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- Fundamental Right to Privacy — Four Years of the Puttaswamy Judgment — by Pranav M B — last modified Aug 24, 2021 04:55 AM
- Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021/Report — by Nitesh Gill and Tito Dutta — last modified Aug 20, 2021 02:01 PM
- In March 2020, the whole world came to a standstill. What many deemed as a regular ‘flu’ turned out to be the pandemic that brought everyone to their knees. The things that we always did, we could no longer do them. We were all confined to our homes with no choice but to work online. Hanging out with friends, attending weddings, and being a part of the conferences and seminars suddenly became a part of the past. We started using the word unprecedented a lot.
- Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19 — by Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair — last modified Aug 10, 2021 03:34 PM
- The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed.
- Do We Really Need an App for That? Examining the Utility and Privacy Implications of India’s Digital Vaccine Certificates — by Divyank Katira — last modified Aug 03, 2021 05:13 AM
- We examine the purported benefits of digital vaccine certificates over regular paper-based ones and analyse the privacy implications of their use.
- Finding Needles in Haystacks - Discussing the Role of Automated Filtering in the New Indian Intermediary Liability Rules — by Shweta Mohandas and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Aug 03, 2021 07:28 AM
- On the 25th of February this year The Government of India notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The new Rules broaden the scope of which entities can be considered as intermediaries to now include curated-content platforms (Netflix) as well as digital news publications. This blogpost analyzes the rule on automated filtering, in the context of the growing use of automated content moderation.
- Comments on proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 — by Vipul Kharbanda, Rajat Misra, Arindrajit Basu and Aman Nair — last modified Jul 27, 2021 02:45 PM
- Standing Committee's recommendations are at odds with Access to Knowledge — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jul 28, 2021 09:31 AM
- The Indian Parliamentary Committee's report weighs on several aspects of the Indian IPR system and issues of protection and enforcement. This blog post summarily notes the observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Copyright Act, 1957 which stand to impact access to knowledge. The primary issue dealt with was the claim that copyright exceptions were affecting the publishing industry and authors. The recommendations include narrowing of copyright exceptions, barring digital storage and copying, promotion of libraries, and adopting the Berne Convention as the benchmark on limitations and exceptions.
- Health IDs: Voluntary or Mandatory? — by Pallavi Bedi — last modified Jul 22, 2021 01:29 PM
- On August 15, 2020, the prime minister launched the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) with the objective of improving and streamlining the Indian healthcare system. In December 2020, the Central Government, notified the National Digital Health Mission: Health Data Management Policy (Health Data Policy) seeking to create a digital health ecosystem under the NDHM. A core pillar of the Health Data Policy is to create a unique health identity (UHID) for every Indian citizen.
- The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End Encryption — by Gurshabad Grover, Tanaya Rajwade and Divyank Katira — last modified Jul 12, 2021 08:18 AM
- A legal and technical analysis of the 'traceability' rule and its impact on messaging privacy.
- WIPO SCCR 41: Notes from Day 3 and Day 4 — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jul 08, 2021 02:51 PM
- Day 3 and 4 saw the presentation of four studies conducted by external experts on music markets in various regions in the world and one study on rights of stage directors of theatrical productions. Day 4 saw member states sharing their positions on a proposal for creation of two rights 1) rights of stage directors of stage productions and 2) public lending right. The Chair also presented the draft summary of the session upon its conclusion, on Day 4. This blog post shares the specific text under the broadcasting and limitations and exceptions agenda items, relevant from an access to knowledge perspective.
- WIPO SCCR 41: Notes from Day 2 — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jul 08, 2021 02:55 PM
- Member states delivered opening statements and deliberated on the scope, direction, and progress of work on the limitations and exceptions agenda. This blog post summarises positions and contentions around: 1) Information Session on impact COVID 2) Creating a binding limitations and exceptions international instrument 3) Work Plan under the L&E agenda 4) Conducting regional consultations as per the report on regional seminars and international conference on limitations and exceptions.
- State of Consumer Digital Security in India — by Pranav M B — last modified Jul 05, 2021 11:07 AM
- This report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded by the Asia Foundation.
- Comments on the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021 — by Tanvi Apte, Anubha Sinha and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jul 05, 2021 05:59 AM
- In this submission, we examine the constitutionality and legality of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was released by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- Right to Exclusion, Government Spaces, and Speech — by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jul 02, 2021 12:05 PM
- The conclusion of the litigation surrounding Trump blocking its critiques on Twitter brings to forefront two less-discussed aspects of intermediary liability: a) if social media platforms could be compelled to ‘carry’ speech under any established legal principles, thereby limiting their right to exclude users or speech, and b) whether users have a constitutional right to access social media spaces of elected officials. This essay analyzes these issues under the American law, as well as draws parallel for India, in light of the ongoing litigation around the suspension of advocate Sanjay Hegde’s Twitter account.
- At the Heart of Crypto Investing, There is Tether. But Will its Promise Pan Out? — by Aman Nair — last modified Jul 01, 2021 02:46 PM
- The $18.5 million fine levied by the New York attorney general’s office earlier this year to settle a legal dispute, raises more questions than answers.
- Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board in Case 2021-008-FB-FBR: Brazil, Health Misinformation and Lockdowns — by Tanvi Apte and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jul 01, 2021 07:34 AM
- In this note, we answer questions set out by the Board, pursuant to case 2021-008-FB-FBR, which concerned a post made by a Brazilian sub-national health official, and raised questions on health misinformation and enforcement of Facebook's community standards.
- WIPO SCCR 41: Statement by CIS on Limitations and Exceptions Agenda Item — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jun 29, 2021 01:20 PM
- Anubha Sinha delivered a statement on behalf of CIS, on day 2 of the 41st WIPO SCCR session, on the limitations and exceptions agenda item.
- Bodh: a new tool for Wikidata lexicographical data — by Bodhisattwa Mandal — last modified Jun 28, 2021 01:19 AM
- We are happy to announce that a new tool, named Bodh, has been developed by Jay Prakash, as a CIS-A2K assignment, to add or modify statements for lexemes, senses and forms.
- Advanced biometric technologies and new market entries tackle fraud, chase digital ID billions — by Chris Burt — last modified Jun 28, 2021 01:13 AM
- Amid forecasts of rapid growth and huge market potential, digital ID platforms launches by Techsign and Ping Identity, new services, features and even an investment fund have been launched.
- Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India — by Aayush Rathi, and Ambika Tandon — last modified Jul 07, 2021 03:19 PM
- CIS has been undertaking a two-year project studying the entry of digital platforms in the domestic and care work in India, supported by the Association for Progressive Communications as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network. Implemented through 2019-21, the objective of the project is to use a feminist lens to critique platform modalities and orient platformisation dynamics in radically different, worker-first ways. Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi led the research team at CIS. The Domestic Workers’ Rights Union is a partner in the implementation of the project, as co-researchers. Geeta Menon, head of DWRU, was an advisor on the project, and the research team consisted of Parijatha G.P., Radha Keerthana, Zeenathunnisa, and Sumathi, who are office holders in the union and are responsible for organising workers and addressing their concerns.
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