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- WHO's WHO LEGAL names Malavika Jayaram as one of the top lawyers for Internet and e-Commerce Issues in India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2012 11:22 AM
- Malavika Jayaram was one of 10 Indian lawyers selected for inclusion as the top lawyers for internet and e-commerce issues in India. The new volume for 2012 was recently published following a process of peer reviews and independent research.
- Girl's arrest draws flak on social media — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2012 11:04 AM
- The arrest of a 21-year-old girl by Mumbai police for criticizing the shutting down of the city following the death of Bal Thackeray come under fire from netizens.
- A Report of the Odia Wikipedia Workshop held in KMBB College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2012 10:37 PM
- (By Debapriya Priyadashi Chakra) Sambad, Odisha's most widely read and largest circulated daily, on November 19, 2012, published an article about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized in KMBB College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Girls arrested for Facebook post on Thackeray get bail — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 30, 2012 05:18 AM
- Two girls who were arrested for making a Facebook comment protesting the closure of shops in the wake of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray‘s death, have been released on bail bonds of Rs 15,000 each.
- Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 02, 2013 03:42 AM
- Two girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
- Women arrested for Facebook post: Did cops act under Sena pressure? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 21, 2012 11:17 AM
- After Bal Thackeray's death, during the Mumbai Bandh, a 21-year-old criticised the shutdown on her Facebook page — her friend approved of it — next thing they know, they are facing a case, and this morning they were arrested.
- An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB College, Bhubaneswar — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 07, 2012 10:40 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society along with Odia Wikipedians in Bhubaneswar organized an Odia Wikipedia workshop on November 18, 2012. It was held in KMBB College of Engineering. Odia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia in Odia language which everyone can edit.
- Science Gallery Workshop @ Srishti — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 04, 2012 03:42 PM
- Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology is organizing a workshop to discuss the exciting potential of envisaging a Science Gallery in Bangalore as a part of the Global Science Gallery Network. Sunil Abraham is participating in this workshop.
- Two women arrested over Facebook gripe on Mumbai shutdown — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 15, 2013 09:26 AM
- A woman who complained about the Indian city of Mumbai shutting down for the funeral of divisive Hindu nationalist politician Balasaheb Thackeray was arrested for "hurting religious sentiments," local police told reporters amid public anger over the case.
- Follow up to Wikipedia Introductory Session at Bharati Vidyapeeth — More Interested and More Involved Participants — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Oct 30, 2013 09:17 AM
- A Wikipedia introductory session was organised at Bharati Vidyapeeth Engineering College in Delhi early this year and a follow up session was organised by CIS on November 19, 2012. About 12 to 15 participants attended the follow up session. Although most of the participants had attended the introductory session there were a few who were coming over for the first time.
- India ranks second globally in accessing private details of users — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2012 04:49 AM
- According to the latest transparency report released by Google, India ranks second in the world for accessing private details of its citizens, only after the U.S. The Google report lists out requests it received from governments across the world to access details of users of its various services.
- ‘Some Indian laws could be challenging’ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2012 04:40 AM
- Wikipedia’s founder member Erik Möller says their principle is not to decide the map of India, but to explain that there is a controversy.
- Odia Wikipedia Gets a New Typing Solution! — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 12, 2012 12:28 PM
- Subhashish Panigrahi worked with Yuvi Panda to create a new typing scheme for Odia Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This blog post gives a summary of this development and its outcome.
- Post and be Damned — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2012 03:40 AM
- Your careless comments online could put you in jail, thanks to Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Kavitha Shanmugam examines a law that some critics say is vague and unconstitutional
- Open Government Platform: An Open Source Solution to Democratizing Access to Information and Energizing Civic Engagement — by Neeta Verma, Alka Mishra and D.P. Mishra — last modified Nov 19, 2012 03:15 AM
- If government could release these datasets in open format for people to use & reuse, a whole lot of new innovative apps could be built around these datasets to provide better, customized services to citizens.
- Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy! — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 17, 2013 09:02 AM
- A new app is up for typing in Indic languages from mobile phones. This is is available online at: http://bitly.com/indictyping and supports on iOS. Android version is to be released soon.
- Report on Wikipedia Hackathon held in Hyderabad — by Yuvi Panda — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:37 AM
- BITS Hyderabad had a tech fest from October 25 to 27, 2012, and wanted to conduct a technical wiki hackathon. We decided to do it on October 26 — all night.
- Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 10, 2012 04:40 AM
- Pranesh Prakash made a presentation at the India Internet Governance Conference (IIGC) held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on October 4 and 5, 2012. The event was organised by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, FICCI and Internet Society. CIS was one of the supporting organisations.
- Privacy in the Social Networked World — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 04, 2012 04:19 PM
- The Asian Privacy Scholars Network 2nd International Conference was hosted by the Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, on behalf of the Asian Privacy Scholars Network, November 19 - 20, 2012. Elonnai Hickok is speaking at the event.
- Alt needs to Shift — by Nishant Shah — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:03 AM
- People maybe talking more online, but they all seem to be talking about the same kind of thing.
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