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World Narrow Web
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 13, 2012
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last modified
Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM
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filed under:
Google,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Twitter,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship
Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New Literacies
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jul 24, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:51 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Book Review,
Digital Natives
Nishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.
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Digital Natives
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Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital Natives
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 15, 2010
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last modified
Jan 22, 2010 10:54 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Digital Activism,
Digital Governance,
Digital Natives,
Agency,
Youth,
Featured,
Cybercultures,
New Pedagogies,
Digital subjectivities,
ICT
More often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled against the Digital Natives. Educators, policy makers, scholars, and parents have all raised their worries without hearing out from the people they are concerned about. Hivos has initiated an online global discussion about Digital Natives. So, to voice your opinion, start tweeting with us now #DigitalNatives.
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Research
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Collaborative Projects Programme
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Digital Natives With a Cause?
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Open Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy and License Concerns
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Feb 05, 2016
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last modified
Feb 05, 2016 08:37 PM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Hackathon,
Openness
This is to cross-publish a blog post from DataMeet website regarding a letter shared with the organisers of Urban Hack 2015, Bangalore, in response to a set of privacy and license concerns identified and voiced during the hackathon by DataMeet members. Sumandro Chattapadhyay co-authored and co-signed the letter. The blog post is written by Nisha Thompson.
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Openness
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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Internet Governance
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Citizen Activism the Past Decade
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by
Nilofar Ansher
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published
Jul 19, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:52 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
Call for Contributions to the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause?’ newsletter, ‘Citizen Activism the Past Decade’. Deadline: August 15, 2012.
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Digital Natives
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Intellectual Property Rights — Open Access for Researchers
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 19, 2015
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last modified
Mar 24, 2015 01:22 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Publications,
Access to Knowledge
In the year 2013, Nehaa Chaudhari had worked on a module on Intellectual Property Rights for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s Open Access Curriculum (Curriculum for Researchers) as part of a project for the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia. UNESCO published the module this year. Nehaa Chaudhari and Varun Baliga were among the Module preparation team. Nehaa Chaudhari was the writer for Units 1, 2 and 3: Understanding Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright and Alternative to a Strict Copyright Regime.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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No more 66A!
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Mar 24, 2015
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last modified
Mar 26, 2015 02:01 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Homepage,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Chilling Effect,
Section 66A,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A. Today was a great day for freedom of speech on the Internet! When Section 66A was in operation, if you made a statement that led to offence, you could be prosecuted. We are an offence-friendly nation, judging by media reports in the last year. It was a year of book-bans, website blocking and takedown requests. Facebook’s Transparency Report showed that next to the US, India made the most requests for information about user accounts. A complaint under Section 66A would be a ground for such requests.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in Asia and India – Section Outlines
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:40 AM
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filed under:
Internet Studies,
Research,
Featured,
Internet Histories,
Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet and Society has been invited to contribute two sections to the Asia Internet History - Third Decade (2001-2010) book edited by Dr. Kilnam Chon. The sections will discuss the activities and experiences of civil society organisations in Asia and India, respectively, in national, regional, and global Internet governance processes. The draft outlines of the sections are shared here. Comments and suggestions are invited.
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RAW
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Apr 15, 2015
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last modified
Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies,
DIPP,
RTI,
National IPR Policy,
Accountability,
Featured,
IPR Think Tank,
Homepage
In earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and CIS’ comments to the IPR Think Tank in response to the first draft of the Policy. Continuing our National IPR Policy Series, this article documents our requests to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP” / “the Department”) under the Right to Information (“RTI”) Act, 2005 and the responses of the Department.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
