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- कैसे होती है इंटरनेट पर आपकी जासूसी — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 04:06 PM
- भारत में बैठे आप कब, कहां, क्या लिख रहे हैं, किससे फोन पर क्या बात कर रहे हैं, अमेरिका में बैठे अधिकारी सब देख-सुन रहे हैं. कभी सोचा है कि कैसे हो रहा है यह सब? क्या आपकी कंप्यूटर स्क्रीन उनके कंप्यूटर पर भी खुली है?
- Pranesh Prakash on the US snooping into Indian cyber space — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 04:19 PM
- Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director, Center for Internet and Society, talks about the ramifications of US incursion into the privacy of Indians through cyber space. He says that Indian laws on privacy and free speech shall be applied to the web companies in India so that they actually not surrender the privacy of Indian citizens just because American law requires them to.
- Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2013 09:42 AM
- The 2013 Session will take place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from June 22 to July 2, 2013. Nishant Shah is participating as a speaker. The event is organized by WITS Institute for Social and Economic Research.
- World Wide Rule — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 01, 2013 10:26 AM
- Nishant Shah's review of Schmidt and Cohen's book was published in the Indian Express on June 14, 2013.
- Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion on Suvarna News — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 04:36 PM
- Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. This was telecast by Suvarna News 24x7 (Kannada) TV channel on June 13, 2013.
- Indian surveillance laws & practices far worse than US — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:09 AM
- Explosive would be just the word to describe the revelations by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.
- India Subject to NSA Dragnet Surveillance! No Longer a Hypothesis — It is Now Officially Confirmed — by Maria Xynou — last modified Nov 06, 2013 10:20 AM
- As of last week, it is officially confirmed that the metadata of everyone´s communications is under the NSA´s microscope. In fact, the leaked data shows that India is one of the countries which is under NSA surveillance the most!
- A suggested set of values for the digital humanities — by Sara Morais — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:41 AM
- In a prior blog entry the CIS has started mapping out the field of digital humanities. Subsequent to these first thoughts follows a review in several parts of an alternative publishing project edited by Matthew K. Gold of New Yorks Technology College. It is presented online as a hybrid print/digital publication stream, enabling viewers and readers to comment and highlight sections as they please. In the introductory passage, Matthew Gold addresses questions burning at the back of the research communities mind: Does digital humanities even need theory? Does it have politics?Is it more accessible than other scholarly fields? Does new media usage trivialize the professionalism of DH research?
- Mapping the field of digital humanities — by Sara Morais — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:40 AM
- This blog is the first in a series of blog entries evolving around digital humanities. As the research proceeds, arising questions will be addressed and attempted to map out, so that we are left with an annotated bibliography of the field which will help create parameters on how to approach research in that sector. In this first episode of the blog series, the introductory volume simply called Digital_Humanities (Anne Burdick, Johanna Drucker, Peter Lunenfeld, Todd Presner, Jeffrey Schnapp) will be combined with Patrik Svensson's Landscape of Digital Humanities, so as to assert what it is, we're dealing with, when talking about digital humanities.
- A Telugu Wiki Meetup @ CIS, Bangalore — by SJ Veera — last modified Aug 19, 2013 06:53 AM
- On June 2, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) hosted a Telugu wiki meetup in its Bangalore office. Updates from the meetup is shared in this blog post.
- Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme on HMTV — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 18, 2013 05:54 AM
- Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. This was telecasted in HMTV on June 1, 2013.
- Govt mulls advisory on privacy issues related to Google, Facebook — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 02:31 PM
- The Government is set to harden its stand against foreign Internet firms in asking them to comply with Indian laws.
- Indien: Umfangreiche Überwachung von Onlineaktivitäten, Telefonanrufen und Textnachrichten — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 09:40 AM
- This blog post by Von Andrea Jonjic was published in a German website on June 10, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is quoted.
- Facebook, Google deny spying access — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM
- The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
- Internet firms deny existence of PRISM — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:47 AM
- Nothing is private anymore. According to a leak in the US, which revealed the wide reach of a mass surveillance programme by intelligence agencies, messages, posts, chats on your computer or phone are all vulnerable to interception, thanks to direct access to servers of major tech companies.
- Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM
- There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the usual excuse of combatting terrorism and/or child pornography.
- Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 05:04 AM
- Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
- ‘Hacking’ sparks row over exam evaluation — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 08:58 AM
- Over the past two days, Cornell University student Debarghya Das’ blog post on ‘Hacking the Indian Education System’ has kicked off a debate across the country over the security of data published online and the practice of moderation of marks obtained by school students in board examinations.
- Indian student in Cornell University hacks into ICSE, ISC database — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:39 AM
- A 20-year-old Indian student from Cornell University hacked into the database of ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) school exam results, exposed glaring anomalies in the marking system and went on to merrily write about his exploits in an online post.
- Law & Order through Traffic Systems — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Jul 03, 2013 05:29 AM
- A TV white space system for traffic management may induce us to observe discipline and law-abiding behaviour, writes Shyam Ponappa in an article published in the Business Standard on June 5, 2013.
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