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Policy Design Jam by Admin — last modified Sep 25, 2019 02:30 PM
Pallavi Bedi, Akash Sheshadri and Anubha Sinha attended the event organized by Whatsapp and ISPP on 16 September 2019 at Indian School of Public Policy campus, Qutub Institutional Area, Delhi.
CIS joins the Christchurch Call Advisory Network by Admin — last modified Sep 25, 2019 01:57 PM
Centre for Internet & Society's application for membership of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network has been accepted! As a part of this network, we, along with other civil society groups based out of various jurisdictions, would be providing inputs on making the Call a robust, human rights-centred initiative.
Why having more CCTV cameras does not translate to crime prevention by Manasa Rao — last modified Sep 25, 2019 02:13 AM
Can technology substitute addressing social, psychological, economic and other individual factors that largely lead to criminality? And what are the perils of over-reliance on technology to fight crime?
Android 10 out, big on ‘privacy’ by Roshan H. Nair — last modified Sep 25, 2019 02:05 AM
Companies aware of new concerns, says expert.
Internet pour toutes by Isabelle Grégoire — last modified Sep 20, 2019 03:01 PM
Ambika Tandon was quoted in Canadian-French magazine L'Actualite, in an article on technology and women in India. In the quote, she explains the core research questions of the FIRN project, which is studying the digital intermediation of domestic work in India.
Responsible AI Workshop by Admin — last modified Sep 20, 2019 02:50 PM
Sunil Abraham participated in this meeting organized by Facebook on September 17, 2019 in New Delhi.
Talks at National University of Juridical Sciences Today by Admin — last modified Sep 20, 2019 02:45 PM
Arindrajit Basu delivered two lectures at the National University of Juridical Sciences on September 18, 2019.
AI in Healthcare by Admin — last modified Sep 19, 2019 04:15 PM
The Center for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) and the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) invited Radhika Radhakrishnan for a talk at IIIT-Bangalore on September 13, 2019.
Chennai residents rue fuzzy CCTV surveillance by Vivek Narayanan and R. Srinivasan — last modified Sep 19, 2019 02:35 PM
Poor quality of footage, lack of maintenance and inadequate back-up reduce the gadgets’ deterrent value.
Core Concepts and Processes by Shruti Trikanand and Amber Sinha — last modified Oct 17, 2019 04:06 PM
When we embarked on this research project, we began with the primary questions of what constitutes a digital identity system. In the last few years, with the rise in national digital identity projects, there has been significant academic and media attention to the idea, benefits and risks of a digital identity system.
Submission to Global Commission on Stability of Cyberspace on the definition of Cyber Stability by Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Sep 11, 2019 02:52 PM
"The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace released a public consultation process that sought to solicit comments and obtain feedback on the definition of “Stability of Cyberspace”, as developed by the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC).
Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Sep 03, 2019 01:38 PM
In response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 4 pieces to be published as part of a series titled #List on the r@w blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts. The call for essays on #List remains open, and we are accepting and assessing the incoming abstracts on a rolling basis.
Doing Standpoint Theory by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Sep 19, 2019 02:22 PM
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.
Future of Work in the ASEAN by Aayush Rathi — last modified Mar 05, 2020 07:22 PM
A literature review of the future of work in automotive manufacturing and IT services in the ASEAN region, authored by Aayush Rathi, Vedika Pareek, Divij Joshi, and Pranav M B.
Kashmir’s information vacuum by Aayush Rathi and Akriti Bopanna — last modified Sep 02, 2019 04:34 AM
Legislative backing is being appropriated to normalise communication shutdowns.
What Centre will tell Supreme Court on Aadhaar and social media account linkage by Amrita Madhukalya — last modified Sep 02, 2019 04:28 AM
The top court had held in the Aadhaar case that the government can make the linking of the 12-digit-number mandatory only in the case of availing subsidies and welfare benefits. Consequently, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act was struck down.
Packets, net neutrality and gaming public policy outcomes by Admin — last modified Aug 28, 2019 03:15 PM
Gurshabad Grover attended Prof. Vishal Misra's lecture on net neutrality at Has Geek in Bangalore on August 15, 2019.
Government plans tighter rules for social media brands like Facebook, TikTok, ShareChat by Sunny Sen — last modified Aug 28, 2019 03:11 PM
The government is planning to impose higher levels of accountability on social media platforms as it grapples with the problem of bringing about order in a fast-growing industry where regulations are still nebulous.
Analysis on the strategies of Mozilla and Wiki communities on gender gap aspects by Bhuvana Meenakshi — last modified Aug 28, 2019 01:27 PM
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.
Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 28, 2019 01:39 AM
Should Aadhaar be used as KYC for social media accounts? We have recently seen a debate on this question with even the courts hearing arguments in favour and against such a move.

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