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dna exclusive: Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: Cryptography: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2013 — last modified Jul 15, 2013 06:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
While you were thinking of what next to post on Twitter, the government has stealthily put an ambitious surveillance programme in place that tracks your every move in the digital world — through voice calls, SMS and MMS, GPRS, fax communications on landlines, video calls and emails.
Located in News & Media
Governance in the age of internet and fta: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 03, 2013
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Internet and Open Public Data: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 03, 2013
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Whose Change is it Anyway?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2013
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Designing Change? Gatekeepers in Digital Humanities: by Sara Morais — published Jul 02, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 08:33 AM
After defining the archive as one of the important concepts for digital humanities research, the question arose, whether or not a redefined archive still functions as a gatekeeper. This blog entry follows the question, if the digital humanities have overcome gatekeepers of knowledge, or if there has simply been a shift in what is doing the gatekeeping.
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June 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 27, 2013 09:48 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of June 2013 can be accessed below.
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National Resource Kit: The Jharkhand Chapter (Call for Comments): by Manojna Yeluri — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Jharkhand.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: Nilekani: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 29, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Nandan Nilekani says UIDAI system almost completely accurate, duplication of identities virtually negligible.
Located in News & Media
A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jun 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 10:19 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
On Sunday, June 23, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Suchitra, Bengaluru for Kannada bloggers by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post gives a report on the workshop.
Located in Openness / Blog
A Treat for the Blind: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Jul 11, 2013 06:02 AM — filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
The WIPO treaty will provide copyright exceptions on books making them available to blind people in formats they can use.
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