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eAccessibility Workshop 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 12, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 10:47 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Directorate 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 trainer organisations for the event.
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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 14, 2013 — last modified Nov 14, 2013 10:17 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia, Event
Kannada Wikipedia has completed 10 years. The Kannada Wikipedia community will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikpedia on Nov 17, 2013 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. at H N Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. CIS-A2K is a co-sponsor for the program.
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Manmohan Singh: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2013 09:41 AM
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NSA leaks helping India become 'Big Brother' state?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2013 — last modified Nov 19, 2013 09:45 AM
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 mass-surveillance.
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Spy agencies, IB and RAW, put spanner in proposed privacy law: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The country’s intelligence agencies are out to scuttle a law that’s being drafted to protect your privacy.
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Proxy Wars on Internet: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2013 10:08 AM
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EC guidelines on social media: Welcome move, but not enough: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 01, 2013 — last modified Nov 19, 2013 10:18 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
With 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 are these guidelines enough to regulate how online media is used by parties and candidates, given the kind of proxy wars that are played online? For now, not really.
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Expert Committee meeting on 25th November, 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance
A meeting of the Expert Committee has been scheduled for 25th November, 2013 at 11.00 a.m. in R.No. 714 (7th Floor), Group Meeting Room, DBT, New Delhi to discuss the draft 'Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012' under the Chairmanship of Dr. T. S. Rao, Sr. Adviser, DBT.
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Pavanaja Radio City 2: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2013 04:48 AM
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Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth Anniversary: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2013 — last modified Jan 28, 2016 01:14 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. 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.
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