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Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 09, 2011
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last modified
May 13, 2011 07:24 AM
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Featured,
CPOV
For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia’s rapid rise, novel organization, and freely offered content have been marveled at and denounced by a host of commentators. Critical Point of View moves beyond unflagging praise, well-worn facts, and questions about its reliability and accuracy, to unveil the complex, messy, and controversial realities of a distributed knowledge platform.
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Conferences & Workshops
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Conference Blogs
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Critical Point of View: Videos
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 20, 2010
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filed under:
Conference,
Art,
Featured,
Cybercultures,
Communities,
CPOV
The Second event for the Critical Point of View reader on Wikipedia was held in Amsterdam, by the Institute of Network Cultures and the Centre for Internet and Society. A wide range of scholars, academics, researchers, practitioners, artists and users came together to discuss questions on design, analytics, access, education, theory, art, history and processes of knowledge production. The videos for the full event are now available for free viewing and dissemination.
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Research
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Conferences & Workshops
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Conference Blogs
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Crowdsourcing Incidents of Communication Privacy Violation in India
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Oct 16, 2015
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last modified
Oct 16, 2015 10:49 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Privacy
In the context of several ongoing threads of debates and policy discussions, we are initiating this effort to crowdsource incidents of violation of digital/online/telephonic privacy of persons and organisations in India. The full list of submitted incidents is publicly shared, under Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Please contribute and share with your friends and colleagues.
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Internet Governance
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Data bleeding everywhere: a story of period trackers
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 11, 2019
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last modified
Dec 06, 2019 05:03 AM
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filed under:
Bodies of Evidence,
Researchers at Work,
Research,
Featured,
Publications,
BD4D,
Big Data for Development
This is an excerpt from an essay by Sadaf Khan, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration between Point of View and the Centre for Internet and Society, undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development Network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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RAW
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Datafication of the Public Distribution System in India
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by
Sameet Panda
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published
Jul 08, 2022
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last modified
Feb 12, 2024 12:07 PM
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filed under:
RAW Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
In this study, we look into the datafication of social protection schemes with a special focus on the Public Distribution System in India. Proponents of datafication claim that the benefits will reach the right person and curb leakages through the automation and digitisation of all PDS processes. Aadhaar is the most important link in the datafication; supporters claim that it makes technology people-centric. This study looks at the status of PDS datafication and its impact on the delivery of the scheme in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. We also try to understand to what extent the stated objective of portability has been met and how far the challenges faced by the rights holders of the PDS have been resolved.
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RAW
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Dataset: Patent Landscape of Mobile Device Technologies in India
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
Apr 02, 2016
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last modified
May 03, 2016 08:06 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Patent landscape of mobile technology patents and patent applications held by 50 companies operating in India. Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New Literacies
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jul 24, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:51 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Book Review,
Digital Natives
Nishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.
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Digital Natives
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DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Apr 29, 2015
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last modified
Apr 30, 2015 07:37 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
RTI,
Intermediary Liability,
Accountability,
Featured,
69A,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Transparency,
Homepage,
Blocking
Across India on 30 December 2014, following an order issued by the Department of Telecom (DOT), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocked 32 websites including Vimeo, Dailymotion, GitHub and Pastebin.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of Websites after Sony Complains Infringement of 2014 FIFA World Cup Telecast Rights
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 08, 2014
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last modified
Jul 08, 2014 07:02 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Of late the Indian judiciary has been issuing John Doe orders to block websites, most recently in Multi Screen Media v. Sunit Singh and Others. The order mandated blocking of 472 websites, out of which approximately 267 websites were blocked as on July 7, 2014. This trend is an extremely dangerous one because it encourages flagrant censorship by intermediaries based on a judicial order which does not provide for specific blocking of a URL, instead provides for blocking of the entire website.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Design and the Open Knowledge Movement
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by
Saumyaa Naidu
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published
Mar 31, 2019
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last modified
Apr 01, 2019 12:13 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Featured,
Design,
Openness,
Education,
Homepage
With the objective of connecting the open knowledge movement with design, the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society co-organised the Wikigraphists Bootcamp India 2018 with the Wikimedia Foundation during September 28-30, 2018 in New Delhi. The event was held at the School of Design at Ambedkar University Delhi. As part of the bootcamp, a panel discussion was held in order to bring together design practitioners, educators, open knowledge contributors, and design students to explore how design and open knowledge communities can engage with each other. In this post, Saumyaa Naidu shares the learnings from the panel discussion aimed at exploring the potential collaborations between design and the open knowledge movement.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs