diverse sexual orientations gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics’. It was prepared by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, and Pallavi Bedi in response to a report of consultation by a thematic taskforce established by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy on ‘Privacy and Personality’ (hereafter, HRC Gender Report).
“Politics by other means”: Fostering positive contestation and charting ‘red lines’ through global governance in cyberspace
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Oct 21, 2019 03:40 PMThe past year has been a busy one for the fermentation of global governance efforts in cyberspace with multiple actors-states, industry, and civil society spearheading a variety of initiatives. Given the multiplicity of actors, ideologies, and vested interests at play in this ecosystem, any governance initiative will be, by default, political, and desirably so.
The Mother and Child Tracking System - understanding data trail in the Indian healthcare systems
— by Ambika Tandon — last modified Dec 30, 2019 05:18 PMReproductive health programmes in India have been digitising extensive data about pregnant women for over a decade, as part of multiple health information systems. These can be seen as precursors to current conceptions of big data systems within health informatics. In this article, published by Privacy International, Ambika Tandon presents some findings from a recently concluded case study of the MCTS as an example of public data-driven initiatives in reproductive health in India.
Farming the Future: Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the agricultural sector in India
— by Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar and Pranav M B — last modified Oct 16, 2019 01:41 PMThis case study was published as a chapter in the joint UNESCAP-Google publication titled Artificial Intelligence in Public Service Delivery. The chapter in its final form would not have been possible without the efforts and very useful interventions by our colleagues at Digital Asia Hub,Google, and UNESCAP.
We need a better AI vision
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Oct 14, 2019 01:55 PMArtificial intelligence conjures up a wondrous world of autonomous processes but dystopia is inevitable unless rights and privacy are protected.
AI for Good
— by Shweta Mohandas and Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Oct 13, 2019 05:32 AMCIS organised a workshop titled ‘AI for Good’ at the Unbox Festival in Bangalore from 15th to 17th February, 2019. The workshop was led by Shweta Mohandas and Saumyaa Naidu. In the hour long workshop, the participants were asked to imagine an AI based product to bring forward the idea of ‘AI for social good’.
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