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14 Nov 2013
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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Vijayavani CoverageVijayavani published a report of the forthcoming tenth anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
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Social media promotions can backfire, tooSocial media is a highly effective marketing tool for companies but its very ubiquity and the speed with which messaging goes viral has meant that it can hurt them badly as well, especially since platforms are not always moderated and can …
14 Nov 2013
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Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic LanguagesNational Translation Mission is preparing a Machine Translation System (MTS) to instantly translate texts from vernacular Indian languages to English, reports New Indian Express.
12 Nov 2013
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eAccessibility Workshop 2013Directorate of Information Technology (DIT), in association with Mahaonline Limited (MoL) and NIXI has organized a workshop on eAccessibility on November 19-20, 2013 at Mumbai and Pune. The Centre for Internet and Society is one of the …
9 Nov 2013
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Wikimedia Diversity ConferenceT.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the conference organized by the German Wikipedia community in Berlin (GLS Campus) on November 9 and 10, 2013. He presented on So Many Languages- Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Movement in …
9 Nov 2013
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Human rights, freedom of expression and free flow of information on the InternetThis session will offer a multistakeholder overview of the current status of human rights, freedom of expression and free flow of information on the Internet. Pranesh Prakash was a speaker at this event.
6 Nov 2013
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Conference on eGovernance for India: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy AlternativesThe OECD Korea Policy Centre in partnership with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad is organising an international conference on ‘eGovernance for India: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Alternatives’ at Hyderabad during November …
2 Nov 2013
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Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth AnniversaryDr. U.B. Pavanaja was on RadioCity to talk about Kannada Wikipedia and its tenth anniversary. The programme was aired on November 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
1 Nov 2013
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From Seemingly Transparent to Definitely OpaqueNishant Shah is teaching a course on "From Seemingly Transparent to Definitely Opaque" and presenting on a panel on 'Secrets of Digital Culture' at the St. Gallen Business school in Switzerland in November 2013.
1 Nov 2013
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EC guidelines on social media: Welcome move, but not enoughWith election season close by and the growing ubiquity of social media, the Election Commission of India’s recent guidelines for how candidates and political parties must conduct themselves on social media are a well-intentioned step. But …
31 Oct 2013
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NSA leaks helping India become 'Big Brother' state?While the US and Britain fend off accusations of Big Brother-style spying, other countries are learning lessons from fugitive ex-US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden's leaks and, critics say, developing the same kind of …
31 Oct 2013
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Civil society and Internet Governance: practices from Southeast Asia and beyondOn 21 October, the day before the opening of the 2013 Internet Governance Forum in Indonesia, Hivos’ Southeast Asia Regional Office co-organised a pre-event workshop with ID-CONFIG, “Civil Society and Internet Governance: Multi-Stakeholder …
29 Oct 2013
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Your private data may be online, courtesy govtSome depts have posted bank account & income details on net for transparency; experts cry privacy breach.
29 Oct 2013
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Saving privacy as we knew itLong overdue protection law still on the back-burner; meanwhile, depts put more of one's personal details online.
29 Oct 2013
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Nowhere to hide: Govt making your personal details publicThe worst fears are coming true. Your sensitive private data may be up online turning you into a potential target of frauds. What is all the more dangerous is that you may be not even aware of this.
29 Oct 2013
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E-governance hopes rise as India crosses 1 billion transactionsGovernment agencies and departments, regarded as bywords for inefficiency and red tape, have recorded over a billion e-governance transactions so far this year, watershed for the world's largest democracy that is betting on technology to …
28 Oct 2013
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Asian Forum on Global GovernanceThe Asian Forum on Global Governance is an annual workshop jointly organized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, and the Observer Research Foundation.
25 Oct 2013
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Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile PhonesWikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
25 Oct 2013
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Taking Stock: Emerging Issues - Internet SurveillanceThis session was held at the IGF in Bali on October 25. Pranesh Prakash made intervention in this session.
25 Oct 2013
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Location Tracking: Why the Govt-Mobile Manufacturer War Won’t End SoonThe Union government and mobile operators are at loggerheads on location based services (LBS) – the service through which mobile companies can provide real time location of mobile users to the government.
25 Oct 2013
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India believes in Complete Freedom of Cyber Space: Kapil SibalThe site of the impact of a cyber crime should determine jurisdiction, says information technology minister Kapil Sibal.
25 Oct 2013
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Bouquets & brickbats for Google's new privacy policyGoogle's recent privacy policy change that allows the internet search company to use names, photographs and endorsements by its users in online advertisements is getting mixed reviews in India - advertisers love it, and activists love to …
24 Oct 2013
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Re-sourcing Indian Cinema: Humanities Research, New Archives and Collaborative Knowledge ProductionThe Centre for Contemporary Studies and the Centre for Study of Culture and Society invites you to a symposium on "Re-sourcing Indian Cinema" and a launch of a book titled "Politics as Performance: A Social History of the Telugu Cinema" by …
24 Oct 2013
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'Free Speech and Media in South Asia: Human Rights Concerns in a Globalizing World'A seminar organized by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Centre for Media and Governance, National Law University, Delhi. Chinmayi Arun is one …
23 Oct 2013
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कोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वरNews about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.
23 Oct 2013
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Removing Barriers to Connectivity: Connecting the UnconnectedThe workshop was organised by Internet Society and ETNO on October 23, 2013. Pranesh Prakash was a panelist.
23 Oct 2013
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Indian politicians yet to tap voters online: CIS’s AbrahamSunil Abraham talks about the role online media will play in forthcoming elections and the behaviour of online readers of news.
23 Oct 2013
23 Oct 2013
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Bali meet to discuss Internet governance issuesFour-day event hosted by Internet Governance Forum to also discuss Internet access and diversity, privacy, security.
23 Oct 2013
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Asian Video Cultures: In the Penumbra of the GlobalBrown University organised the Asian Video Cultures event at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts between October 24 and 26, 2013. Nishant Shah presented a paper titled “In Access: Approaches to Understand Digital and Online Video in …