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Mark Zuckerberg’s India backlash imperils vision for free global web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The growing backlash against Facebook’s Free Basics could threaten the very premise of Internet.org, Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to connect the planet.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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GCSC Response
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by
Admin
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published
Sep 11, 2019
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Internet Governance
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Files
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Wikipedia workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Pune
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by
Abhinav Garule
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published
Oct 07, 2015
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last modified
Feb 26, 2016 10:10 AM
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filed under:
Marathi Wikipedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
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.
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Openness
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Events
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India launches crackdown on online porn
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 05, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India has launched a crackdown on internet pornography, banning access to more than 800 adult websites, including Playboy and Pornhub.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Indian Wikimedian Communities and the Gender Gap - A Space of Change, Negotiation, and Growth
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by
Bhuvana Meenakshi
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published
Mar 09, 2020
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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.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in Pune
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by
Abhinav Garule
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published
Oct 27, 2015
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last modified
Dec 31, 2015 07:17 AM
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filed under:
Higher Education,
Access to Knowledge,
Marathi Wikipedia,
CIS-A2K,
Hindi Wikipedia
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.
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Openness
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Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 12, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
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.
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Access to Knowledge
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News & Media
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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Oct 11, 2022
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Open Content,
Openness
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.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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India No Haven For Net Freedom But It Did Not Oppose UN Move on Internet Rights
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 09, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian Languages
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by
Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan
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published
Sep 30, 2014
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last modified
Oct 12, 2014 03:52 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
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.
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Openness
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Blog