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17 Mar 2015
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Live Chat: Aadhaar: An identity crisis?The Aadhaar card is not compulsory for citizens and "no person should be denied any benefits or ‘suffer’ for not having the Aadhaar cards issued by Unique Identification Authority of India," the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
17 Mar 2015
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India tops list of content restrictions requests, says FacebookIndia has again topped the list of content restriction requests in the second half of 2014 with over 5,800 requests recorded in Facebook's Government Requests Report released on Sunday.
17 Mar 2015
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If you thought India is a country where freedom of speech and expression are fundamental rights, think twice!Having contributed significantly in growing pollution and corruption indices, there's one place where India seems to hold the top spot is: imposing restrictions on social media contents. There have been over 5,800 restriction requests …
13 Mar 2015
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Roundtable on ICANN AccountabilityThe roundtable was organised by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), National Internet Exchange of India and Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi at the Indian International …
13 Mar 2015
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GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscriptsTwelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil …
12 Mar 2015
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Right to Education and the Future of Our LanguagesThe Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational Resource and Research Centre in association with ICSSR (WRC) organized a National Symposium on Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages at …
10 Mar 2015
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Uploaded and blocked, a daylong battle rages on the web over BBC documentaryIt was a daylong tussle between uploads and takedowns. Netizens kept uploading the controversial BBC documentary, 'India's Daughter', on video-sharing websites even as several of them were blocked within hours on Thursday. By 9pm, the …
10 Mar 2015
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More articles for Tulu WikipediaIn all, 100 more articles will be uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia by teachers and students in Udupi shortly, according to Janaki M. Brahmavara, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
9 Mar 2015
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Vox Pol Workshop on the Role of Social Media and Internet Companies in Responding to Violent Online ExtremismOn March 5-6, 2015, the VOX-Pol network convened a workshop at Central European University in Budapest on the role of social media and internet companies in responding to violent online political extremism and the impacts on freedom of …
8 Mar 2015
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Women's History Month, India-2015CIS-A2K is supporting the Indian Wikimedia volunteers organize Wikipedia Women's History Month, India- 2015.
4 Mar 2015
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CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future ActionConference on UNESCO’s Internet Study: access, free expression, privacy and ethics.
2 Mar 2015
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Train the Trainer — Report in UdayavaniAs part of the Train The Trainer program, on Feb 28, all the participants (Wikipedians from all over India) were taken to Janapada Loka, near Ramanagara. There was a report in Udayavani, Ramanagara edition on March 2, 2015 about this event.
26 Feb 2015
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SC reserves judgement in cases against Section 66AThe verdict will have far reaching consequences on civil liberties and right to freedom of speech on the Internet.
25 Feb 2015
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Hacking of SIM card by spy agencies raises fears of sensitive documents being leakedThe hacking of SIM-card and digital security services provider Gemalto by American and British spy agencies has raised fears that sensitive communications, by the Indian government and hundreds of domestic companies, may have been at the …
25 Feb 2015
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Google's war on nude photos goes against user rightsYesterday, Google announced that starting March 23, 2015 users will be unable to share sexually explicit content on its blogging platform -- Blogger.
25 Feb 2015
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Delhi government in consultation with Centre to block Uber's Internet addressThe Delhi transport department has started consultation with the central government to block the internet address of taxi hailing app Uber if the San Francisco-based startup does not obtain a radio taxi licence to ply its cabs in the …
24 Feb 2015
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Washington Meet on Open Data PrinciplesSunil Abraham was invited to discuss the common international open data principles on February 24, 2015. The meeting took place at the World Bank office in Washington.
20 Feb 2015
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Cultural knowledge needs to be more openSubhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language …
20 Feb 2015
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Analytics to help govt read public mood onlineThe Union government is in the process of commissioning a project to analyse public sentiment about it on various online platforms.
19 Feb 2015
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Online Free Content in Telugu WikipediaWikimedians gathered at Tirupati for a strategic meet. This was covered by the regional newspaper Andhra Jyothy
19 Feb 2015
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More online free content in Telugu Wikipedia soonWikimedians gather at Tirupati for a strategy meet.
12 Feb 2015
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[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse AwardsIt's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.
11 Feb 2015
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NetGain: Working Together for a Stronger Digital SocietySunil Abraham made a presentation at this event.
11 Feb 2015
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Facebook launches Internet.org in IndiaJoins hands with Reliance Communications. Move spurs neutrality concerns.
10 Feb 2015
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Govt may turn to supercomputing for better use of Aadhaar databaseTechnology experts working with the Aadhaar project have spotted other potential uses for it, all to be powered by a string of supercomputers.
10 Feb 2015
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Facebook offers free but limited access to the Internet in IndiaFacebook-backed Internet.org is extending its offer of free but limited Internet access to India via a mobile app.
9 Feb 2015
7 Feb 2015
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Regional Open Data Agenda-Setting Workshop 2015Open Data Lab Jakarta Web Foundation hosted this workshop from February 4 to 6, 2015. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
7 Feb 2015
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Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2015Nehaa Chaudhari participated as a panelist at the Library and Information Professionals Summit, 2015 at NLU-Delhi. The event was jointly organized by Society for Library Professionals, National Law University Delhi with UN Information …
7 Feb 2015
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Launch of the Open Data Lab JakartaWorld Wide Fund's first Open Data Lab was launched on February 5, 2015. It was launched at the Istana Ballroom, Sari Pan Pacific Hotel. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.