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- 20 years of Google: Privacy, fake news and the future — by Admin — last modified Aug 30, 2018 02:49 AM
- Google once directed you to information. Today, it’s often the source of information, using data you and others have shared, often without you realising it. Public knowledge goes where Google takes it. And 20 years on, not everyone’s happy with the journey.
- UNESCAP Google AI Meeting — by Admin — last modified Sep 20, 2018 03:47 PM
- Arindrajit was a panelist at the event on AI in public service delivery hosted by UNESCAP Bangkok on August 29, 2018. The event was co-organized by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and Google.
- India steps up vigilance against WhatsApp abuse — by Admin — last modified Aug 27, 2018 03:22 PM
- Delhi wants firm to open local office, appoint grievance officer as misinformation spreads.
- Centre draws red lines for Whatsapp over fake news, says must comply with Indian laws — by Admin — last modified Aug 27, 2018 02:24 PM
- In a meeting with WhatsApp’s CEO Chris Daniels, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India put forward several demands, including that the company must have a grievance officer in India and have proper compliance of Indian laws.
- Consumer Care Society: Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations — by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Aug 27, 2018 01:51 PM
- Arindrajit Basu delivered a talk the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Consumer Care Society (CCS )on 'Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet.
- Summer School on Disinformation — by Admin — last modified Aug 23, 2018 01:27 PM
- Sunil Abraham will participate as a speaker at the event organized by Digital Asia Hub, Hans-Bredow-Institut, University of Hamburg, Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro - ITS Rio and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University from August 22 - 24, 2018 at Azure Room, Pullman, Jakarta in Indonesia.
- మిసిమి పత్రిక గ్రంథాలయంలో తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్ల కార్యక్రమం — by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Aug 22, 2018 03:11 PM
- తెలుగు నాట లలిత కళలపై రసజ్ఞత పెంపొందించేందుకు దశాబ్దాలుగా పనిచేస్తున్న పత్రికల్లో మిసిమి విశిష్టమైనది.
- An Analysis of the CLOUD Act and Implications for India — by Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Aug 22, 2018 02:55 PM
- India houses the second largest population in the world at approximately 1.35 billion individuals. In such a diverse and dense context, law enforcement could be a challenging job.
- DNA ‘Evidence’: Only Opinion, Not Science, And Definitely Not Proof Of Crime! — by Elonnai Hickok and Murali Neelakantan — last modified Aug 22, 2018 12:43 AM
- On August 9, 2018, the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 was introduced in the Lok Sabha and we commented on some key aspects of it earlier.
- ICANN response to DIDP #31 on diversity — by Akriti Bopanna and Akash Sriram — last modified Aug 21, 2018 05:35 PM
- This post summarizes the response of ICANN to our inquiry on the diversity of their employees.
- Use of Visuals and Nudges in Privacy Notices — by Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Aug 22, 2018 01:16 PM
- Nudging in privacy notices can be a privacy-enhancing tool. For example, informing users of how many people would have access to their data would help them make a decision. However, nudges can also be used to influence users towards making choices that compromise their privacy. For example, the visual design of default options on digital platforms currently nudge users to share their data. It is critical to ensure that there is mindful use of nudges, and that it is directed at the well being of the users.
- National Health Stack: Data For Data’s Sake, A Manmade Health Hazard — by Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Sep 16, 2018 05:01 AM
- On Oct. 5, 2017, an HIV positive woman was denied admission in Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital even though she was entitled to free treatment under India’s National AIDS Control Organisation programme. Another incident around the same time witnessed a 24-year-old pregnant woman at Tikamgarh district hospital in Madhya Pradesh being denied treatment by hospital doctors once she tested positive for HIV. The patient reportedly delivered the twins outside the maternity ward after she was turned away by the hospital, but her newborn twin girls died soon after.
- India's Contribution to Internet Governance Debates — by Sunil Abraham, Mukta Batra, Geetha Hariharan, Swaraj Barooah and Akriti Bopanna — last modified Aug 16, 2018 03:38 PM
- India's Contribution to Internet Governance Debates", an article by Sunil Abraham, Mukta Batra, Geetha Hariharan, Swaraj Barooah and Akriti Bopanna, was recently published in the NLUD Student Law Journal, an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the National Law University, Delhi.
- Future of Work: Report of the ‘Workshop on the IT/IT-eS Sector and the Future of Work in India’ — by Ambika Tandon — last modified Mar 05, 2020 07:03 PM
- This report provides an overview of the proceedings and outcomes of the Workshop on the IT/IT-eS Sector and the Future of Work in India (hereinafter referred to as the “Workshop”), organised at Omidyar Networks’ office in Bangalore, on June 29, 2018.
- UIDAI says asked nobody to add the helpline number to contacts — by Admin — last modified Aug 13, 2018 03:47 PM
- UIDAI says the toll free number 1800-300-1947 in the contact list of Android phones is an ‘outdated and invalid number’
- How Chinese apps are making inroads in Indian small towns — by Admin — last modified Aug 13, 2018 03:44 PM
- After selling a company he cofounded to Alibaba in 2013, Sichuan-born Forrest Chen wanted to look beyond China for his next venture. India was one of the countries on his list of potential markets, which included the US, the UK, Indonesia and Thailand.
- Feminist Information Infrastructure Workshop with Blank Noise and Sangama — by Ambika Tandon — last modified Aug 13, 2018 03:21 PM
- Akriti Bopanna, Swaraj Paul Barooah and Ambika Tandon as part of the project on Feminist Information Infrastructure, conducted a full-day workshop with Sangama and Blank Noise on August 8, 2018 at CIS, Bangalore.
- The National Health Stack: An Expensive, Temporary Placebo — by Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta, and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Aug 13, 2018 03:13 PM
- The year 2002 saw the introduction of a very ambitious National Program for Information Technology in the United Kingdom with the goal to transform the National Health Service — a pre-existing state-sponsored universal healthcare program. This would include a centralised, digital healthcare record for patients and secure access for 30,000 professionals across 300 hospitals.
- The Big Eye: The tech is all ready for mass surveillance in India — by Admin — last modified Aug 13, 2018 02:54 PM
- Chennai’s T. Nagar, arguably India’s biggest shopping district by revenues and crowded on any given day, gets even more packed in festival seasons as thousands throng its saree and jewellery stores.
- Workshop of Publishers and Writers on Unicode, Open Source and Wikimedia Projects — by Admin — last modified Aug 11, 2018 02:08 AM
- CIS-A2K team organized a workshop on unicode, open source and wikimedia projects at Pune on July 25, 2018.
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