Just like every other moment of disaster, the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been deeply gendered. World over, supply chain disruptions have disproportionately impacted women’s jobs…
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IT for Change and InternetLab are co-organizing a roundtable on April 19th and 20th to catalyze a productive debate revolving around the central question: what new imaginaries of social media governance will be adequate to eradicate the…
This paper explores changes in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in greater detail, explaining how they are relevant to the platform economy in Canada. It then…
This research details how Indonesians working in the tourism sector are included or excluded from the travel platform economy. It investigates why these actors are choosing to use travel platforms and how they express the benefits and constraints in this context. Inclusion in the platform…
In recent years, the Philippines has seen a trend of platformization in domestic and care work through small-scale digital platforms that offer on-demand cleaning services. The nascent and informal nature of this system has given rise to new modes of employment and labor relationships that do…
This paper examines the influence of digital platforms on Chinese workers across two booming on-demand service industries: ride-hailing and food-delivery. Though digital platforms have attracted considerable scholarly and legal attention in the past few years, this project is among one of the…
This research project investigates the institutional, policy and operational dynamics of ride-hailing platforms in South Africa. A limited number of studies on platform economies in African nations have been conducted from business and economics perspectives that often do not focus on issues of…
This report aims to investigate the current gaps in protection suffered by users of the platform economy in Europe and to propose legal solutions. The research particularly focuses on the inequalities (understood as information asymmetries affecting the weak party) and unfair practices…
This report was produced as part of the research project ‘Policy frameworks for digital platforms - Moving from openness to inclusion’.The report provides evidence from the Nigerian…
The 23rd working paperfor Data Governance Network by Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami presents the building blocks of an economic governance regime for data that can contribute to the growth of the digital…
India’s Budget 2022 presents digital infrastructure as key to economic recovery for the pandemic-hit economy. Several proposals suggest the ambition for digital resilience: Universal last-mile broadband connectivity, DESH-Stack e-portal for digital enskillment and jobs, delivery of hi-tech…
Parminder Singh was part of a panel on Amazon on the 19th of February at the (online) Asia Pacific Social Forum. The panel was jointly organized by the Working Peoples Coalition, Joint Action Committee against Foreign Retail and e-commerce, Acorn International, UNI Global Union, and Progressive…
For-profit edtech needs to be banned, and the government must play an active regulatory role.
After a Congress member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu highlighted the unethical practices of the Indian edtech…
Nandini Chami participated in a CSO consultation convened by Partners in Change and UNDP for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 16 Nov 2021, developing a business and human rights reporting template, technically 'Business and Sustainability Reporting template…
This is an electronic interview conducted between Anita Gurumurthy and The Quint, India on cybercrime in India and its larger cause in the wake of the 'bulli bai' app incident in January,…
Why legalizing crypto assets is dangerous
The Indian Government appears convinced that cryptocurrency is a dangerous proposition. Cryptocurrency enables relatively invisible transactions, with serious implications for crime, terrorism, money laundering, tax evasion, etc. Another worry…
In June 2021 Google and BYJU’S announced a partnership to provide education services in India. A press release from BYJU’S said, “the simplicity, flexibility, and…
This study, conducted in partnership with DAWN, seeks to undertake a feminist political economy exploration of data policies and practices through close analysis of the erosion of privacy and data autonomy in the menstrual apps market. It looks to examine how self data-tracking practices shape…
In September 2021, the Centre for Internet and Society and IT for Change co-organized a strategy meeting on the government's newly launched e-Shram portal, designed to deliver targeted social security benefits to informal sector workers. This strategy meeting…
The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
Like every year, the IGF will bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals to discuss public policy issues about the Internet from 6-10th…
As part of our ongoing projects on gender and the digital economy, IT for Change invited proposals and pitches under two National Gender Fellowship tracks.
1. Research Fellowship, under the European Commission supported project,…
IT for Change has played a crucial role in highlighting the education emergency in India caused by the unprecedented and prolonged school closures in India due to COVID-19. In July 2021, we catalyzed the creation of the National Coalition on the Education Emergency,…
Anita Gurumurthy participated in the 5th South Asia Peoples Forum on Sustainable Development Goals on the 10th of November, 2021.
The main objectives of the forum were to (i) Assess the political, economic, social and environmental situation of the region in the context…
Anita Gurumurthy will be part of a panel speaking on the topic- “Co-Ops for the Indian Digital Economy?” as part of TheNewCommonSense - 2021 Conference of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium
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Karnataka’s Open Data Policy opens up a Pandora’s box of concerns for public interest and citizen rights
Last week, the Government of Karnataka (GoK) notified its Open Data Policy (ODP) to open up government-held personal and non-…
DataSyn is a free monthly newsletter from IT for Change providing concise and relevant analysis on all matters concerning Big Tech. Building on our strong tradition of deep research and policy engagement on the digital economy with a focus on the Global South, DataSyn delivers quality analysis…
Anita Gurumurthy will be part of a panel on ' Bringing Women Online: Creating Coalitions for Safe Connectivity in South Asia' in the Women's Safety Symposium for South and Southeast Asia being held on 6th and 7th October.
Overview from organizer: At Facebook, we are…
Anita Gurumurthy is part of a panel on Social Media, Networks, and Movements for Women's Empowerment on September 30, 2021 as part of the Gender and Digital Health…
Nandini Chami made a presentation on "Platform accountability for gender-based cyber violence: An analysis of the Indian legal-policy landscape" for the fellows at the Young Leaders in Tech Policy Fellowship, as part of their training…
IT for Change recently responded to the call for consultation by National Health Authority (NHA) and National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) on the Unified Health…