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Regulating Social Media: Unrealistic, Impossible, Necessary?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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last modified
Apr 30, 2013 04:50 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Video,
Censorship,
Social Networking
The Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju calls for regulating social media, saying it will prevent offensive material coming into the public domain. But is it really necessary to regulate the social media? If yes, is it possible to do it?
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Social Media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Apr 15, 2013 08:26 AM
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Vote: Will Social Media Impact the Election?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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last modified
Apr 15, 2013 08:30 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
As India enters election mode, social media has become one of many platforms where possible prime ministerial candidates are being scrutinized.
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Social media may influence 160 LS seats in 2014
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Social media is likely to influence politics and elections in 160 of India’s 543 Parliament constituencies, making Facebook and Twitter users the nation’s newest voting bloc, a new study suggests.
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India takes its first serious step toward privacy regulation – but it may be misguided
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The world’s second-most populous nation may be on the cusp of embracing privacy legislation. After several false starts the Indian government appears ready to accept the need for some form of regulation.
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Report of Wiki Workshop in Mangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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last modified
Apr 16, 2013 06:14 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
A wikipedia workshop was organized in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore on April 9, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the workshop. Prajavani's Mangalore edition published a report about the felicitation to K.P. Rao and about the wikipedia workshop.
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Wiki Workshop Report in Prajavani
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Prasad Krishna
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Apr 15, 2013 06:08 AM
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Need to develop vernacular languages stressed
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 11, 2013
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last modified
Apr 15, 2013 08:47 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Wikimedia
University of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ramakrishna Rama Swamy said on Wednesday that everyone has a duty to contribute to the development of vernacular languages.
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Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 08, 2013
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last modified
Apr 08, 2013 04:43 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
The Telugu Wikipedia Community is organizing the Telegu Wiki Mahotsavam from April 9 to 11, 2013 in Hyderabad. The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is supporting and co-organizing the event.
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The Fifth Elephant 2013
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 07, 2013
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last modified
Apr 08, 2013 04:11 AM
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Openness
HasGeek is organizing the Fifth Elephant from July 11 to 13, 2013 at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore. Workshops on open source technologies and enterprise solutions will be held on July 11, 2013. You can participate in workshops only, conference only or both.
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