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- Workshop: IT/IT-es Sector and the Future of Work in India — by Pranav M B — last modified Jun 22, 2018 07:51 AM
- Comments on the Draft Digital Communications Policy — by Anubha Sinha, Gurshabad Grover and Swaraj Barooah — last modified Jun 14, 2018 12:43 PM
- This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft Digital Communications Policy which was released to the public by the Department of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Communications on 1st May 2018 for comments and views.
- NITI Aayog Discussion Paper: An aspirational step towards India’s AI policy — by Sunil Abraham, Elonnai Hickok, Amber Sinha, Swaraj Barooah, Shweta Mohandas, Pranav M Bidare, Swagam Dasgupta, Vishnu Ramachandran and Senthil Kumar — last modified Jun 13, 2018 01:08 PM
- The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence — a discussion paper on India’s path forward in AI, is a welcome step towards a comprehensive document that reflects the government's AI ambitions. The 115-page discussion paper attempts to be an all encompassing document looking at a host of AI related issues including privacy, security, ethics, fairness, transparency and accountability.
- Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jun 12, 2018 02:07 AM
- The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
- Network Disruptions Report by Global Network Initiative — by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Jun 12, 2018 01:31 AM
- Around 70% of all known shutdowns in the world took place in India in 2017. The same year Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) released the “Temporary Suspension of Internet Services” giving State and Central Government officials the power to terminate Internet services as per the guidelines.
- Citizens’ Draft Privacy Bill Seeks To Revolutionise Data Collection, Storage In India — by Admin — last modified Jun 11, 2018 02:47 AM
- A draft privacy bill proposes sweeping reforms to the way personal data is collected, processed and stored in India.
- Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics — by Gurshabad Grover and Sandeep Kumar — last modified Jun 07, 2018 02:54 AM
- This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics which was released to the public by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17th May 2018 for comments and views.
- EC disables easy access to electoral data across states — by Admin — last modified Jun 29, 2018 01:59 AM
- The recently-concluded Assembly elections may have set more than just one precedent with implications for the entire nation.
- Allow admins to add users to online group chats only after permission: SFLC.in — by Admin — last modified Jun 26, 2018 02:03 AM
- SFLC.in -- a donor supported legal services organisation -- has written an open letter to messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Facebook and others, urging them to modify their platforms to ensure that users are not added to group chats without their permission.
- Patanjali's Kimbho swiftly retreats over security scare, ripped on Twitter — by Admin — last modified Jun 01, 2018 02:15 PM
- Swadeshi" messaging app targeted at WhatsApp taken off from app stores hours after launch.
- BIF Workshop on V Band-New Use Cases under 802.11ad &.11ay — by Admin — last modified Jun 01, 2018 12:13 AM
- The workshop organized by Broadband India was held on May 31, 2018 at Taj Mansingh (Long Champ) in New Delhi. Shyam Ponappa attended the workshop.
- Digital Native: Web of Wander — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 01, 2018 12:04 AM
- The idea of travel as a way of expanding our horizon has now been made redundant.
- Don't blindly forward WhatsApp messages. You could be sued — by Admin — last modified May 31, 2018 11:49 PM
- Never before in Bengaluru has the Internet and social media taken such a vicious and violent turn as it did last week.
- India Proposes Law to Give Indians Complete Control of their Digital Health Data — by Admin — last modified Jun 01, 2018 01:57 PM
- India’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
- Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In India — by Admin — last modified May 31, 2018 10:56 PM
- Much-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
- CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in Asia — by Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jun 03, 2018 03:10 PM
- The Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, enforcement of foreign judgments and principle of restructuring in Asia.
- 36th SCCR: CIS Statement on Draft Action Plan for Educational and Research Institutions and Persons with Other Disabilities — by Anubha Sinha — last modified May 31, 2018 09:46 AM
- Anubha Sinha, attending the 36th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from May 28, 2018 to June 1, 2018, made this statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations on behalf of CIS on Day 4, May 31.
- 36th SCCR: CIS Statement on the Draft Action Plan for Libraries, Archives and Museums — by Anubha Sinha — last modified May 31, 2018 09:47 AM
- Anubha Sinha, attending the 36th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from May 28, 2018 to June 1, 2018, made this statement on the Draft Action Plan on advancing limitations and exceptions for libraries, archives and Museums on behalf of CIS on Day 3, May 30.
- 36th SCCR: CIS Statement on Limitations and Exceptions Agenda — by Anubha Sinha — last modified May 31, 2018 09:43 AM
- Anubha Sinha, attending the 36th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from May 28, 2018 to June 1, 2018, made this statement on the Limitations and Exceptions agenda on behalf of CIS on Day 3, May 30.
- Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues here — by Admin — last modified May 30, 2018 12:49 AM
- Market analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a family in the US.
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