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Mark Zuckerberg’s India backlash imperils vision for free global web
by Prasad Krishna published Dec 30, 2015 — filed under: , ,
The growing backlash against Facebook’s Free Basics could threaten the very premise of Internet.org, Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to connect the planet.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
File GCSC Response
by Admin published Sep 11, 2019
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Wikipedia workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Pune
by Abhinav Garule published Oct 07, 2015 last modified Feb 26, 2016 10:10 AM — filed under: , , ,
The goal of this Wikipedia workshop is to increase awareness about Wikipedia and equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. The participants will be learn about Wikipedia and its sister projects. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to contribute in these projects.
Located in Openness / Events
India launches crackdown on online porn
by Pranesh Prakash published Aug 05, 2015 — filed under: , ,
India has launched a crackdown on internet pornography, banning access to more than 800 adult websites, including Playboy and Pornhub.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Indian Wikimedian Communities and the Gender Gap - A Space of Change, Negotiation, and Growth
by Bhuvana Meenakshi published Mar 09, 2020 last modified Mar 09, 2020 12:15 PM
This blog post covers key findings of the Wikipedia Gender Gap research completed by Ting-Yi Chang in April 2018. The paper was titled “Examining Female Editors’ Identity and Agency Negotiation Process within Indian Wikimedia Projects and Communities”. Here Ting-Yi brings us several observations on how the contributions by women editors' impacts Indian Wikimedia. This research focuses on participation of the women in Wikimedia activities with an emphasis on creating safe spaces and encouraging skill development.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in Pune
by Abhinav Garule published Oct 27, 2015 last modified Dec 31, 2015 07:17 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE) is conducting a two-day workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars at KSP Women’s Studies Centre, Pune on October 30-31, 2015.
Located in Openness
Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 12, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Telugu Wikipedians created articles on Punjab in a national level contest. Telugu Wikipedians received a trophy during the closing ceremony of Wiki conference India at Chandigarh.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
by Subodh Kulkarni published Oct 11, 2022 — filed under: , , , , , ,
It all started like this. During the Wikimedia session at Goa University in October 2021, it was realised that there is very little documentation about the ‘Goa Liberation Struggle’ on Wikimedia projects. So, in the meeting Prof. Vinay Madgaonkar from the Marathi language department took the lead to develop a project around this theme.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
India No Haven For Net Freedom But It Did Not Oppose UN Move on Internet Rights
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 09, 2016 — filed under: ,
India hasn’t had the best record when it comes to Internet rights. The country regularly carries out Internet shutdowns under flimsy pretexts, is still fumbling when it comes to the drafting of a comprehensive privacy bill, and most recently came out with a geospatial information regulation bill that would establish ownership over all forms of location data.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
by Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan published Sep 30, 2014 last modified Oct 12, 2014 03:52 AM — filed under: , , ,
A two-day workshop for students was organized by Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune (KSPWSC), Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Access to Knowledge Programme, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore (CIS-A2K) on September 11 and 12, 2014 in Pune. Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan summarize the developments from the workshop in this report.
Located in Openness / Blog