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- Cross Border Cooperation on Criminal Matters - A Perspective from India — by Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Jul 11, 2016 06:45 AM
- In today’s increasingly interconnected world where information and data can be moved to and from different parts of the world in a matter of seconds, more and more transactions are taking place online.
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନରେ ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ ଶବ୍ଦ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 08:17 AM
- A news article on Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary that got published in Odia-language daily Sambad on June 18.
- The Digital Oxygen for Odia Language — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 07:52 AM
- The article was published in My City Links on July 4, 2016.
- ୧୧ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ, ଯୋଡ଼ିହୋଇଛି ଲକ୍ଷେରୁ ଅଧିକ ଶବ୍ଦ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 07:38 AM
- Odia Wikisource turned 11 on June 16. A news article was published about the project and the contributor community in Odia-language daily Prameya on June 17.
- Sub$-100 Phones: Browser Compatibility Tests — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Feb 16, 2017 04:47 PM
- This post documents the results of browser compatibility tests conducted on six out of eight specimen mobile phones being studied under the Pervasive Technologies project. These phones are Internet-enabled and cost the equivalent of USD 100 or less in India. Rohini Lakshané and CIS volunteer Dhananjay Balan carried out the tests. Intern Shreshth Wadhwa provided assistance.
- Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 09, 2016 03:25 AM
- This June, Odia Wikipedia turned 14 and Odia Wiktionary turned 11. Odia Wikimedia community member Chinmayee Mishra, CIS-A2K Programme Associate Sailesh Patnaik and I co-authored this blog in the Wikimedia Blog. The blog chronicles several major activities of the community and features quotes from many old and new community members.
- Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM
- Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way.
- India may not be guilty of opposing UN move to save internet rights — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 02:58 AM
- India is a democratic country, but the standards for freedom of expression promised to us—online and offline—are highly questionable, especially with online content being censured and comedians being threatened to be arrested for sedition.
- TRAI Free Data paper: Paytm to Hike, the responses from other companies — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 02:44 AM
- Here's a look at responses of other players like Paytm, Hike Messenger, Nasscom, Centre for Internet Society to TRAI's paper.
- India No Haven For Net Freedom But It Did Not Oppose UN Move on Internet Rights — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 02:25 AM
- 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.
- Flashpoint #TrollControl: Maneka versus NCW — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2016 02:11 AM
- Amidst the debate over controlling online trolls - the proposal by Union Women and Child Development Minister to curb violence against women on the internet has triggered a fight between the minister and the National Commission for Women (NCW).
- FB & Google have already monopolised Indian cyberspace — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 08, 2016 03:59 PM
- In an interview with Catch, Sunil Abraham, executive director of Center for Internet & Society, puts the recent US-India cyber relationship framework into perspective. Abraham also talks about how Indian surveillance policies are outdated and why the country has failed to check the hegemonic tendencies of companies like Facebook and Google.
- How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media? — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 06, 2016 02:28 PM
- How are Indian newspapers adapting to the transition to digital news production, distribution, and consumption? How are they changing their journalistic work, their newsroom organisations, and their distribution strategies as digital media become more important? These are the questions we are pursuing in a joint pilot project with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
- Studying Internet in India (2016): Selected Abstracts — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 06, 2016 06:24 AM
- We received some great submissions and decided to select twelve abstracts, and not only ten as we planned earlier. Here are the abstracts.
- Big Data Governance Frameworks for 'Data Revolution for Sustainable Development' — by Meera Manoj — last modified Jul 05, 2016 01:13 PM
- A key component of the process to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is the call for a global 'data revolution' to better understand, monitor, and implement development interventions. Recently there has been several international proposals to use big data, along with reconfigured national statistical systems, to operationalise this 'data revolution for sustainable development.' This analysis by Meera Manoj highlights the different models of collection, management, sharing, and governance of global development data that are being discussed.
- Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Comparative Analysis of Recommendations by NASSCOM and iSPIRT, 2013-2016 — by Pavishka Mittal — last modified Jul 04, 2016 09:34 AM
- This is the second of a series of three blog posts, authored by Pavishka Mittal, tracking the engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT in suggesting and shaping the IT industry policies in India during 2006-2016. This post conducts a detailed comparative analysis of NASSCOM’s and iSPIRT’s specific policy recommendations from 2013-2016. To facilitate comparison, the blog post is written thematically on the lines of major issues highlighted by market players in the IT industry.
- Cyberstalkers, the new bullies in town — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 04, 2016 02:44 AM
- The advent of social media and an increase in accessibility has led to increasing concerns with regard to cyber safety.
- Data for Governance, Governance of Data, and Data Anxieties — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 03, 2016 05:59 AM
- The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) organised a panel discussion on 'The Data Explosion – How the Internet of Things will Affect Media Freedom and Communication Systems?' at Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum 2016, held in Bonn, Germany during June 13-15, 2016. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited as one of the panelists.
- ತರಬೇತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ತರಬೇತಿಗೊಂಡಾಗ.... CIS-A2K TTT 2016 — by Dhanalakshmi K.T. — last modified Aug 03, 2016 01:19 AM
- Dhanalakshmi, a student from St Agnes College, Mangaluru, who was a participant of TTT 2016 has blogged her experience at Train-the-Trainer 2016 event organized by the Centre for Internet & Society earlier this year.
- NGOs tell Modi not to succumb to US pressure on intellectual property — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2016 05:14 AM
- A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
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