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- The freedom of expression debate: The State must mend fences with The Web — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 07, 2013 10:30 AM
- A fortnight after her arrest, Renu Srinivasan spends her free time singing Ashley Tisdale's number Suddenly. The lyrics - Suddenly people know my name, suddenly, everything has changed - resonate with the story of her life ever since she 'liked' and 'shared' her friend, Shaheen Dhada's, 21, controversial post regarding Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral on Facebook on November 18 and got arrested for it.
- Hacktivists deface BSNL website — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 14, 2012 05:20 AM
- The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website, www.bsnl.co.in, was hacked and defaced on Thursday afternoon.
- Ayodhya trending on Twitter sparks censorship concerns — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2012 10:38 AM
- On the 20th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the ShauryaDiwas, Ayodhya and Babri Masjid hashtags were trending on Twitter all day, with almost 2,500 messages sent over 48 hours.
- Leslie Chan Lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2012 06:26 AM
- Prof. Leslie Chan from the University of Toronto, Canada is giving a series of lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore from December 17, 2012 to December 19, 2012.
- 66A ‘cut & paste job’ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 11, 2012 05:43 AM
- The controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has borrowed words out of context from British and American laws, according to lawyers here who are calling it a “poor cut-and-paste job”.
- I&N Partners’ Meeting – Rio — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 07, 2013 12:24 PM
- Information and Networks Partners is organising this event in Rio de Janerio on December 11 - 13, 2012. Sunil Abraham is participating as a speaker in the session on Open Business and IP.
- The Worldwide Web of Concerns — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 27, 2012 04:31 AM
- The International Telecommunication Union’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is currently under way in Dubai, after a gap of 25 years. At this conference, the Inter-national Telecommunication Regulations — a binding treaty containing high-level principles — are to be revised.
- Debate on Section 66A rages on — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 10, 2012 09:44 AM
- Last week, a reputed BPO in Chennai took down its Facebook page and introduced stricter moderation for posts on its bulletin board.
- Random Hacks of Kindness Global December 2012 — A Report — by Yogesh Londhe — last modified Jan 08, 2013 04:12 PM
- A Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) hackathon in Bangalore was hosted at office of the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) in Domlur on December 1 and 2, 2012. CIS, Amnesty International India Office, Greenpeace India Office, HasGeek, Yahoo Research & Development and SimpleTechLife sponsored the event.
- What does it mean to be a digital native? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 10, 2012 04:21 AM
- The war between natives and immigrants is ending. The natives have won.
- The Worldwide Web of Concerns — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 10, 2012 05:10 AM
- The threat of a ‘UN takeover’ of the Internet through the WCIT is non-existent. However, that does not mean that activists have been crying themselves hoarse in vain.
- Annual Conference on Human Rights 2012 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 07, 2013 10:47 AM
- Malavika Jayaram participated in this conference as a panelist in this event organised by Estonia and Google.
- Marathi Wiki Workshop at Tata Institute of Social Sciences — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Feb 04, 2013 04:55 AM
- The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is taking up a number of activities and conducting workshops focusing on Indian languages across cities. A series of workshops in Marathi, Kannada and Bangla have been planned with Wikipedia sessions in each of these events.
- Not Just Fancy Television — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:45 AM
- Nishant Shah reviews Ben Hammersley's book "64 Things You Need to Know for Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear ", published by Hodder & Stoughton
- Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 05, 2012 07:06 AM
- Why is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
- A Report of Odia Wikipedia Workshop at IIT, Kharagpur — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 05, 2012 05:20 AM
- The Samaja, Odia daily, Kolkata edition, on December 3, 2012, published an article about the Odia Wikipedia Workshop organized in IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal.
- Comments on the Proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 Concerning Radio Frequency Identification Tags — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Dec 04, 2012 03:32 PM
- The Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments on the proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The comments were made in response to Notification GSR 738(E) published in the Gazette of India on October 3, 2012.
- Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000: Cases — by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Dec 06, 2012 09:20 AM
- In this blog post Snehashish Ghosh summarizes the facts of a few cases where Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000, has been mentioned or discussed.
- Transcripts from WCIT-12 — by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Dec 03, 2012 02:00 PM
- We are archiving copies of the live-transcripts from the World Conference on International Telecommunications, 2012 (WCIT-12) which is being held in Dubai from 3–14 December, 2012.
- Seminar/Artist Talks : "Outresourcing" with the Transmediale Collective — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2012 07:06 AM
- Sharath Chandra Ram is presenting a White Paper at this event initiated by the Berlin - Transmediale new media collective in Bangalore on December 3, 2012.
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