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Intelligence agencies will not have open access to Aadhaar data: UIDAI chief
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 21, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Intelligence agencies will not have free access to Aadhaar data, a top government official said on Thursday, looking to assuage fears of abuse of personal information.
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News & Media
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MLATs and the proposed Amendments to the US Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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by
Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Oct 20, 2016
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last modified
Dec 28, 2016 01:09 AM
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filed under:
MLATs,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In continuance of our blog post on mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs), we examine a new approach to international bilateral cooperation being suggested in the United States, by creating a mechanism for certain foreign governments to directly approach the data controllers.
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Blog
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(Lack of) Representation of Non-Western World in Process of Creation of Web Standards
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by
Harsh Gupta
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published
Oct 20, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Access to Knowledge,
Web Standards,
Encrypted Media Extensions,
Openness
World Wide Consortium (W3C) as a standard setting organization for the World Wide Web plays a very important role in shaping the web. We focus on the ongoing controversy related to Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) and found that there was a serious lack of participation from people from non-western countries. We also found serious lack of gender diversity in the EME debate.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Technical Alternative to Encrypted Media Extensions
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by
Harsh Gupta
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published
Oct 20, 2016
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filed under:
Encrypted Media Extensions,
Access to Knowledge
This post is an analysis of the various technical alternatives to EME (encyrpted media extensions) that have emerged from the discussions at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These alternatives and the proposed EME specification along six dimensions are examined.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 16, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Twitter,
Social Networking,
Internet Governance
You have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
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News & Media
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Why Open Access Has To Look Up For Academic Publishing To Look Up
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Oct 12, 2016
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
In an important development, the US Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against the India-based OMICS group for harassing authors to publish in its journals.
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Openness
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Tech for the blind: How app developers can help end the ‘disturbing touchscreen trend’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 10, 2016
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filed under:
Accessibility
At their introduction, touchscreens was so refreshing and how we had rushed to get those touch devices. Meanwhile, there was a separate world that came crashing down with the advent of touch enabled phones. Just like me, I’m sure not many may have thought how touchscreens almost ended the messaging ability of visually impaired. Now, with services moving from phone calls to online (services and apps), it’s getting more difficult.
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Accessibility
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News & Media
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Services like TwitterSeva aren’t the silver bullets they are made out to be
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Oct 06, 2016
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last modified
Oct 06, 2016 04:31 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
TwitterSeva is great, but it should not be considered a sufficient replacement for proper e-governance systems. This is because there are several serious shortcomings with the TwitterSeva approach, and it is no wonder that enthusiastic police officers and bureaucrats are somewhat upset with the slow deployment of e-governance applications. They are also right in being frustrated with the lack of usability and scalability of existing applications that hold out the promise of adopting private sector platforms to serve citizens better.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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India Round-table ICMEC Background Note
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 05, 2016
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Internet Governance
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Files
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Indian language localization community meets in New Delhi
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 03, 2016
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge
Localization is one of the less glamorous aspects of computing. Despite the fact that less than 6% of the world speaks English, a majority of projects don't feel inclined to accommodate the rest of the population. One of the primary reasons for sticking to English is the steep learning curve and the lack of standardization in various aspects of the localization process.
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Openness
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News & Media
