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23 Sep 2016
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To embed a tweet or not?Experts say it would amount to copyright infringement if the fair use clause is exploited.
23 Sep 2016
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LITD 17 Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards MeetingVanya Rakesh attended the LITD-17 committee meeting (committee on Information Systems Security and Biometrics) organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 23 September 2016 in Bengaluru.
23 Sep 2016
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First Working Group Meeting on "An Internet Free and Secure"Vidushi Marda attended a face-to-face meeting organized by the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) on September 7, 2016 in Strasbourg. The FOC has three working groups (WG), and Vidushi is part of the first WG - An Internet Free and Secure.
22 Sep 2016
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Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' after 8 Years on IncubatorEight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language.
22 Sep 2016
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The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big DataA study tour on privacy and big data was organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from September 3 to 10, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg. Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia who went for the tour.
22 Sep 2016
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Law and Economy Policy Conference 2016 (LEPC - 2016)The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in collaboration with the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) is organising India’s first “Law Economics Policy Conference (LEPC-2016)”. The aim is to bring together legal, …
22 Sep 2016
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Is India Prepared for a Cyber Attack? Suckfly And Other Past Responses Say NoFrom mandatory disclosures to improving CERT-IN’s functioning and transparency, there is much to be done in the event of future cyber attacks.
22 Sep 2016
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“Made in India” Innovation PolicyIn this post they emphasize upon the need for data-driven IP policy making in India.
15 Sep 2016
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India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firmsThey are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
14 Sep 2016
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SpaceX Explosion Slows Facebook & Israeli Efforts To Control Online ContentIn their ‘space race’ to expand internet access to remote, impoverished areas of the world, Facebook and Google are actually vying for control o fthe online experiences of millions of people.
14 Sep 2016
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How does the government track all its legal cases?The Legal Information Management and Briefing System , an integral part of the digital India initiative, aims to be a database of all the ongoing cases with the government.
13 Sep 2016
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CYFY 2016 - The India Conference on Cyber Security and Internet GovernanceSunil Abraham will participate as a panelist at CYFY 2016 event organized by Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi from September 28 to 30, 2016.
12 Sep 2016
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The DigiLocker was supposed to cut down paperwork but less than 0.1% of Indians are using itThe official data shows that the platform has not enthused as many users as the government expected.
7 Sep 2016
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Despite SC order, thousands booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT ActCollege student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception.
1 Sep 2016
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Talking Point: Futile Battle Against TorrentsSunil Abraham spoke to Deccan Herald to clear the air about rumours surrounding a jail threat for those logging on to Torrent sites.
31 Aug 2016
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India has a long road ahead in becoming a disabled-friendly countryIndia is home to 2.7 crore people living with one or the other kind of disability. According to the 2011 Census, 2.21 percent of India’s population is disabled. Unlike the developed world, India’s disabled are made further socially …
30 Aug 2016
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Data Xgen launches paid Hindi email serviceJaipur based Enterprise email provider Data Xgen Technologies has launched a paid email service in Hindi Devnagari script. This is especially for .bharat domain names, but can also be used for other domains. As of now, the company offers …
27 Aug 2016
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Universal Design & Accessibility ConclaveNirmita Narasimhan is a speaker at this conclave organized by IIMA in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
26 Aug 2016
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Press coverage about Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu Wikipedia successAndhra Jyothi, one of the leading news papers in Telugu covered Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu wikipedia success in national level with the angle of Pranaraj involvement in it.
26 Aug 2016
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Festival scan on social mediaAuthorities in a south Karnataka district have started keeping tighter watch on rumour-mongering and hate messages on social media platforms ahead of religious festivals.
25 Aug 2016
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International Conference on Innovation for Shared ProsperityRohini Lakshane attended a conference on IP Rights, Competition and Standard Setting in the IT industry on August 20 and 21, 2016. The conference was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University and Jindal Initiative on Research in IP & …
24 Aug 2016
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Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be droppedNews reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has identified 20 new areas for which Aadhaar …
24 Aug 2016
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Bridging the Digital DivideNirmita Narasimhan will be a panelist at an annual event called "All Hands Meet" organized by Wipro on August 25, 2016 in Bangalore.
23 Aug 2016
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Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fineIndia puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals.
22 Aug 2016
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Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated teamTulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing Tulu writers to write in Kannada. This has, however, benefited Tulu today, …
22 Aug 2016
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Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is neededSitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this month. Academicians from all over India had gathered at the event, to share their …
20 Aug 2016
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licensesWikiConference India and its productive hackathon
19 Aug 2016
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Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social ChangeSunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in Bangalore on August 22, 2016.
17 Aug 2016
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Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestionsTrai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this month.
17 Aug 2016
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Nirmita Narasimhan gets NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design AwardThe NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards were given away in the capital on August 14, 2016. Nirmita got the award in the "Persons with Disabilities" category.