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Crisis for identity or identity crisis?

Crisis for identity or identity crisis?

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:16 AM

The hurry with which the government is pushing its most ambitious project to assign a number (UID) to every citizen without any feasibility study or public debate has raised many questions.

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Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum

Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:26 AM

Promoting Openness in Today's Digital World

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Internet, szabadon

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:25 AM

A polgárjogi aktivisták konfrontálódtak és panaszkodtak, a Google és a Facebook hárított és panaszkodott az Internet at Liberty konferencián, amelyet kedden és szerdán rendezett a Google és a CEU Budapesten.

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Hogyan szűrik a kormányok az internetes tartalmakat?

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 13, 2010 12:01 PM

Az internet szabadságáról tartanak háromnapos konferenciát Budapesten a Google és a Közép-Európai Egyetem (CEU) szervezésében. Kedden az internetes tartalmak szűrése volt a legfontosabb téma a rendezvényen.

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Konferencia az internetes szólásszabadságról Budapesten

by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 13, 2010 11:03 AM

Az internet és szólásszabadság viszonyát vitatják meg Budapesten, a Közép-Európai Egyetem és a Google szervezte, háromnapos konferencián

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How the UID project can be a cause for concern

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 09, 2018 12:59 PM

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), headed by Nandan Nilekani, is the UPA government's most ambitious project, where one billion Indians are branded with a unique identity number.

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In new Facebook features, a comeback for community

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:58 AM

Nearly 750 tweets bombard the web every second. Internet traffic is growing by 40 per cent a year. People post 2.5 billion photos on Facebook every month. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded on YouTube. But who owns all that data? Until now, big business was in complete control and used the data to monetise operations. But all that is set to change. With Facebook launching two new features, ‘Groups' and a ‘Download your information,' the community is making a comeback.

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Stiff Resistance Dogs India's ID Plan

Stiff Resistance Dogs India's ID Plan

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:59 AM

An article about the UID project by Indrajit Basu in Asia Times Online.

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Data Activism and Grassroots Empowerment in India

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:59 AM

Glover Wright of the Center for Internet and Society talks about Data Activism and Grassroots Empowerment in India at the Innovate/Activate Unconference in New York Law School on 24 September 2010.

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Conference: Internet at Liberty 2010

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:00 AM

This conference is being held in Budapest from 20 to 22 September 2010. It is co-sponsored by Google and Central European University. Sunil Abraham and Anja Kovacs are attending the conference.

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INDIA Fears of Privacy Loss Pursue Ambitious ID Project

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:00 AM

Fears about loss of privacy are being voiced as India gears up to launch an ambitious scheme to biometrically identify and number each of its 1.2 billion inhabitants.

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Innovate / Activate

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:18 AM

The event will be held on 24 and 25 September 2010 at New York Law School.

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WEBINAR: Closed for Business

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:18 AM

A Global Panel Discusses International Copyright Laws and Their Impact on the Open Internet

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The madness of software patents

The madness of software patents

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:17 AM

India’s patent law excludes software per se, yet over a thousand patents have been granted, writes Lata Jishnu in an article published in Down to Earth.

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Why piracy is tough to rein in

Why piracy is tough to rein in

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:16 AM

“Video market is being treated as a poor cousin of the film industry”

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Copyright bill restricts Net access

Copyright bill restricts Net access

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:21 AM

Law to curb piracy may fetter creativity

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科技改變社會 數位原生代計畫

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:22 AM

The Chinese language press covered the Digital Natives workshop in Taipei.

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科技改變社會數位原生代掀波

科技改變社會數位原生代掀波

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:22 AM

The Chinese press published an article on Digital Natives.

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Information is Beautiful hacks in India with David Cameron

Information is Beautiful hacks in India with David Cameron

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:22 AM

The Prime Minister took some of the UK's top hackers and data experts with him to India this week. David McCandless was with them.

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