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A History of Transparency, Politics and Information Technologies in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2011 — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:59 AM — filed under: Research
In this blog post, Zainab Bawa reviews the different spectrums of information, transparency and politics.
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Udupi: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Event
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Kannada wikipedia workshop at the MGM college in Udupi. Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi is sponsoring the event.The workshop will begin at 10.00 a.m. and end by 5.00 p.m. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja will give a talk on Kannada wikipedia.
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A lifetime of five years on the internet: by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
Centre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
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A Megacorp’s Basic Instinct: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 04, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Telecom, Free Basics, TRAI, Net Neutrality, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Bolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.
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A multistakeholder discussion on India’s Position in the UN for Internet Governance UN Committee for Internet Related Policies (UN-CIRP): by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 17, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is hosting this event in New Delhi on September 19, 2012 from 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Sunil Abraham has been invited as a panelist.
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A Net of Hatred: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2012 — last modified Jul 20, 2012 06:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Citizens worlwide have been resisiting the threat of internet censorship that governments seek to impose — and justifiably so. But while we have seen democratic revolutions such as the Arab Spring emerge from the power of the net, it is increasingly becoming clear to even the most ardent defender
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A Network of Chains: by Prasad Krishna — published May 23, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
New infotech rules infringe on freedom of expression, make net use near-impossible, writes Arindam Mukherjee. The article was published in the latest issue (May 30, 2011) of Outlook Magazine.
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A New Age in News: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:26 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Citizen journalism and online piracy were key topics during the opening day of the Mekong Information and Communication Technology conference. The 2010 Mekong ICT conference in Chang Mai, Thailand, has brought together an experienced crowd of experts from all over the globe. They have gathered to discuss the status, trends and the current situation of the ICT world.
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A new domain name, but concerns remain the same: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2012
It seemed like an innocuous enough change — from this week, all visitors from India to blogs hosted on Google's Blogger saw the URLs read [blogname].blogspot.in rather than the .blogspot.com they were used to. Karunya Keshav's article was published in the Hindu on 5 February 2012.
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A note of dissent on cash transfers and UID: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 31, 2012 — last modified Dec 31, 2012 03:15 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The following is the text of a note released by 208 scholars, activists and concerned citizens on the United Progressive Alliance government’s plan to introduce cash transfers linked to the Aadhaar (UID) numbers of beneficiaries:
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