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Right to Read, Now in Mumbai: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 10, 2010 — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:46 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The third phase of the 'Right to Read' campaign in India held in Mumbai was coordinated by the Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC). The Mumbai Phase of the Right to Read Campaign was launched on 1st January 2010 and ran till the 27th of January 2010.
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Right to Read: Campaign Updates: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2010 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 02:06 PM — filed under: Accessibility
A nationwide campaign on Right to Read was co-organised by CIS along with the Daisy Forum of India and Inclusive planet to highlight the lack of content in accessible formats and accelerate change in the provisions of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, which presently does not permit the conversion of books in accessible formats for the benefits the blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled persons. The campaign is affiliated with the global R2R campaign started by the World Blind Union in April 2008.
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RightsCon 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 04, 2014 — last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:04 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 was an incredible mixture of more than 700 attendees from more than 65 countries and 375 institutions. Pranesh Prakash and Malavika Jayaram were speakers at this event organized by RightsCon at San Francisco on March 3 and 4, 2014.
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RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
RightsCon is the world’s leading event convened around the issues of the internet and human rights. The annual conference convenes business leaders, visionaries, technologists, legal experts, civil society members, activists, and government representatives from across the globe on issues at the intersection of tech and human rights. The event was organized by RightsCon.
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RIM Offered Security Fixes: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 14, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:24 AM — filed under: Telecom
In India Talks, BlackBerry Maker Said It Could Share Metadata, Notes Show
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RIP: Rahul Cherian, human rights activist, Inclusive Planet co-founder: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 07, 2013 — last modified Mar 09, 2013 07:13 AM — filed under: Accessibility
RIPRahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away today at the age of 39, while on a family holiday in Goa.
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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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Rising Voices Seeks Micro-Grant Proposals for Citizen Media Outreach: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 12, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:36 AM
Rising Voices is seeking project proposals from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or individuals for funding of up to $4,000 USD for digital media outreach projects around the world. Application Deadline: Friday, February 4, 2011 at 11:59 PM GMT.
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Risky Business: Transparency, Technology, Security and Privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 14, 2014
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Road test: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 05:15 AM
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