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- Open Access Dialogues - Report and Policy Recommendations — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 22, 2015 06:52 AM
- The Open Access Dialogues were a series of global electronic debates facilitated by Eve Gray and Kelsey Wiens, in partnership with The African Commons Project (South Africa) and the Centre for Internet and Society (India), during November 2012 to March 2013. It was supported by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and was hosted at WSIS Knowledge Communities Discussion Forum.
- Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular Languages — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2013 04:18 AM
- The blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.
- Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation? — by Jonathan Diamond — last modified Aug 01, 2013 04:48 AM
- July has been a busy month for cyber security in India. Beginning with the release of the country’s first National Cyber Security Policy on July 2 and followed just this past week by a set of guidelines for the protection of national critical information infrastructure (CII) developed under the direction of the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), India has made respectable progress in its thinking on national cyber security.
- More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 31, 2013 02:26 PM
- For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
- A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara — by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Mar 25, 2014 08:51 AM
- On Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.
- India's National Cyber Security Policy in Review — by Jonathan Diamond — last modified Jul 31, 2013 10:40 AM
- Earlier this month, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology released India’s first National Cyber Security Policy. Years in the making, the Policy sets high goals for cyber security in India and covers a wide range of topics, from institutional frameworks for emergency response to indigenous capacity building.
- The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ — by Kovey Coles — last modified Jul 31, 2013 10:08 AM
- There has long been speculation over the permanency of our online presence. Posting about excessively-personal details, commenting in a way which is later embarrassing, being caught in unflattering public photos; to our chagrin, all of these unfortunate situations often persist on the web, and can continue to haunt us in future years.
- Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions — by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Aug 02, 2013 08:27 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
- National Resource Kit: The Chandigarh Chapter (Call for Comments) — by CLPR — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:13 AM
- The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Chandigarh.
- National Resource Kit: The Maharashtra Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM
- The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Maharashtra.
- National Resource Kit: The Uttarakhand Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:15 AM
- The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Uttarakhand.
- National Resource Kit: The Punjab Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM
- The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Punjab.
- Google brings tabs to sneak advertisements into your inbox — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2013 11:05 AM
- The shift away from desktop browsing to mobile web has put the squeeze on Google's advertising revenues from traditional payper-click . But the tech giant is trying to set things right by sneaking ads into the user's inbox.
- South Asia Conference on Higher Education — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2013 08:13 AM
- The Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications (HEIRA), Centre for Study of Culture and Society is hosting the South Asia Conference on Higher Education at the Ford Foundation office in New Delhi from August 5 to 7, 2013. Sunil Abraham will participate in this conference.
- Konkani Wikipedia next? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 01, 2013 08:32 AM
- A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.
- Your telco could help spy on you — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2013 06:13 AM
- Telecom minister gives approval to changes in rules for mobile licences to enable such mass surveillance.
- Institute on Internet & Society: Event Report — by Srividya Vaidyanathan — last modified Oct 15, 2013 06:48 AM
- The Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
- ଓଡିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର କର୍ମଶାଳା ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି ବୀର ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାଏ ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ବୁର୍ଲାରେ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 05, 2013 08:25 AM
- Odishan.com covered the Wikipedia event organized at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla on July 26 and 27, 2013.
- Odia Wikipedia Workshop at VSSUT, Burla (Coverage in the Sambad) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2013 08:51 AM
- An Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla. The Sambad (Sambalpur edition) covered the event.
- ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ମେଳଣ/ବୁର୍ଲା (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 05, 2013 08:04 AM
- There was a news coverage on The Sambad, Sambalpur edition about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla.
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