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Foreign Media on Zuckerberg's India Backlash
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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last modified
Jan 03, 2016 09:20 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
When Facebook's co-founder proposed bringing free Web services to India, his stated aim was to help connect millions of impoverished people to unlimited opportunity. Instead, critics have accused him of making a poorly disguised land grab in India's burgeoning Internet sector. The growing backlash could threaten the very premise of Internet.org, his ambitious, two-year-old effort to connect the planet.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Millions of Indians Slam Facebook's ‘Free Basics’ App
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Social Media,
Telecom,
Internet Governance
It has been less than two months since the nationwide launch of the Free Basics app in India. The smart phone application (formerly known as Internet.org) offers free access to Facebook, Facebook-owned products like WhatsApp, and a select suite of other websites for users who do not pay for mobile data plans.
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Telecom
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Blog
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Benefits and Harms of "Big Data"
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by
Scott Mason
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Big Data
Today the quantity of data being generated is expanding at an exponential rate. From smartphones and televisions, trains and airplanes, sensor-equipped buildings and even the infrastructures of our cities, data now streams constantly from almost every sector and function of daily life.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Start-up India turns the heat on Facebook Free Basics
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 29, 2015
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Facebook launched its "Save Free Basics" campaign last week, asking users to support "digital equality" in India.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Facebook goes out all guns blazing in push for Free Basics, Net neutrality advocates cry foul
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 29, 2015
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance
Facebook's media onslaught to garner support for its controversial Free Basics program is almost inescapable. Multi-page ads in national dailies, outdoor hoardings, television spots and perhaps the most effective of them all - Facebook notifications.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Facebook Shares 10 Key Facts about Free Basics. Here's What's Wrong with All 10 of Them.
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 25, 2015
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last modified
Dec 25, 2015 02:59 PM
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Featured,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Homepage
Shweta Sengar of Catch News spoke to Sunil Abraham about the recent advertisement by Facebook titled "What Net Neutrality Activists won't Tell You or, the Top 10 Facts about Free Basics". Sunil argued against the validity of all the 'top 10 facts'.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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4th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest: Statement of Conclusion for the IP and Development track
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Dec 25, 2015
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Global Congress,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was held from December 15 to 17, 2015 in New Delhi. This post provides a summary of the event.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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English and Telugu Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Hyderabad
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by
Pavan Santosh
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published
Dec 18, 2015
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last modified
Dec 31, 2015 07:49 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
After a long time, a collaborative Telugu and English Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being organised in Hyderabad on December 20.
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Openness
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CODE Session
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 17, 2015
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last modified
Jan 13, 2016 01:39 PM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
CODE Project is an IDRC funded project, and CIS is a partner institution, along with PIJIP at American University Washington College of Law, USA, Karisma Foundation, Colombia, Derechos Digitale, Chile, American Assembly, Columbia University, USA and FGV, Rio.
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Access to Knowledge
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News & Media
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GCIP15 Day 2: Fixing the problems in Trade Negotiations
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by
Kartik Chawla
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published
Dec 17, 2015
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This post documents the interesting discussions that took place in the Trade Negotiations Panel at day 2 of the GCIP 2015.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs