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8 Feb 2013
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Rahul Cherian, founder of NGO Inclusive Planet, passes awayRahul Cherian, who worked extensively on disability law and rights in India, and other issues like intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday while on on a family holiday in Goa according to this report in the …
8 Feb 2013
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Online Abuse of Teen Girls in Kashmir Leads to ArrestsOnline abuse and a fatwa aimed at a rock band of Muslim teenage girls in Kashmir have led to arrests and a threat of a lawsuit.
8 Feb 2013
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Inclusive Planet co-founder, Disability Law activist, and Cancer Survivor, Rahul Cherian passes awayRahul Cherian, the co-founder of Inclusive Planet and an expert on Intellectual Property and disability law, passed away on February 7, 2013 in Goa due to sudden illness.
7 Feb 2013
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RIP: Rahul Cherian, human rights activist, Inclusive Planet co-founderRIPRahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away today at the age of 39, while on a family holiday in Goa.
6 Feb 2013
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Censorship and sensibility in IndiaThe past few weeks in India have seen films, an all-girl rock band, a fashion show, a Booker prize-winning novelist and a reputed academic become targets of harassment, legal action or threats of violence.
31 Jan 2013
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Odia Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary and Workshop on Application of Odia in MediaThe Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with Odia-Wikipedia and Academy for Media Learning organized a workshop on January 29, 2013. This was covered in Sambad on January 30, 2013.
30 Jan 2013
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An innovative concept comes to the foreThere’s very little awareness about Bitcoin — a new digital currency and payment system, designed for the voting process of ‘Bitfilm 13’ — in the City. Aaron Koenig, the managing director at Bitfilm Networks Hamburg, addressed this issue …
29 Jan 2013
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Surveillance Camp: Privatized State SurveillanceThis is the second in a series of posts mapping global surveillance challenges discussed at EFF’s Surveillance Camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
29 Jan 2013
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First Odia Wikipedia Education Program concludes at IIMC, DhenkanalThe first Odia Wikipedia Education program ended yesterday at Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal with distribution of certificates to the participants.
26 Jan 2013
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9th International Asian ConferenceITechLaw is organizing the 9th Annual Asian ITechLaw Conference on February 14 and 15, 2013 in India's high technology capital - Bangalore, India. Sunil Abraham will be speaking at this event.
25 Jan 2013
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Internet Freedom in India – Open to DebateIn the aftermath of an Index on Censorship debate in New Delhi, Kirsty Hughes says India’s web users are standing at a crossroads
25 Jan 2013
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Bangalore hackers write code as tribute to Aaron SwartzA small crowd gathered here on Saturday afternoon in the basement of the Centre for Internet and Society to participate in the Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight, organised by HasGeek.
23 Jan 2013
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Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: country perspectivesThis blog post is fourth in a series of eight blog posts to report on the “Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression” recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
21 Jan 2013
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Fifth International IPR Conference (GIPC 2013)ITAG Business Solutions is organizing its Fifth International IPR conference "GIPC 2013" at Hotel LaLit Ashok, Bangalore, India on the theme "IPR: The Powerhouse of Tomorrow". Snehashish Ghosh is participating in the event and will speak on …
18 Jan 2013
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Is freedom of expression under threat in the digital age?This week Index held a high level panel debate in partnership with the Editors Guild of India and the India International Centre to discuss the question “Is freedom of expression under threat in the digital age?” Mahima Kaul reports
17 Jan 2013
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Is freedom of expression under threat in digital age?With social networking site Facebook boasting of 1 billion members globally and micro-blogging site Twitter claiming millions, opinion was divided on whether the freedom of expression was under threat in the digital age.
15 Jan 2013
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7th India Digital Summit 2013This summitt organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India is being held in New Delhi from January 16 to 17, 2013 at the Lalit Hotel
13 Jan 2013
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Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of ExpressionInternet Democracy Project, Voices for Interactive Choice & Empowerment and Global Partners & Associates are organizing this event in Dhaka on January 14 - 15, 2013.
7 Jan 2013
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Panel Discussion on E-Commerce at NLSIUPranesh Prakash was a panelist at this event held at the National Law School of India University on January 7, 2013.
7 Jan 2013
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Clash of the cyberworldsIn an increasingly digital world, the issue of Internet freedom and governance has become hugely contested. Censorship and denial of access occur across the political spectrum of nations, even in liberal democracies.
4 Jan 2013
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Mobile Broadband: Leveraging for Business TransformationMobile India 2013 is being held at the Chancery Pavillion, Bangalore on 9 January 2013. Sunil Abraham is speaking at this event.
4 Jan 2013
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Cool Jobs | Parmesh Shahani, Head, Godrej India Culture LabThe man behind Mumbai’s most original ideas space on being a cross-pollinator
3 Jan 2013
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Indian government websites: Gold mine for cybercriminalsIf you are a cybercriminal trying to commit identity theft or digitally impersonate a citizen, you have help from the unlikeliest of sources — the Government of India.
1 Jan 2013
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2012 in Review: Biometric ID Systems Grew Internationally...and So Did Concerns about PrivacyAs the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy.
31 Dec 2012
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UN agrees to review agencies governing InternetAlthough India’s proposal has been criticized as an effort to control the Net, govt says this will ensure it has more say in policymaking.
31 Dec 2012
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The year social media came of age in IndiaSambhavi Saxena, 19, was at Jantar Mantar on December 25 protesting against Nirbhaya's brutal rape when Delhi Police swooped down, rounded her up along with other agitators and took them to the Parliament Street police station. Sambhavi …
31 Dec 2012
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No fear of losing internet freedom till Jan 15: ExpertsThere is no need to get scared about losing internet freedom, at least till January 2015.
31 Dec 2012
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Delhi gang rape: What Facebook, Twitter expose about govtWhen constable Subhash Tomar collapsed during the anti-rape agitation in New Delhi, the government was keen to say he suffered injuries inflicted by the protesters. But the administration's version of events was challenged soon on social …
31 Dec 2012
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A note of dissent on cash transfers and UIDThe following is the text of a note released by 208 scholars, activists and concerned citizens on the United Progressive Alliance government’s plan to introduce cash transfers linked to the Aadhaar (UID) numbers of beneficiaries:
30 Dec 2012
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Open Access Champion Leslie Chan Delivers Five Talks in IndiaProfessor Leslie Chan, a champion of Open Access (OA) and Associate Director of the Centre for Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough visited Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore in December 2012 for a series of …