SFLC Round Table Discussion on Personal Data Protection Bill
The Supreme Court of India in the Puttaswamy judgement recommended the need to examine and put into place a robust regime for data protection. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had...
View ArticleSolving for data justice: workshop on the draft personal data protection bill...
Why? The Ministry for Electronics and IT has invited comments on the draft data protection bill prepared by the committee of experts headed by Justice Shrikrishna. Once passed, this bill will be the...
View ArticleOnline Trolling: The Beast on the Block
The seminar will explore how troll armies target dissent and free speech while also examining the trajectory of online attacks and how they can very quickly escalate into physical attacks. What can...
View ArticleSolving for data justice: workshop on the draft personal data protection bill...
The intention behind the workshop is to unpack what a feminist data protection framework might look like. Detailed explanation on the reasons for organising such a workshop is here. The agenda is...
View ArticleClean slate to unaccountable State: Citizen-State relations and Data...
The Ministry of Electronics and IT has released a bill on personal data protection, and invited public comments by the 30th of September. Once passed, this bill will form the basis of how the digital...
View ArticleMy troll, our troll? Moving beyond individual action and towards structural...
The Internet Democracy Project and Point of View – with support from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation – are delighted to introduce My troll, our troll? Moving beyond individual action and towards...
View ArticleIndia School of Internet Governance (inSIG2018)
The first India School on Internet Governance (inSIG2016, https://insig.in/2016) was conceived as an initiative that would enhance the capacity of Internet Governance practitioners and equip them with...
View ArticleFacebook South Asia Safety Summit
At the Summit, Facebook aims to engage with online safety experts as part of its efforts to create a safe platform for people to share and connect. The Summit also provides those working on these...
View ArticleRegulating Emerging Technologies
The aim of the conference is to bring together policy makers, industry representatives, academics, researchers and other stakeholders for a focused discussion on some of the issues connected with...
View ArticleDigital Citizen Summit 2018
India and other South-Asian countries have made leapfrogs in the technology sector to adapt to digital lifestyles. In recent years, there has been a disturbing trend towards mass surveillance by...
View ArticleDeciphering the Aadhaar verdict
Agenda 10:00am - 10:30am Introduction to the Aadhaar ecosystem 10:30am - 11:00am Reporting on the verdict 11:00am - 11:15am Tea break 11:15am - 01:00pm Legal analysis 01:00pm - 02:00pm Lunch 02:00pm -...
View ArticleFreedom Online Conference 2018
The Annual Freedom Online Conference is the flagship event of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), bringing together governments and stakeholders from around the world to discuss the most urgent...
View Article#BigDataSur: Big Data from the South - Towards a Research Agenda
How would datafication look like seen… ‘upside down’? What questions would we ask? What concepts, theories and methods would we embrace or have to devise? These questions are at the core of the two-day...
View ArticleMe, We and the Machine: The Institute of Technology, Gender, Sexuality and...
Millions of individuals and communities around the world today use technology to explore, express, navigate and advocate for their gender, sexuality and rights. Phones, simple or smart. Desktops. Smart...
View ArticleInterlude 2018: My Privacy is Your Battleground
‘Interlude’ or the in-between is an experimental space at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, for pause, reflection, discussion, and an active, performative engagement. The vision is to...
View ArticleBodies, Data and Privacy in the Digital Age
Matters of privacy now have an added layer of complexity in the Digital Age. With Dr. Anja Kovacs, an advocate of freedom of expression and Internet governance, we shall explore how our relationship...
View ArticleFacebook Privacy Design Sprint
From the recent controversies around the use and misuse of government data to targeting social media campaigning, to concerns around the growth of a surveillance economy, data privacy is an urgent...
View ArticleConsultation on Impact of FDI in e-Commerce on Street Vendors and Small Shop...
This consultation is imagined as a one-day knowledge-sharing and brainstorming session among activists, trade unionists, retail associations members, academics and researchers who have been involved in...
View ArticleGendering the Smart Safe City: Curating Digital Lives for a Feminist Urban...
Recent reports of brutal gang rapes and widespread sexual assault in Indian mega-cities highlight India’s challenge in addressing SDG#5 and #11: commitments to Gender equality and Sustainable Cities...
View ArticleFacebook External Oversight Board Workshop
At this event, Facebook will share additional details and initial thinking around the board and seek participants’ feedback on how it could be best designed. Facebook will also ask participants to...
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