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One for the avatar: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 03, 2011 — last modified May 14, 2015 12:19 PM — filed under: Digital subjectivities, Cybercultures, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
With increasing instances of online avatars being victimised, users who are part of these identities need to be protected against vicious attacks. A fortnightly column on ‘Digital Natives’ authored by Nishant Shah is featured in the Sunday Eye, the national edition of Indian Express, Delhi, from 19 September 2010 onwards. This article was published on April 3, 2011.
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One reason startups are moving out of India: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 10, 2015 — last modified May 08, 2015 01:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Make in India. But anyone who wants to, finds that their intellectual property is valued much more if the patent is filed in the US, or anywhere else, but India.
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One Thousand Books Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:16 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Marathi Wikisource
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Online: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 14, 2011 06:17 AM
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Online @ India: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
I haven't yet heard of anybody in India going on a rampage because somebody in Pakistan started an 'India hate' page. However, I have seen people kill and destroy because they got incited to violence and hatred through offline religious propaganda, cinema and cricket.
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Online Abuse of Teen Girls in Kashmir Leads to Arrests: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2013 — last modified Mar 06, 2013 03:51 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Online abuse and a fatwa aimed at a rock band of Muslim teenage girls in Kashmir have led to arrests and a threat of a lawsuit.
Located in News & Media
Online Free Content in Telugu Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 19, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
Wikimedians gathered at Tirupati for a strategic meet. This was covered by the regional newspaper Andhra Jyothy
Located in Openness / News & Media
Online gag:Existing rules give little freedom: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:42 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Even as the controversy over Kapil Sibal's attempt to get internet giants such as Google and Facebook to prescreen user-generated content to weed out 'offensive' material rages, a yet-to-be-published study by Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society reveals that rules already in place can have "chilling effects on free expression on the internet".
Online outcry forces government to withdraw draft encryption policy: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2015 — filed under: Encryption, Encryption Policy, Internet Governance
The article by Naina Khedekar discussing encryption policy was published in First Post on September 23, 2015. Pranesh Prakash has been quoted.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Online privacy should not come at the cost of security: Sunil Abraham: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — last modified Nov 02, 2014 02:27 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society’s executive director, on privacy laws and Internet penetration.
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