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- CIS Signs MoU with Goa University — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2013 10:57 AM
- The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.
- The National Cyber Security Policy: Not a Real Policy — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Sep 25, 2013 09:49 AM
- Cyber security in India is still a nascent field without an organised law and policy framework. Several actors participate in and are affected by India's still inchoate cyber security regime. The National Cyber Security Policy (NCSP) presented the government and other stakeholders with an opportune moment to understand existing legal limitations before devising a future framework. Unfortunately, the NCSP's poor drafting and meaningless provisions do not advance the field.
- CIS and International Coalition Calls upon Governments to Protect Privacy — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Sep 25, 2013 07:21 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) along with the International Coalition has called upon governments across the globe to protect privacy.
- Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Oct 01, 2013 12:23 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa invite you to a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh. Please send in your applications by October 5, 2013.
- Three Years Later, IPaidABribe.com Pays Off — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2013 06:05 AM
- After reporting a bribe on IPaidABribe.com, one Bangalore student has had the satisfaction of seeing action taken against a corrupt public official.
- Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2013 05:59 AM
- The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).
- Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2013 05:53 AM
- The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to support the movement of open knowledge and open access on Thursday at 10 a.m. at a function at the conference hall of its administrative building at Taleigao plateau.
- Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 14, 2013 01:44 AM
- T.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013.
- Revealing Protesters on the Fringe: Crucifixion Protest in Paraguay — by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:51 AM
- An analysis of the crucifix protest in Paraguay in the light of Nishant Shah’s piece: Whose Change is it Anyway? The blog post looks at the physical and symbolic spaces in which narratives of change were conceived and the extent to which information circulating within activates citizen action.
- Wikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad — by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Sep 20, 2013 07:20 AM
- The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad organised a one-day workshop on editing Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was attended by participants who formed a small but proactive group of students who eagerly tried to register the first edits on four different Indian language wikipedias.
- The Central Monitoring System: Some Questions to be Raised in Parliament — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Sep 25, 2013 10:30 AM
- The following are some model questions to be raised in the Parliament regarding the lack of transparency in the central monitoring system.
- The National Privacy Roundtable Meetings — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Mar 21, 2014 10:03 AM
- The Centre for Internet & Society ("CIS"), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ("FICCI"), the Data Security Council of India ("DSCI") and Privacy International are, in partnership, conducting a series of national privacy roundtable meetings across India from April to October 2013. The roundtable meetings are designed to discuss possible frameworks to privacy in India.
- e - DIRAP Google+ Hangout: Open Government — by Christine Apikul — last modified Sep 18, 2013 10:43 AM
- The e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, 25 July 2013. It brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss the wide spectrum of issues surrounding open government.
- WikipediansSpeak: Piotr Konieczny — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 18, 2013 12:22 PM
- WikipediansSpeak is a video interview show hosted by Subhashish Panigrahi at the Centre of Internet and Society. It brings you series of posts about Wikipedians across the globe. Wikipedians are those voluntary contributors who write Wikipedia articles, correct mistakes made by other wikipedians and share knowledge for free to the world.
- Indian Languages Mela 2013 in Mumbai — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 17, 2013 05:04 AM
- Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education is organizing The Indian Languages Mela in Mumbai. Tejaswini Niranjana will participate in the event.
- 'Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation' — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 17, 2013 10:10 AM
- The functioning of the free online encyclopedia, ‘Wikipedia,’ is like a true democracy. It is for the people and by the people, said The Centre for Internet and Society Programme Officer (Indian Languages) Pavanaja U B.
- Inclusive Disaster and Emergency Management for Persons with Disabilities — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2013 02:46 PM
- This report is a review of the needs, challenges, effective policies, and practices for inclusive disaster management practices. It was submitted to the National Disaster Management Authority of India (NDMA) on September 17, 2013 for their action.
- Privacy and Surveillance in India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 13, 2013 09:49 AM
- Sunil Abraham, Executive Director from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a talk on privacy and surveillance in India at this event organised by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia on September 18, 2013. The talk will be held at Network Governance Lab, CCMG, Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi at 11.30 a.m.
- Transparency Reports — A Glance on What Google and Facebook Tell about Government Data Requests — by Prachi Arya — last modified Sep 13, 2013 09:44 AM
- Transparency Reports are a step towards greater accountability but how efficacious are they really?
- A dangerous trend: social media adds fire to Muzaffarnagar clashes — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 12, 2013 10:50 AM
- As access to the Internet grows, especially in small Indian towns and cities, social media has revealed a darker side as a hatred-mongering tool capable of setting off serious violence.
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