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8 Nov 2011
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Netizen Report: Transparency EditionGlobal Voices Online has carried a feature story, "Netizen Report: Transparency Edition". We at CIS had filed an RTI application about website blocking. This is reflected in this article by Rebecca MacKinnon which was posted online on 7 …
3 Nov 2011
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Learn It YourselfThe peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.
3 Nov 2011
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Blocking online content: Google gets more requests than govtAllowing a peek into what kind of information is requested to be blocked online and by who, the Department of Information Technology (DIT), in response to an RTI (Right to Information) query, has provided some intriguing details, says …
26 Oct 2011
26 Oct 2011
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India’s vanishing fingerprints put UID in questionA curious situation has come to light at the UID (unique identity) enrolment centres. Call it the phenomenon of vanishing fingerprints. You see, our unique fingerprints don’t necessarily last a lifetime and they can be damaged or destroyed …
16 Oct 2011
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Ninth Workshop on Media EconomicsThe Higher School of Economics and the New Economic School have joined hands to organize the ninth workshop on media economics in Moscow on October 28 and 29, 2011. All events are scheduled to take place in Marriott Courtyard, a hotel in …
14 Oct 2011
7 Oct 2011
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Can Innovation Solve the Grand Challenges of Indian Society?It’s nearly time again for Design Public the event, a high-level conclave on design, innovation, and the public interest. Our up-coming event will be in Bangalore on the 14th of October, and will be held at the National Gallery of Modern …
28 Sep 2011
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Making a difference, online and offlineA new collection examines how technology and issues of connectivity are shaping the lives of ‘digital natives’—and how the Net can influence social change, writes Gopal Sathe in an article published in LiveMint on September 27, 2011.
26 Sep 2011
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 …
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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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
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.