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- Dadri reopens debate on online hate speech — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 11, 2015 05:42 AM
- The friction between free speech and hate speech has become newly intense because of social media. Twitter reflected the turmoil after the lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, when some tweets justified the murder as a legitimate reaction against cow-slaughter, trending the hashtag #cowmurderers.
- Modi's Valley hug sparks swadeshi talk — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 11, 2015 05:33 AM
- His warm hug of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will perhaps be the most abiding image of Narendra Modi's visit to the Silicon Valley.
- CIS-India Projects: Overlaps with Digital India — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Oct 11, 2015 05:19 AM
- This post documents the overlap of CIS India's work with the nine pillars of the Digital India campaign. The list reflects work completed/underway as of September 2015.
- WikipediansSpeak: Telugu Language Library Catalog Project Helps Wikipedia Grow — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:06 AM
- In 2013, the interview project “WikipediansSpeak” was launched in response to observations that many noteworthy Wikimedians were being underrepresented both locally and globally. Not just them personally—their work, and the communities they represent, were also unknown to the Wikimedia community and the outside world.
- Otago Southland are the Coolest — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:06 AM
- LIANZA Otago Southland are delighted to announce our speaker, Subhashish Panigrahi (@subhapa), from the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge programme, will be tuning in via the interwebs from India to share his vision of Guerilla GLAM, describe case studies of these initiatives in India, as well as touching on the creation of documentaries, learning resources and promotional material from acquired content.
- Access at the cost of Net neutrality? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 09, 2015 01:18 AM
- In the Net neutrality debate, there is a conflict between two core values: ease of access and neutrality. The ease of access promised by applications like Free Basics compromises neutrality and may later morph into a method of predatory pricingIf programs that bring access to a part of the Internet in the immediate future were to entrench themselves, it could eventually lead to telecom companies abusing their dominant positionsIn the absence of a specific law mandating a neutral Internet, telecom companies enjoy a virtual carte blanche to discriminate between different applications. Though they have not yet exploited this autonomy fully, they are certainly moving towards that.
- The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part II — by Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah — last modified Oct 08, 2015 11:17 AM
- In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. The State governments have relied on Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 to institute such bans. Despite a legal challenge, the Gujarat High Court found no infirmity in this exercise of power in a recent order. We argue that it is Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000, and the Website Blocking Rules, which set out the legal provision and procedure empowering the State to block access to the Internet (if at all it is necessary), and not Section 144, CrPC.
- The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part I — by Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah — last modified Oct 08, 2015 11:18 AM
- In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. The State governments have relied on Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 to institute such bans. Despite a legal challenge, the Gujarat High Court found no infirmity in this exercise of power in a recent order. We argue that it is Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000, and the Website Blocking Rules, which set out the legal provision and procedure empowering the State to block access to the Internet (if at all it is necessary), and not Section 144, CrPC.
- Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 - Studying Internet in India: Call for Sessions (Extended to Nov 22) — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Nov 15, 2015 07:48 AM
- With great excitement, we are announcing the beginning of an annual conference series titled Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC), the first edition of which is to take place in Delhi during February 25-27, 2016 (yet to be confirmed). This first conference will focus on the theme of 'Studying Internet in India.' The word 'study' here is a shorthand for a range of tasks, from documentation and theory-building, to measurement and representation. We invite you to propose sessions for the conference by Sunday, November 22, 2015. Final sessions will be selected during December and announced by December 31, 2015. Below are the details about the conference series, as well instructions for proposing a session for the conference.
- 4th Annual US - China IP Conference: Best Practices for Innovation and Creativity — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 29, 2015 01:51 PM
- Bhairav Acharya attended this conference organized by Berkeley Law, University of California on October 6, 2015.
- Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series – Updated Research Methodology – Applying the Actor Network Theory to Competition Law and Standard Essential Patent Litigation in India — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Oct 04, 2015 04:20 AM
- This document lays out the updated research methodology for the paper on competition law issues around standard essential patent litigation in India.
- Digital India - Now to Work — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Nov 10, 2015 03:18 AM
- There's a buzz about Digital India again with an Indian PM finally reaching Silicon Valley. So are we close to broadband taking off, or is this just more hype?
- Do you agree with our fee hike? Press 1 to answer Yes; or 2 for Yes — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 01, 2015 03:28 PM
- It has long been a concern that domain-name overseer ICANN is largely funded by companies reliant on the organization to make money.
- Where's My Data? Submission for Knight News Challenge 2015 — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:00 PM
- We are very excited to be contribute to a join submission with DataMeet and Oorvani for the Knight News Challenge 2015. We are proposing "an application for users to search for locally-relevant data, discuss missing data, demand data, explore and respond to data demands by others, and start data crowd-sourcing exercises." Please go to the submission page and support our project. The text of the proposal is available below. It was prepared by Nisha Thompson of DataMeet, Meera K of Oorvani, and I. The 'Where's My Data' banner is created by Nisha using icons from the Noun Project.
- Online outcry forces government to withdraw draft encryption policy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 01, 2015 02:05 AM
- The article by Naina Khedekar discussing encryption policy was published in First Post on September 23, 2015. Pranesh Prakash has been quoted.
- Understanding and Mitigating Online Hate Speech and Youth Radicalisation — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 01, 2015 01:59 AM
- The tenth annual IGF meeting will be held in João Pessoa, Brazil, on November 10 - 13, 2015. IGF's MAG has decided to retain the title “Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development” as the overarching theme. UNESCO as part of the IGF event is organizing a workshop on hate speech and youth radicalisation. Sunil Abraham will be a panelist for this workshop.
- National Conference: WTO, FTAs and Investment Treaties: Implications for development policy space — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 02, 2015 03:41 AM
- The conference was jointly organized by Focus on the Global South, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), Madhyam, MSF Access Campaign, National Working Group on Patent Laws and WTO (NWGPL), Public Services International (PSI) – South Asia, South Solidarity Initiative – ActionAid, Third Word Network (TWN), and Forum against FTAs. Nehaa Chaudhari attended the event.
- Report on the Training in the Use of eSpeak Hindi with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2015 10:52 AM
- This workshop was organized by the newly established NGO called “Lakshay for the Differently Abled’”. The main objective of the organization is to spread the knowledge of Assistive Technology amongst the Visually Impaired population of the State of Jarkhand.
- Report on 5 day TOT for Training in Use of Espeak Kannada with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2015 10:34 AM
- A unique programme was organized in partnership with Mitra Jyothi – Bangalore, Enable India – Bangalore and NFB Karnataka. The aim of the programme was to empower the Computer Teacherrs for the blind in the use of Espeak Kannada and apprise them with Modern Teaching Techniques for the Blind.
- eSpeak Training in Hindi Language — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2015 08:43 AM
- National Association for the Blind, Kullu hosted a 2 day training in the use of eSpeak in Hindi language with NVDA for its special educators, in-service blind, and blind students. The programme was attended by 20 participants who came from all parts of Himachal Pradesh.
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