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- Regulating Sexist Online Harassment as a Form of Censorship — by Amber Sinha — last modified May 31, 2021 09:56 AM
- This paper is part of a series under IT for Change’s project, Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Combating Sexist Hate Speech Online. The series, titled Rethinking Legal-Institutional Approaches to Sexist Hate Speech in India, aims to create a space for civil society actors to proactively engage in the remaking of online governance, bringing together inputs from legal scholars, practitioners, and activists. The papers reflect upon the issue of online sexism and misogyny, proposing recommendations for appropriate legal-institutional responses. The series is funded by EdelGive Foundation, India and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
- Women on Covid lists get lewd calls and messages — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2021 06:35 AM
- Perverts are eating into precious time in the middle of a pandemic and adding to the overall anxiety.
- Community Data and Decisional Autonomy: Dissecting an Indian Legal Innovation for Emerging Economies — by Amber Sinha and Arindrajit Basu — last modified Jul 14, 2021 05:22 AM
- Read this paper configuring community data with Indian constitutional jurisprudence by Amber Sinha and Arindrajit Basu
- Update on Publisher’s Copyright Infringement Suit Against Sci-Hub and LibGen in India — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Apr 28, 2021 05:28 PM
- Anubha Sinha provides a summary of the progress of the copyright infringement suit against Sci-Hub and LibGen in India. This article was first published in InfoJustice on March 8, 2021.
- The STI Policy Proposes a Transformative Open Access Approach for India — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Apr 28, 2021 05:22 PM
- Anubha Sinha explains what the draft national Science, Technology and Innovation policy means for open access to scientific literature for Indians. This article was first published in The Wire Science on January 21, 2021.
- Rethinking Data Exchange & Delivery Models — by Pallavi Bedi, Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 08, 2021 06:36 AM
- Comments and recommendations to the Guidelines for “Influencer Advertising on Digital Media” — by Torsha Sarkar and Shweta Mohandas — last modified Apr 05, 2021 09:58 AM
- In February, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) had issued draft rules for regulation of digital influencers, with an aim to "understand the peculiarities of [online] advertisements and the way consumers view them", as well as to ensure that: "consumers must be able to distinguish when something is being promoted with an intention to influence their opinion or behaviour for an immediate or eventual commercial gain". In lieu of this, we presented our responses.
- Recommendations for the Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-Win) platform — by Pallavi Bedi — last modified Mar 25, 2021 01:14 PM
- Regulating Sexist Online Harassment: A Model of Online Harassment as a Form of Censorship — by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 11, 2021 04:14 AM
- Amber Sinha wrote a paper on regulating sexist online harassment, and how online harassment serves as a form of censorship, for the “Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Addressing Gender-Based Hate Speech in the Online Public Sphere” project, a collaborative project between IT for Change, India and InternetLab, Brazil.
- New intermediary guidelines: The good and the bad — by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Mar 15, 2021 01:52 PM
- In pursuance of the government releasing the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, this blogpost offers a quick rundown of some of the changes brought about the Rules, and how they line up with existing principles of best practices in content moderation, among others.
- Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19 — by Sameet Panda — last modified Feb 26, 2021 07:36 AM
- This study by Sameet Panda tries to understand the integration of data and digital systems in welfare delivery in Odisha. It brings out the impact of welfare digitalisation on beneficiaries through primary data collected in November 2020. The researcher is thankful to community members for sharing their lived experiences during course of the study. Fieldwork was undertaken in three panchayats of Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha. Additional research support was provided by Apurv Vivek and Vipul Kumar, and editorial contributions were made by Ambika Tandon (Senior Researcher, CIS). This study was conducted as part of a project on gender, welfare, and surveillance, supported by Privacy International, UK.
- The Government needs to make sure our emails don't destroy the environment — by Aman Nair — last modified Jan 25, 2021 02:17 PM
- The Government's data centre policy must be more reflective of energy requirements and sustainable practices to effectively ensure that India's growing digital user base doesn't hurt the environment.
- TIkTok: It’s time for Biden to make a decision on his digital policy with China — by Aman Nair — last modified Jan 22, 2021 06:11 AM
- As the United State's new president comes into office he is faced with creating a cohesive digital relations policy that corrects some of the damage done by his predecessor. This article is the first part of a series analysing his policies and challenges.
- Response to Mozilla DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment Period — by Gurshabad Grover, Divyank Katira — last modified Jan 19, 2021 07:35 AM
- CIS has submitted a response to Mozilla's DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment Period
- PDP Bill is coming: WhatsApp Privacy Policy analysis — by Pallavi Bedi & Shweta Reddy — last modified Jan 19, 2021 08:12 AM
- WhatsApp started off the new year with changes to its privacy policy that has several implications for data protection and the digital governance ecosystem at large. This post is the first in a series by CIS unpacking the various implications of the policy.
- Widening the Horizons of Surveillance - Lateral Surveillance Mechanisms — by Mira Swaminathan & Shubhika Saluja — last modified Jan 08, 2021 11:10 AM
- This paper sheds light on the issues and challenges associated with lateral surveillance mechanisms.
- Widening the Horizons of Surveillance - Lateral Surveillance Mechanisms — by Mira Swaminathan & Shubhika Saluja — last modified Jan 08, 2021 11:01 AM
- This paper sheds light on the issues and challenges associated with lateral surveillance mechanisms.
- Research Studies on Indian Language Wikimedia Projects 2019-21 — by Sneha PP — last modified Oct 21, 2022 12:59 PM
- This is a compilation of the final reports from a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2021, on an array of topics related to Indian language Wikimedia projects. The projects were undertaken by Subodh Kulkarni, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Ananth Subray, Satpal Dandiwal and Nitesh Gill, with research oversight and editorial support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and internal review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Ambika Tandon.
- IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #IdentifyingTheIdeaofLaborinTeaching – Negotiating pedagogy at home and inside classroom(s) — by Admin — last modified May 19, 2022 03:16 PM
- Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
- IRC22 - Proposed Session - #WaitingForFood — by Admin — last modified Apr 25, 2022 01:11 PM
- Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
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