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19 Jan 2013
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Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, GoaA three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa. Over 30 participants attended the session.
18 Jan 2013
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Web of SamenessThe social Web has been an ominous space at the start of 2013. It has been awash with horror, pain and grief. The recent gang rape and death of a medical student in Delhi prevents one from being too optimistic about the year to come. My …
18 Jan 2013
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The Violence of Knowledge CartelsWe are all struck with a sense of loss, grief and shock since we heard of the death of Aaron Swartz, by suicide. People who have been his friends have written heart-felt obituaries, saluting his dreams and visions and unwavering commitment …
16 Jan 2013
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Draft International Principles on Communications Surveillance and Human RightsThese principles were developed by Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and seek to define an international standard for the surveillance of communications. The Centre for Internet and Society has been contributing …
15 Jan 2013
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Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An IntroductionLast month, on December 12 and 13, 2012, the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet & Society along with Wikipedia community members organized a two-day workshop for M.A. and Ph.D. students at the Goa University. Nitika …
15 Jan 2013
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Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in BangladeshThis is a statement on the violent attack on blogger Asif Mohiuddin by the participants to the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression that took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 14–15, 2013.
11 Jan 2013
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Accessible Broadcasting in IndiaThe abridged version of International Telecommunication Union's "Making Television Accessible" Report which we published last year has been broadened in scope and is now called "Accessible Broadcasting in India" report.
10 Jan 2013
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No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory CommitteeThe Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
6 Jan 2013
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What's Needed Is User-Centric Design, Not Good IntentionsThe inadequacy of essentials and conveniences around us results from a slack approach to both design and execution. We know we are deficient in execution, but we need to be more aware of deficiencies in approach and design. Good intentions, …
31 Dec 2012
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State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp: SummaryOn December 13 and 14, 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation organized the Surveillance and Human Rights Camp held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting examined trends in surveillance, reasons for state surveillance, surveillance …
31 Dec 2012
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National Resource Kit: The Andhra Chapter (Revised)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 Andhra Pradesh.
31 Dec 2012
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National Resource Kit : The Kerala 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 Kerala.
31 Dec 2012
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Mining the Web CollectiveIn March 2012, Dr Bruno Latour and his team from the Sciences Po Media Lab organized a workshop that assembled a selected group of researchers from India to explore methods of Controversy Mapping. It was hosted by Dr J. Srinivasan, Director …
30 Dec 2012
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Overview of Schemes and Notifications issued in Karnataka for the benefit of Persons with DisabilitiesThe State of Karnataka has issued numerous notifications and schemes for the benefits of persons with disabilities. This is a brief overview of all these schemes, which are described thematically under the headings of education, employment, …
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 …
30 Dec 2012
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A Wikipedia Workshop at NMAITThe Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi collaborated with Metawings Institute to spread the words about Wikipedia for Indian languages. A one-day workshop was organized to educated the students on contributing to Wikipedia on December 21, …
29 Dec 2012
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Tomorrow, TodayOur present is the future that our past had imagined. Around the same time last year, I remember taking stock of the technologies that we live with and wondering what 2012 would bring in.
29 Dec 2012
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National Resource Kit: The Tamil Nadu 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 Tamil Nadu.
28 Dec 2012
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New Avenues: Media Wiki GroupsThis blog post is a brief recap and snippets of my conversation with Harsh Kothari, a volunteer on Gujarati Wikipedia on what we've been doing to help with MediaWiki groups.
28 Dec 2012
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Internet-driven Developments — Structural Changes and Tipping PointsA symposium on Internet Driven Developments: Structural Changes and Tipping Points was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Harvard University from December 6 to 8, 2012. The symposium was sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur …
28 Dec 2012
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Comments and Feedback on the Draft Twelfth Five Year Plan with respect to Persons with DisabilitiesThe Centre for Internet & Society was one of the ten organizations representing people with disabilities that sent comments and feedback on the draft twelfth five year plan.
27 Dec 2012
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A Wikipedia Workshop at SRM University, ChennaiThe Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi in association with Metawings Institute organized a one-day workshop on contributing to Wikipedia at SRM University on December 17, 2012. About 40 students from different engineering colleges in …
24 Dec 2012
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WIPO to Convene a Diplomatic Conference in Morocco to Finalise TVIIn a landmark development, on December 18, 2012, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed to convene a diplomatic conference, likely to be in Morocco, in June of next year to finalise the …
21 Dec 2012
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Inflation Control Through Structural ReformsInflation will persist until supply increases. Policies must therefore address supply through structural reforms, e.g., in telecom and power.
19 Dec 2012
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The Trouble with Hurried SolutionsThe World Conference on International Telecommunication showed that countries are not yet ready to arrive at a consensus on regulation and control of the Internet
19 Dec 2012
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Non Unicode ISCII Text Can be Converted to Unicode Now!Odia Wikipedian Manoj Sahukar has designed a new tool which can convert non Unicode ISCII text to Odia Unicode text. A majority of the digitized text and web content of newspapers and books are in non unicode text which now could be used …
10 Dec 2012
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The Worldwide Web of ConcernsThe International Telecommunication Union’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is currently under way in Dubai, after a gap of 25 years. At this conference, the Inter-national Telecommunication Regulations — …
10 Dec 2012
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The Worldwide Web of ConcernsThe threat of a ‘UN takeover’ of the Internet through the WCIT is non-existent. However, that does not mean that activists have been crying themselves hoarse in vain.
10 Dec 2012
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Random Hacks of Kindness Global December 2012 — A ReportA Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) hackathon in Bangalore was hosted at office of the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) in Domlur on December 1 and 2, 2012. CIS, Amnesty International India Office, Greenpeace India Office, HasGeek, Yahoo …
8 Dec 2012
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Not Just Fancy TelevisionNishant Shah reviews Ben Hammersley's book "64 Things You Need to Know for Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear ", published by Hodder & Stoughton