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Experts' committee moots law to protect privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 22, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In its report submitted to the Planning Commission on Thursday, the first ever experts’ group to identify the privacy issues and prepare a report to facilitate authoring of the privacy bill, has said that existing laws have created an ‘unclear regulatory regime’ which allows a state to be intrusive.
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Privacy law mooted to protect people against misuse of info: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 22, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
A government-appointed expert group today suggested enactment of a law to protect individuals against misuse of information collected through telephone tapping, videography or any other method.
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Panel suggests law to protect individual privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 22, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
A government-appointed expert panel Thursday called for a law to protect individual privacy against misuse of information collected by various agencies, public and private, and through various methods like telephone tapping.
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Gujarati Wikipedian: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 31, 2012 07:12 AM
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On social media, Modi goes soft: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance
“Truth stands on its own; it doesn’t need a prop.” Is this Mahatma Gandhi? No, it’s Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. Gujarat’s elections are near, but in the arena of social media, Modi has already won. From over a million subscribers on Twitter to a Facebook page flooded with “likes”, Modi’s net is cast wide.
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Gujarati Wikipedia Article 1: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 03, 2012 09:23 AM
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A Workshop on Editing Wikipedia in Mumbai: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Event
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) is holding a workshop on Wikipedia editing at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on August 24, 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
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Text-to-Speech Synthesizer Report (May 2013): by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013
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Text-to-Speech Synthesizer Report (August 2013): by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013
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వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 29, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
T.Vishnu participated in the Telugu meet-up held in Hyderabad on August 25, 2013, via Skype.
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