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Google Unveils Controversial Street View Mapping in B’lore
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Prasad Krishna
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May 27, 2011
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last modified
May 30, 2011 09:48 AM
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Internet Governance
Mapping service, under criticism in Europe because of security reasons, allows users to view pedestrian-level photos of streets, houses. This news was published in the Economic Times, Mumbai on May 27, 2011.
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Govt and BlackBerry firm wait for the other to hang up
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 10:46 AM
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Telecom
Sunil Abraham speaks to Archna Shukla on the stand-off between the Government of India and RIM. The news was published in expressindia.com.
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Govt proposal to muzzle bloggers sparks outcry
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Prasad Krishna
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Mar 11, 2011
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last modified
Apr 01, 2011 03:46 PM
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Internet Governance
A government proposal seeking to police blogs has come in for severe criticism from legal experts and outraged the online community. The draft rules, drawn up by the government under the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008, deal with due diligence to be observed by an intermediary. This article was published in the Times of India on March 10, 2011.
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 09, 2011
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Internet Governance
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
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Growing cyberspace controls, Internet filtering
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Prasad Krishna
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Feb 25, 2011
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last modified
Aug 20, 2011 02:36 PM
OpenNet Initiative investigates, analyses filtering and surveillance practices, writes T Ramachandran in this article published in the Hindu on Sunday, February 20, 2011.
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Knowledge Warriors
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Jan 24, 2011
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last modified
Apr 01, 2011 04:50 PM
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Digital Natives
Dieci anni fa, quando Jimmy "Jumbo" Wales lanciò l'idea di una piattaforma della conoscenza partecipativa e plurilingue, di tipo enciclopedico, basata sul web, pochi erano pronti a raccoglierla. L'industria della conoscenza era rigidamente divisa tra chi la produceva, chi la fruiva e chi mediava tra i due gruppi.
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Hogyan szűrik a kormányok az internetes tartalmakat?
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 13, 2010
Az internet szabadságáról tartanak háromnapos konferenciát Budapesten a Google és a Közép-Európai Egyetem (CEU) szervezésében. Kedden az internetes tartalmak szűrése volt a legfontosabb téma a rendezvényen.
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An Artist's Hunt for Lost Stepwells
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 04, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
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Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
As part of the Maps for Making Change project, Kakoli Sen has brought to light some facts which she stumbled upon while mapping the stepwells in Vadodara. She mapped these and also discovered 14 such architectural heritage structures. The news was covered in the Times of India.
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ID programme faces first challenge over privacy, data
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Prasad Krishna
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Apr 29, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 12:20 PM
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Internet Governance
The government is looking to the ID programme to help ensure that various welfare programmes reach the poor
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Crisis for identity or identity crisis?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Oct 24, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 08:16 AM
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The hurry with which the government is pushing its most ambitious project to assign a number (UID) to every citizen without any feasibility study or public debate has raised many questions.
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