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Prasad Krishna
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23 Sep 2011
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The Truman Show, in KeralaA webcast now allows you to see the goings-on in the CMs office 24x7.The idea is to promote openness,but theres still some way to go for it to make a difference, writes Sankar Radhakrishnan in this article published in the Times of India on
22 Sep 2011
22 Sep 2011
22 Sep 2011
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Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A Technical and Policy AnalysesPrivacy and security are often presented as zero-sum outcomes with respect to issues affecting Internet governance. This dichotomous treatment often results in policy outcomes that directly limit access and rights. The meanings of privacy …
22 Sep 2011
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Archives and AccessThe monograph by Aparna Balachandran and Rochelle Pinto, is a material history of the Internet archives. It examines the role of the archivist and the changing relationship between the state and private archives for looking at the politics …
21 Sep 2011
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Planning Commission, Census 2011 and India Post using social media to understand people's pulse betterEven as the Centre is drawing up guidelines to encourage government bodies to use social media, a handful of entities are showing how they can use Facebook, Twitter and more to connect with citizens better.
21 Sep 2011
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Digital (Alter)Natives with a Cause? — Book Review by Maarten van den Berg‘Digital (Alter)Natives with a cause?’ is a collection of four books with essays published by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, and the Dutch NGO Hivos. The books come in a beautifully designed cassette and are …
15 Sep 2011
14 Sep 2011
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Copyrights Amendment Bill to Be Tabled in Indian Parliament – Parallel Import provisions have Been RemovedThis week, the Indian government’s Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) will debate the Copyright Amendments Act.
13 Sep 2011
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Stakeholders Meeting of the USOF on Facilitating ICT Access to Persons with Disabilities in Rural AreasThe Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), a fund set up to provide universal access to telegraph services to rural and remote areas in India organized a stakeholders meeting on 7th September in New Delhi to launch a new scheme for …
13 Sep 2011
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IBSA Seminar on Global Internet GovernanceThe seminar will take place at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 1-2, 2011.
1 Sep 2011
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When revolutions go viralThanks to Facebook and Twitter, the urban Indian youth, famously detached from the goings-on in the country, came out on the streets to support the anti-corruption movement - not only here but abroad as well. TOI-Crest looks at the anatomy …
1 Sep 2011
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India's social media "spring" masks forgotten protestsIrom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world's longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India's digital divide.
1 Sep 2011
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Digital divide: Why Irom Sharmila can’t do an AnnaIrom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world’s longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India’s digital divide.
1 Sep 2011
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Alistair Scrutton: Social media holds the key to Hazare's campaign successIROM Sharmila has been on hunger strike for ten years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world's most resolute hunger striker is that she is on the wrong side of India's digital …
29 Aug 2011
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Net GainThe draft Electronic Service Delivery Bill, 2011, is aimed at making government services available online. But there are many hurdles to bringing in effective e-governance, says Hemchhaya De
23 Aug 2011
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In the Right CircleI’ve been on Google Plus for a few weeks now. In the beginning, it felt like showing up early at a much-talked-up party. There was a small scatter of people, poking around, examining the place, making preliminary conversation with the few …
23 Aug 2011
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IISc students boycott UID, don’t want Big Brother to keep watchThe programme doesn’t have statutory backing. It is still in parliament
23 Aug 2011
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An Interview with David BainesMaureen Agena interviewed David Baines, Deputy Director, Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center). Maureen asked questions regarding the status of disabled persons in Qatar, the level of ICT accessibility awareness for PWDs in Qatar, …
18 Aug 2011
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The Unsocial NetworkHas social media become a threat to democratic states even as it serves as a vehicle against totalitarian regimes? Its abuse during the London riots has reopened the question.
18 Aug 2011
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The Siege of Android: How Google Lost The OS WarIn a narrative beginning in 2016 and ending today, Forbes India recalls how the once irrepressible Google lost the mobile OS war
18 Aug 2011
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Hazare 'clicks' with city techiesThese days revolutionaries, crusaders and even rioters use social networking to further their cause. After the Arab Spring and the London riots, social networking is now playing a key role in Anna Hazare's ongoing anti-corruption campaign. …
9 Aug 2011
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When Knowledge Isn’t Written, Does It Still Count?“MAKING fun of Wikipedia is so 2007,” a French journalist said recently to Sue Gardner, the executive director of the foundation that runs the Wikipedia project.
9 Aug 2011
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Tired of tele-marketing calls? Act on privacy right: ExpertsAnnoyed with unsolicited calls from insurance and banking companies? Under the proposed Right to Privacy Act, such calls would be considered a violation and the company responsible penalised up to Rs 5 lakh. The draft Right to Privacy Bill …
9 Aug 2011
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Nothing unique about this identityRelying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking peeping tom to install your window blinds, opined, not long ago, the American poet and novelist John Perry Barlow once. The statement attains significance in the context of …
9 Aug 2011
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Indian super-cops now patrol the www highwayThere's discontent brewing in the Indian cyberspace. And it has to do with the government blocking content that it deems "objectionable". What has raised hackles of Internet freedom activists is a new set of rules that allow Internet …
9 Aug 2011
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, TwitterThe Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
7 Aug 2011
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Better Understanding of the Idea of Privacy SoughtUnderstanding the ways in which an individual's privacy is violated will help provide a better definition of privacy in India. At a public conference called ‘Privacy Matters' held at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) here …
4 Aug 2011
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Converting Indian Slacktivists Takes (Offline) TimeNo matter how much attention an online protest campaign might appear to be getting in terms of likes, fans or retweets, it’s rarely likely to be able to draw even a fraction of its Internet supporters to a street protest. That’s as true in …
25 Jul 2011
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Portal augurs well for transparencyData.gov.in will have meta-data, which will facilitate discovery of data and access from portals of ministries, says T Ramachandra. The article was published in the Hindu on 25 July 2011.