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Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism
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Prasad Krishna
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Jun 15, 2013
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Aug 28, 2013 09:42 AM
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Digital Humanities
The 2013 Session will take place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from June 22 to July 2, 2013. Nishant Shah is participating as a speaker. The event is organized by WITS Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion on Suvarna News
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 13, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 04:36 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. This was telecast by Suvarna News 24x7 (Kannada) TV channel on June 13, 2013.
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Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme on HMTV
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Jun 10, 2013
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last modified
Jun 18, 2013 05:54 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. This was telecasted in HMTV on June 1, 2013.
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Govt mulls advisory on privacy issues related to Google, Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 10, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 02:31 PM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Government is set to harden its stand against foreign Internet firms in asking them to comply with Indian laws.
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Indien: Umfangreiche Überwachung von Onlineaktivitäten, Telefonanrufen und Textnachrichten
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 10, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 09:40 AM
This blog post by Von Andrea Jonjic was published in a German website on June 10, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is quoted.
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Facebook, Google deny spying access
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 09, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM
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Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
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Internet firms deny existence of PRISM
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 07:47 AM
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Internet Governance
Nothing is private anymore. According to a leak in the US, which revealed the wide reach of a mass surveillance programme by intelligence agencies, messages, posts, chats on your computer or phone are all vulnerable to interception, thanks to direct access to servers of major tech companies.
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Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the usual excuse of combatting terrorism and/or child pornography.
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Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 05:04 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
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Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 07, 2013
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last modified
Jun 07, 2013 11:30 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS (IISc) is hosting a one day Digital Humanities consultation on July 13, 2013 at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
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