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Vox Pol Workshop on the Role of Social Media and Internet Companies in Responding to Violent Online Extremism: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 09, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 03:51 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
On March 5-6, 2015, the VOX-Pol network convened a workshop at Central European University in Budapest on the role of social media and internet companies in responding to violent online political extremism and the impacts on freedom of expression.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Tech Law Form @ NALSAR: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 19, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 04:36 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The event was organized by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad on March 7 and 8, 2015. Geetha Hariharan participated as a speaker. She gave a lecture on Perspectives on Internet Governance.
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India tops list of content restrictions requests, says Facebook: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 17, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 05:01 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
India has again topped the list of content restriction requests in the second half of 2014 with over 5,800 requests recorded in Facebook's Government Requests Report released on Sunday.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Udayavani Edition Report: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:19 PM
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Train the Trainer — Report in Udayavani: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 02, 2015 — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:20 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
As part of the Train The Trainer program, on Feb 28, all the participants (Wikipedians from all over India) were taken to Janapada Loka, near Ramanagara. There was a report in Udayavani, Ramanagara edition on March 2, 2015 about this event.
Located in Openness / News & Media
GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscripts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2015 — last modified Apr 05, 2015 03:20 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Twelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation said in the Rajya Sabha this week. He added that the National Archives of India (NAI) is set to digitise another 1,100,000 historic records. The government has spent over Rs 25 lakhs on digitisation as of January 2015 as compared to ~ Rs 36 lakhs in 2012-13.
Located in Openness / News & Media
More articles for Tulu Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 10, 2015 — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Tulu Wikipedia
In all, 100 more articles will be uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia by teachers and students in Udupi shortly, according to Janaki M. Brahmavara, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
Located in Openness / News & Media
RAW Lectures #01: Nishant Shah on 'Stories and Histories of Internet in India': by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2015 — last modified Jan 10, 2016 08:05 AM — filed under: RAW Lectures, Researchers at Work, Event, RAW Events
Dr. Nishant Shah will give a talk on 'Stories and Histories of Internet in India' at the Centre for Internet and Society's office in Bangalore on March 6, 2015 at 6 p.m. Please join us for tea and coffee before the lecture at 5.30 p.m.
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Consultation on Figures of Learning in the Digital Context: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 01, 2014 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:39 AM — filed under: RAW Events, Digital Knowledge, Research, Figures of Learning, Researchers at Work, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes you to a consultation on new figures of learning in the digital context at its office in Bangalore on September 22, 2014 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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March NVDA ESpeak Report: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 10, 2015
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