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26 Mar 2013
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Iraqi Public Data Scenario Workshop: A SummaryA workshop on public data was conducted by Sunil Abraham and Sumandro Chattapadhyay for the officials of the Government of Iraq. It was organized by UNDP Iraq in Amman, Jordan from October 18 to 23, 2012. Sumandro Chattapadhyay shares with …
26 Mar 2013
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Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project #1: Visualising Basic ParametersSajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattapadhyay bring you a visualisation of the growth of Indic Wikipedia in this first post on Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project. In doing so, the authors look into the different aspects of the past and present …
26 Mar 2013
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Driving in the Surveillance Society: Cameras, RFID tags and Black Boxes...In this post, Maria Xynou looks at red light cameras, RFID tags and black boxes used to monitor vehicles in India.
25 Mar 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Lakshadweep Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Lakshadweep.
25 Mar 2013
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National Resource Kit : The Meghalaya Chapter: Call for CommentsThe National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Meghalaya.
21 Mar 2013
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Strategic Issues Emerging from Open Access Dialogues - Final ReportA series of discussions - on the Chat Literacy forum of ELDIS and on Twitter - was organised during November 2012 to March 2013 to identify the global challenges in 'Navigating the Complexities of Open Access'. The discussions were …
19 Mar 2013
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Wiki Women's Day in GoaInternational Women's Day (IWD), also called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8, every year. There were a series of Wikipedia events organised this year with the aim of increasing participation of women contributing …
19 Mar 2013
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Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS GoaThe Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society was invited by Nikhil Dixit, Public Relations Officer at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Goa (BITS Goa) to organise Wikipedia session on March 7, …
19 Mar 2013
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Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 AnalysisJeremy Gruber from the Council for Responsible Genetics, US provides an analysis of the Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012. He says that India’s updated 2012 Human DNA Profiling Bill offers largely superficial changes from its predecessor, the …
18 Mar 2013
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Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR …
18 Mar 2013
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Ahmednagar — Marathi Wikipedia WorkshopWikipedia Community members helped the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications Programme (HEIRA), CSCS Bangalore organize a day-long workshop on ‘Digital Literacy’ at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, Maharasthra on January 17, …
15 Mar 2013
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Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillanceIn this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
15 Mar 2013
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A Comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012In this post, Maria Xynou gives us a comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012.
14 Mar 2013
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Unique Identification Scheme (UID) & National Population Register (NPR), and GovernanceThis post examines the UID, NPR and Governance as it exists in India. The background note gives a summary of what is the NPR, the legal grounding of NPR, its objectives, and the information which could be collected under the NPR. The post …
14 Mar 2013
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Summary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.
12 Mar 2013
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Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill (April 2012): High Level ConcernsIn 2007 the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill was piloted by the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, with the objective of regulating the use of DNA for forensic and other purposes. In February 2012 another draft of the Bill was …
12 Mar 2013
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Are India's Glory Days Over?Unless major structural changes are effected, India will miss an economic take-off for many years, writes Shyam Ponappa.
12 Mar 2013
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An Introduction to Bitfilm & Bitcoin in Bangalore, IndiaAn event at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was organized on January 23, 2013. The all star team at CIS was awesome at organizing this event for Bitcoin. Live streaming, mainstream newspaper coverage and Twitter based Q&A made this …
28 Feb 2013
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Women in the IT Industry: Request for DataFor CIS's research on indicators of female economic empowerment in the IT industry in India, we have sent formal request for participation in a short survey to the six largest IT companies based in India. A copy of the letter of request and …
28 Feb 2013
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Who Minds the Maxwell's Demon (Revisiting Communication Networks through the Lens of the Intermediary)A holistic reflection on information networks and it’s regulatory framework is possible only when the medium-specific boundary that has often separated the Internet and Telecom networks begins to dissolve, to objectively reveal points of …
28 Feb 2013
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Research Initiative: Women in India's IT IndustryCIS has begun a brief research project which will examine indicators of female economic empowerment in the IT industry in India. Though the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data from the six largest publicly-traded Indian software …
28 Feb 2013
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Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, DhenkanalThe Odia Wikipedia community collaborated with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal and hosted a pilot Odia Wikipedia Education Program. The program began in November 2012 and got over by January 2013. Sixteen student …
28 Feb 2013
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National Resource Kit : The West Bengal Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of West Bengal.
28 Feb 2013
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FOSS, Wikimedia and Mozilla Under One Roof at GNUnify 2013, PuneGNUnify 2013 organized in the campus in Pune from February 15 to 17, 2013. The event was organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group (PLUG) and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR). Subhashish Panigrahi reports the …
28 Feb 2013
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Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, BangaloreThe 54th Wikimedia meet-up in Bangalore was held at the Indian Institute of Management on February 25, 2013. The event was planned and organized by Radhakrishna Arvapally, SIG (Special Interest Group) Chair, Bangalore (a part of the …
28 Feb 2013
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Don’t SLAPP free speechIIPM is proving adept at the tactical use of lawsuits to stifle criticism, despite safeguards. THE DEPARTMENT of Telecommunications, on 14 February, issued orders to block certain web pages critical of the Indian Institute of Planning and …
28 Feb 2013
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Creative Commons comes to IndiaCreative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to join hands with Creative Commons for research and community building.
25 Feb 2013
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BigDog is Watching You! The Sci-fi Future of Animal and Insect DronesDo you think robotic aeroplanes monitoring us are scary enough? Wait until you read about DARPA´s new innovative and subtle way to keep us all under the microscope! This blog post presents a new reality of drones which is depicted in none …
20 Feb 2013
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Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth AnniversaryOdia Wikipedia saw its first edit on January 29, 2004. After a dormancy of many years it got revived in 2011. To commemorate the effort of many volunteer wikipedians, a celebratory event was organized on January 29, 2013 in Bhubaneswar. …
19 Feb 2013
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The Omnishambles of UID, shrouded in its RTI opacityThe Centre for Internet & Society sponsored Colonel Mathew Thomas to hold a workshop at the fourth National Right to Information (RTI) organized by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, held in Hyderabad from February 15 …