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Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 15, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Free Basics, Net Neutrality, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
What does Sri Lanka’s ratification of the Disability Convention mean?: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 15, 2016
The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the United Nations in 2006 according to the universal declaration of Human Rights and international conventions on human rights. Sri Lanka has signed the convention in 2007 and the proposal made by S.B. Dissanayake, Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare, to ratify the convention for the benefit of Sri Lankan disabled persons, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Located in Accessibility / News & Media
Internet, Society & Space in Indian Cities: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 16, 2011 08:17 AM
The monograph on Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities, by Pratyush Shankar, is an entry into debates around making of IT Cities and public planning policies that regulate and restructure the city spaces in India with the emergence of Internet technologies. Going beyond the regular debates on the modern urban, the monograph deploys a team of students from the field of architecture and urban design to investigate how city spaces – the material as well as the experiential – are changing under the rubric of digital globalisation.
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Caught in the Web: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Do we need a cyber Big Brother watching us? A look at both sides of the coin.
Nirmita Narasimhan: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 13, 2011 06:48 AM
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Digital Native: Twin Manifestations or Co-Located Hybrids: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2011 — last modified Dec 23, 2011 04:36 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Samuel Tettner reviews ‘Digital Natives and the Return of the Local Cause’ from Book 1: To Be. The essay is authored by Anat Ben-David.
Located in Digital Natives
On Natives, Norms and Knowledge: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 16, 2011 — last modified Dec 23, 2011 04:40 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Philip Ketzel reviews Ben Wagner's essay "Natives, Norms and Knowledge: How Information Technologies Recalibrate Social & Political Power Relations Communications" published in Book 4: To Connect.
Located in Digital Natives
Geekup @ CIS: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 26, 2011 — last modified Dec 26, 2011 07:39 AM — filed under: Event Type, Internet Governance
CIS is hosting a Geekup tomorrow, December 27, 2011 in its office in Bangalore. Shyam Mani will be giving a talk.
Located in Internet Governance
Panchayat Meeting: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 07, 2011 11:28 AM
Panchayat meeting on Village Sanitation in Khera village, Budaun District, UP
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h3: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 12, 2011 08:22 AM
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