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- Why conviction rate for cyber crime cases in Karnataka is abysmally low — by Theja Ram — last modified Oct 13, 2019 06:07 AM
- Police say a third of the cases involving economic offences in Karnataka are related to job scams, a third related to OTP and UPI fraud, and the remaining are lottery related scams.
- Doing Standpoint Theory — by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Dec 06, 2019 04:59 AM
- Feminist research methodology has evolved from different epistemologies, with several different schools of thought. Some of the more popular ones are feminist standpoint theory, feminist empiricism, and feminist relativism. Standpoint theory holds the experiences of the marginalised as the source of ‘truth’ about structures of oppression, which is silenced by traditional objectivist research methods as they produce knowledge from the standpoint of voices in positions of power. In this essay published on the GenderIT website, Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi [1] discuss the practical applicability of these epistemologies to research practices in the field of technology and gender.
- AI for Good — by Shweta Mohandas and Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Oct 13, 2019 05:32 AM
- CIS 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’.
- Designing a Human Rights Impact Assessment for ICANN’s Policy Development Processes — by Collin Kure, Akriti Bopanna and Austin Ruckstuhl — last modified Oct 03, 2019 02:43 PM
- As co-chairs of Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights (CCWP-HR) at International Corporation of Names and Numbers (ICANN), Akriti Bopanna and Collin Kurre executed a Human Rights Impact Assessment for ICANN's processes. It was the first time such an experiment was conducted, and unique because of being a multi-stakeholder attempt.
- Analysis on the strategies of Mozilla and Wiki communities on gender gap aspects — by Bhuvana Meenakshi — last modified Oct 03, 2019 11:56 AM
- There is a need for research on how Open Source communities are trying to balance the gender ratio and how they provide the safe space environment to its contributors. With this in mind I have come up with this blog as I am an active contributor of Mozilla since 5 years and also got myself recently introduced to Wikimedia and its sister projects, have interacted with few Indian women contributors in both of these communities and came out with a few observations on how I see them in India and what could be improved in both communities.
- Digital mediation of domestic and care work in India: Project Announcement — by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Oct 10, 2019 08:09 AM
- It is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a study on digital mediation of domestic and care work in India, as part of and supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The study is exploring the ways in which structural inequalities, such as those of gender and class, are being reproduced or challenged by digital platforms. The project sites are Delhi and Bangalore, where we are conducting interviews with workers, companies, and unions. In Bangalore, we are collaborating with Stree Jagruti Samiti to collect qualitative data from different stakeholders. The outputs of the research will include a report, policy brief, and other communication materials in English, Hindi, and Kannada. This study is being led by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, along with Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
- AI: Full Spectrum Regulatory Challenge Launch Workshop [Reference Files] — by Pranav M B — last modified Aug 04, 2020 06:08 AM
- These are the files released at the AI Full Spectrum Regulatory Challenge Launch Event, organised by CIS, and CCG-NLUD on September 27 2019. At the event, Sunil Abraham discussed the draft policy brief linked below, which is an output of the Regulatory Practices Lab at CIS.
- Artificial Intelligence: a Full-Spectrum Regulatory Challenge [Working Draft] — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 04, 2020 06:10 AM
- Setting International Norms of Cyber Conflict is Hard, But that Doesn't Mean that We Should Stop Trying — by Arindrajit Basu and Karan Saini — last modified Oct 14, 2019 03:04 PM
- Last month, cyber-defense analyst and geostrategist Pukhraj Singh penned a stinging epitaph, published by MWI, for global norms-formulation processes that are attempting to foster cyber stability and regulate cyber conflict—specifically, the Tallinn Manual.
- SC directs govt to further regulate social media: Is it necessary? Experts weigh in — by Geetika Mantri — last modified Sep 30, 2019 02:28 PM
- With the SC's directive to the Indian government for further regulation of social media, TNM asked experts what were the challenges associated with the same.
- Comparison of the Manila Principles to Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines(Amendment) Rules], 2018 — by Akriti Bopanna and Gayatri Puthran — last modified Jun 01, 2020 07:48 AM
- This paper looks at the Manila Principles intermediary liability framework in comparison to the amended draft Information Technology [Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment)] Rules, 2018 introduced by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in December, 2018.
- Millions of kids in India access the Net on their parents’ devices, says study — by Varun Aggarwal — last modified Sep 28, 2019 10:01 AM
- Experts raise concern over exposing kids to predators, phishing and bullying.
- Examining the Constitutionality of the Ban on Broadcast of News by Private FM and Community Radio Stations — by Gurshabad Grover, Torsha Sarkar, Rajashri Seal and Neil Trivedi — last modified Sep 27, 2019 04:36 PM
- Gurshabad Grover and Torsha Sarkar along with Rajashri Seal and Neil Trivedi co-authored a paper that examined the constitutionality of the government prohibition on the broadcast of news against private and community FM channels.
- Capturing Gender and Class Inequities: The CCTVisation of Delhi — by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — last modified Sep 27, 2019 03:24 PM
- Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi generated empirical evidence about the CCTV programme well underway in Delhi. The case study was published by Centre for Development Informatics, Global Development Institute, SEED, in the Development Informatics working paper series housed at the University of Manchester.
- Kashmir’s digital blackout marks a period darker than the dark side of the moon — by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 26, 2019 04:26 PM
- While we mourn the loss of connection with the moon, remembering a digital blackout closer home.
- Traffic Rules, Mindset and On-Time Payments — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Sep 26, 2019 03:05 PM
- There's no alternative to following the rules and working together with discipline for our common interests.
- Turning off the internet: Chips with Everything podcast — by Admin — last modified Sep 26, 2019 02:09 AM
- Gurshabad Grover and Ambika Tandon recorded an episode with the Guardian's podcast on digital culture, called Chips with Everything.
- FOSSCON India 2019 — by Admin — last modified Sep 25, 2019 10:59 PM
- Bhuvana Meenakshi gave a talk on "The revolution of WebXR" at FOSSCON India 2019 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology in Belgaum from August 29 - 31, 2019, where she discussed about the tools used for development and demos.
- Participation in the meeting of LITD 17 at BIS — by Admin — last modified Nov 02, 2019 06:30 AM
- On September 25, 2019, Gurshabad Grover along with Elonnai Hickok and Karan Saini attended the meeting of the Information Systems Security & Privacy Sectional Committee (LITD17) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
- Bhuvana Meenakshi elected Mozilla Rep for July 2019 — by Admin — last modified Sep 25, 2019 04:33 PM
- Bhuvana Meenakshi was selected as a Rep of the Month (July 2019) by Mozilla for my active contributions.
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