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- Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:40 AM
- The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society was invited by Nikhil Dixit, Public Relations Officer at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Goa (BITS Goa) to organise Wikipedia session on March 7, 2013. Nitika Tandon participated in this workshop and shares with us the developments.
- Ahmednagar — Marathi Wikipedia Workshop — by Tanveer Hasan — last modified Jul 26, 2013 09:34 AM
- Wikipedia Community members helped the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications Programme (HEIRA), CSCS Bangalore organize a day-long workshop on ‘Digital Literacy’ at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, Maharasthra on January 17, 2013. Tanveer Hasan of HEIRA shares with us the developments in this report.
- Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data? — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:28 PM
- On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR impact citizenship´, ´Why and how is national security linked to UID/NPR´, and ´What is the relationship between UID and Big Data´.
- New $1 Billion RIC Project Casts Doubts on Aadhaar — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2013 08:28 AM
- The Indian Government is going ahead with a new project dubbed RIC that will effectively undermine the existing UIDAI – Unique Identification Authority of India project and will cost a whopping $1 billion.
- Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillance — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:30 PM
- In this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
- A Comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:32 PM
- In this post, Maria Xynou gives us a comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012.
- Indian ID crisis unveils Aadhaar doubts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 15, 2013 04:52 AM
- Two separate organizations are capturing biometric data of over 1 billion Indians, creating fresh doubts in the government's justification to catalogue citizens.
- Summary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:33 PM
- On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.
- Unique Identification Scheme (UID) & National Population Register (NPR), and Governance — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Apr 30, 2014 05:03 AM
- This post examines the UID, NPR and Governance as it exists in India. The background note gives a summary of what is the NPR, the legal grounding of NPR, its objectives, and the information which could be collected under the NPR. The post also throws light on the UID, its objectives, process of enrollment in UID, how UID is being adopted by different states in India, and finally the differences and controversies in UID and NPR.
- Responding to govt requests is a challenge for online firms: Colin Maclay — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 15, 2013 05:07 AM
- Colin M. Maclay, MD of Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, on challenges in cyberspace.
- Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2013 05:09 AM
- The Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013 was held on March 8, 2013 at Servelots Infotech, Jayanagar in Bangalore. It was organized by Wikimedia India. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event. The news was covered by Kannada Prabha on March 9, 2013.
- Rethinking the Internet: The Way Forward — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2013 04:53 AM
- Telecom Italia and Financial Times are organizing this event at Telecom Italia Future Centre in Italy on March 21 and 22, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is participating in this event.
- Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill (April 2012): High Level Concerns — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:36 PM
- In 2007 the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill was piloted by the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, with the objective of regulating the use of DNA for forensic and other purposes. In February 2012 another draft of the Bill was leaked. The February 2012 Bill was drafted by the Department of Biotechnology. Another working draft of the Bill was created in April 2012. The most recent version of the Bill seeks to create DNA databases at the state, regional, and national level.
- An Introduction to Bitfilm & Bitcoin in Bangalore, India — by Benson Samuel — last modified Mar 12, 2013 05:58 AM
- An event at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was organized on January 23, 2013. The all star team at CIS was awesome at organizing this event for Bitcoin. Live streaming, mainstream newspaper coverage and Twitter based Q&A made this the first Bitcoin event in India that leveraged these mediums of information transfer.
- Are India's Glory Days Over? — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Mar 12, 2013 04:59 AM
- Unless major structural changes are effected, India will miss an economic take-off for many years, writes Shyam Ponappa.
- Wikipedia at Avenir — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 11, 2013 04:08 AM
- A 4 hours Wikipedia event at Avenir, 2013 is being held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th March 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
- Social media undermining journalistic credibility? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 06, 2013 04:41 AM
- The line separating journalists and bloggers is being increasingly blurred due to the growth of social media, said Nelson Moses, who was a panelist at a discussion on the credibility of social media as a journalistic tool.
- Chidambaram to Talk Budget on Google+ Hangout — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 11, 2013 04:14 AM
- Indian politicians are slowly warming up to social media.
- UID has no legal sanctity, says lawyer-activist — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 11, 2013 06:08 AM
- ‘Iris scanning adopted for the UID project is flawed as the iris keeps changing’
- People should resist enforcement of UID scheme, say experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 11, 2013 06:45 AM
- Internationally recognized expert on law and poverty Dr. Usha Ramanathan Saturday urged citizens of the country to question the enforcement of the UID scheme that has no legitimacy.
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