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Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: country perspectives: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 23, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
This blog post is fourth in a series of eight blog posts to report on the “Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression” recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Computer Operation: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 24, 2013 07:08 AM
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Odia Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebration: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 24, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Event, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet & Society, New Delhi is celebrating the ninth anniversary of Odia Wikipedia. The event is being held at Academy of Media Learning, M-6, Samanta Vihar in Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
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Goa Participants: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 25, 2013 07:32 AM
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Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge along with the Odia Wikipedia community invite you to the tenth anniversary celebrations of Odia Wikipedia t Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar on January 28, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
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Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat online: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 05, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:16 AM — filed under: Social Media, Wikipedia, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
In the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise in his online fan following”. The former minister told the police that his Facebook page had received more than 10,000 likes, within a span of 24 hours. While his allegation that the ‘likes’ were “fabricated” may be true, information technology experts believe a bot was at work.
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The Future of the Internet, Who Should Govern It and What is at Stake for You?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 28, 2014 — last modified Feb 12, 2014 11:12 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Event, Internet Governance
Internet and Mobile Association of India, Cellular Operators Association of India, Internet Democracy project, Media for Change, SFLC and the Centre for Internet Society is organizing a Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on the future of internet on January 29, 2014 at Multipurpose Hall, India International Center (IIC).
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Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics": by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 13, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:48 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk on Wikipedia in Academics. Subhashish spoke about the use the Wikipedia in academics, students' role as contributors to Wikipedia to keep the facts correct and editing Wikipedia articles in Indic languages.
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What is net neutrality and why it is important: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 20, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 08:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Internet is built around the idea of openness. It allows people to connect and exchange information freely, if the information or service is not illegal.
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Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repository: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 20, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 08:33 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
World' largest tribal residential institute Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS) is going to initiate a project in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program (CIS-A2K) to gather academic and research resources on tribal languages and diverse cultural heritage.
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