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- The vandals of Wiki — by Tanveer Hasan — last modified Jul 30, 2015 04:22 PM
- For the better part of June 30, Kolkata was India's largest city and Bangla was the government's official language along with Hindi and Indian English.
- Regulation, misuse concerns still dog DNA profiling bill — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 13, 2015 08:32 AM
- Experts fear such data could be used for non-forensic purposes and are concerned about the vast powers to be vested in proposed DNA profiling board.
- Roundtable discussion on WHOIS — by Vidushi Marda — last modified Aug 24, 2015 02:16 PM
- Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda participated remotely in a round-table discussion organized by the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India on July 28, 2015. Aditya Garg, an intern at the Centre for Internet & Society also participated (in person) from New Delhi and made an intervention.
- Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 28, 2015 01:04 AM
- The Digital India initiative takes an ambitious 'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' approach to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India. I of course use 'public life' in the sense of the wide sphere of interactions between people and public institutions.
- 'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTube — by Ipsita Sengupta — last modified Jul 07, 2016 02:18 AM
- This post by Ipsita Sengupta is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. In this essay, she explores the responses to various renditions of songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore available on YouTube and the questions they raise regarding online listening cultures and ideas of authorship of music.
- Will Indians have to pay for WhatsApp? — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 24, 2015 02:00 AM
- India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) formed a panel in January 2015 to look into net neutrality in the country.
- First draft of Technology Business Incubators: An Indian Perspective and Implementation Guidance Report — by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jul 25, 2015 04:14 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society presents the first draft of its analysis on technology business incubators("TBI") in India. The report prepared by Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak looks at operating procedures, success stories and lessons that can be learnt from TBIs in India.
- The scariest bill in Parliament is getting no attention – here’s what you need to know about it — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Sep 13, 2015 07:56 AM
- A bill proposes creation of a national DNA data bank, without requisite safeguards for privacy, and opens the information to everything from civic disputes to compilation of statistics.
- Civic BRICS Forum 2015 — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Aug 10, 2015 02:27 PM
- I attended the Civil BRICS Forum in Moscow last month. My session fell under the Economics and Trade category; and I spoke on the importance of maintaining a balanced IP regime, strengthening access to knowledge and medicines, and ensuring free speech and innovation. The event was held in Moscow from June 29 to July 1, 2015.
- Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights — by Deva Prasad M — last modified Jul 22, 2015 04:18 AM
- This post by Deva Prasad M is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Deva Prasad is Assistant Professor at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. In this essay, he analyses key public discussions around Internet related issues from the human rights angle, and explores how this angle may contribute to understanding the features of the Internet discourse in India.
- Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says (and Doesn't) — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 21, 2015 12:36 PM
- There have been many misconceptions about what the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality says: the most popular ones being that they have recommended higher charges for services like WhatsApp and Viber, and that the report is an anti-Net neutrality report masquerading as a pro-Net neutrality report. Pranesh Prakash clears up these and other incorrect notions about the report in this brief analysis.
- Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 24, 2015 01:24 AM
- This blog calls out the differences between the Aadhaar Number and the Social Security Number
- Odia Wikisource has a new Wikisourcer, and he is the youngest in the Odia Wikimedia community! — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Aug 21, 2015 05:40 PM
- Prateek Pattanaik (User:Shrijagannatha on Odia Wikisource) is a young researcher of Odia literature and Odissi music. He has not just digitized as many as 54 Odia-language poetry dating early 18th century but has also annotated, both poetic and prosaic translation in his blogs “Sri Jagannatha” and “Utkal Sangeet”. He has also brought a complete book “Kisora chandranana champu” on Odia Wikisource. A recent entrant into the Odia Wikimedia community, Prateek is also the youngest Odia Wikimedian. He has also digitized 18-19th century 54 poem written by various poets.
- Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:20 PM
- In the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse.
- Konkani Wikipedia Goes Live After 'Nine Years' of Incubation — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:15 PM
- Konkani Wikipedia is the second Wikimedia project after Odia Wikisource that has gone live out of incubation. The project stayed in the incubation for nine long years and the community has gone through a long debate to have a Wikipedia of their own. Here is a blog highlighting three Konkani Wikimedians and an advocate of the Wikipedia movement whose efforts finally paid off.
- 7th Best Practices Meet 2015 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 17, 2015 01:11 PM
- Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the 7th edition of its Best Practices Meet (BPM) from July 9 - 10, 2015 at Hotel ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru. BPM2015 had “Architecting Security for Digital Transformation” as its theme. Sunil Abraham and Elonnai Hickok were speakers at this event.
- A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:01 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. CIS respectively dissents from the January 2015 draft of the Bill.
- Funding of National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN) - Who's Accountable? — by Aditya Garg — last modified Jul 17, 2015 03:19 PM
- The National Optic Fibre Network, a part of the Government's Digital India Initiative, has been in the news since the recent Expert Committee Report. In this Blog, the author examines the Accountability of the funding of the project.
- Criminal Defamation: The Urgent Cause That has United Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 16, 2015 01:45 PM
- Three years ago when the then Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy accused Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and his mother of misappropriation of funds while trying to revive the National Herald newspaper, the Nehru-Gandhi scion threatened to sue him.
- Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi — by Sarah McKeever — last modified Jul 16, 2015 08:22 AM
- This post by Sarah McKeever is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Sarah is a PhD candidate at the India Institute, King’s College London, and her work focuses on the impact of social media on contemporary political movements. In this essay, she explores the increasingly hierarchical system of activism on the Internet, based on Western corporate desire for data, and how it is shaping who is seen and heard on the Internet in India.
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