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Google now stalks your street: by Prasad Krishna — published May 27, 2011 — last modified May 31, 2011 06:20 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Bangalore is the first city in the country to be mapped for Street View. This news was published by the Hindu on May 27, 2011.
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Google Unveils Controversial Street View Mapping in B’lore: by Prasad Krishna — published May 27, 2011 — last modified May 30, 2011 09:48 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Mapping service, under criticism in Europe because of security reasons, allows users to view pedestrian-level photos of streets, houses. This news was published in the Economic Times, Mumbai on May 27, 2011.
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Govt and BlackBerry firm wait for the other to hang up: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:46 AM — filed under: Telecom
Sunil Abraham speaks to Archna Shukla on the stand-off between the Government of India and RIM. The news was published in expressindia.com.
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Govt proposal to muzzle bloggers sparks outcry: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
A government proposal seeking to police blogs has come in for severe criticism from legal experts and outraged the online community. The draft rules, drawn up by the government under the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008, deal with due diligence to be observed by an intermediary. This article was published in the Times of India on March 10, 2011.
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
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Growing cyberspace controls, Internet filtering: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 25, 2011 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 02:36 PM
OpenNet Initiative investigates, analyses filtering and surveillance practices, writes T Ramachandran in this article published in the Hindu on Sunday, February 20, 2011.
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Knowledge Warriors: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 24, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:50 PM — filed under: Digital Natives
Dieci anni fa, quando Jimmy "Jumbo" Wales lanciò l'idea di una piattaforma della conoscenza partecipativa e plurilingue, di tipo enciclopedico, basata sul web, pochi erano pronti a raccoglierla. L'industria della conoscenza era rigidamente divisa tra chi la produceva, chi la fruiva e chi mediava tra i due gruppi.
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Hogyan szűrik a kormányok az internetes tartalmakat?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2010
Az internet szabadságáról tartanak háromnapos konferenciát Budapesten a Google és a Közép-Európai Egyetem (CEU) szervezésében. Kedden az internetes tartalmak szűrése volt a legfontosabb téma a rendezvényen.
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An Artist's Hunt for Lost Stepwells: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 04, 2010 — last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM — filed under: Practice, Researchers at Work, Maps for Making Change
As part of the Maps for Making Change project, Kakoli Sen has brought to light some facts which she stumbled upon while mapping the stepwells in Vadodara. She mapped these and also discovered 14 such architectural heritage structures. The news was covered in the Times of India.
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ID programme faces first challenge over privacy, data: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 29, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:20 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The government is looking to the ID programme to help ensure that various welfare programmes reach the poor
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