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- Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 02, 2015 01:46 PM
- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as Dailymotion and Vimeo, reportedly over concerns that they are being misused by Islamic State jihadists.
- Government blocks 32 websites to check ISIS propaganda — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 02, 2015 01:37 PM
- The Centre has blocked 32 websites, including vimeo.com, dailymotion.com, pastebin.com and github.com, in an effort to curb ISIS propaganda, prompting a wave of online protests.
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers — by Subbiah Arunachalam — last modified Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM
- A few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions.
- Works of Veerasalingam Pantulu on web — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 01, 2015 02:49 PM
- Andhra Loyola College in association with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS- A2K) is conducting a six-day camp titled ‘Wiki Winter’ at Wikipedia Lab in the campus.
- Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Document 2 Literature Review on Competition Law + IPR + Access to < $100 Mobile Devices — by Amulya Purushothama and Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Sep 03, 2015 02:02 AM
- This note is the second document in the series of Working Documents that I will be creating for my research under the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace (“PT Project”).
- Literature Survey: Patent Landscaping in the Indian Marketplace — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Jan 22, 2016 02:50 AM
- This literature survey identifies previously published research relevant to the research on patent landscaping in the Indian mobile device market, which has been undertaken as a part of the Pervasive Technologies project. This document is a work-in-progress.
- Wiki Winter Camp - Coverage in Sakshi — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 01, 2015 04:58 PM
- Media coverage for the Wiki winter camp held at Andhra Loyola College.
- Wiki Winter Camp - Coverage in Eenadu — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 01, 2015 05:17 PM
- Media coverage of Wiki Winter Camp held at Andhra Loyola College.
- National Seminar on Cyber Security & Cyber Laws - Issues and Concerns — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 31, 2014 02:04 AM
- Sharath Chandra Ram was a panelist at this seminar organized by the Advanced Centre for Research, Development & Training in Cyber Laws & Forensics on December 27 and 28, 2014 at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore.
- First meeting of the high level committee on National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 31, 2014 01:16 AM
- Sunil Abraham participated in the first meeting of the high level committee on National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility held on December 30, 2014 under the chairmanship of Mr.RS Sharma, Secretary, at the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, New Delhi.
- Indians Plead for #NetNeutrality as Airtel Raises Data Charges — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 11, 2015 03:10 PM
- The Spaces of Digital — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:41 PM
- 'The Spaces of Digital’ continues from the work done on the CIS-RAW monograph on the Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities, by Pratyush Shankar at Center for Environmental Planning and Technology University, Ahmedabad. The premise of this monograph was the debates around making of IT Cities and public planning policies that regulate and restructure the city spaces in India with the emergence of internet technologies.
- Relationship Between Privacy and Confidentiality — by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Dec 30, 2014 02:27 PM
- The laws of breach of confidentiality and breach of privacy at first glance seem very similar to each other. If a doctor releases health information relating to a patient that s/he is treating then such an act would give rise to a claim both under the law of privacy as well as under the law of confidentiality.
- Targeting surveillance — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 30, 2014 02:10 PM
- In the fall of 2005, Scotland Yard raided a flat in west London and arrested a suspected al-Qaeda militant known by a teasing Arabic nickname, Irhabi (“Terrorist”) 007.
- Odia Wikisource workshop at New Delhi — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:08 AM
- The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team in collaboration with "The Intellects" organized a seminar in New Delhi on December 14, 2014. Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk.
- Department of Science and Technology & Department of Biotechnology adopt Open Access Policy — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Dec 29, 2014 10:17 AM
- This post discusses the newly adopted Open Access Policy of the Department of Science and Technology & the Department of Biotechnology.
- Locating Constructs of Privacy within Classical Hindu Law — by Ashna Ashesh and Bhairav Acharya — last modified Jan 01, 2015 01:56 PM
- This white paper seeks to locate privacy in Classical Hindu Law, and by doing so, displace the notion that privacy is an inherently ‘Western’ concept that is the product of a modernist legal system.
- Several Publications Now Available under Creative Commons License — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 28, 2014 03:05 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society has got the following publications under Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA 4.0) license. These are from multiple authors.
- Tech for Citizen Engagement 2014 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 28, 2014 03:03 AM
- Sunil Abraham was a speaker in the session "Rules of Engagement: Emerging Trends in Citizen Outreach" at this event organized by Omidyar Network on December 11, 2014 in New Delhi.
- Bangla eSpeak training with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:02 PM
- The NVDA team conducted an eSpeak training in Bangla on December 19 and 20, 2014 at Blind Empowerment Foundation (BEA) in Kolkata.
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