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Technology and Gender Based Violence: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 24, 2014 — last modified Dec 09, 2014 04:32 PM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
Rohini Lakshane was a speaker at this event organized by the Bachchao Project on November 24, 2014. Rohini spoke about various strategies that women use to respond to online harassment, such as reporting the abuser, and enlisting support from online followers, or friends or family in order to deal with the abuser.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Internet becomes vernacular with relaunch of e-bhasha: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 23, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 05:49 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
With the relaunch of e-bhasha as a mission mode project, there is a fresh urgency to create content and technical solutions in Indian languages.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
DML 2013 Conference: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 21, 2013
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Resisting Revolutions: by Prasad Krishna — published May 29, 2012
Nishant Shah's peer reviewed journal article was published in Democracy, Volume 55, Issue 2.
Located in Digital Natives
UIDAI Practices and the Information Technology Act, Section 43A and Subsequent Rules: by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 25, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 07:00 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance, Privacy
UIDAI practices and section 43A of the IT Act are analyzed in this post.
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Platformisation of Domestic Work in India: Report (February 2020): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Feb 17, 2020
Located in RAW
India’s internet missionaries: The women Google is relying on to spread its Next Billion message: by Admin — published Nov 23, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance
Google’s internet saathis have brought 11.5 million women in 105,000 villages online. But there’s a catch: the women are taught to use only Google products.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New Delhi: by Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia, Simiran Lalvani and Noopur Raval — published May 05, 2022 — filed under: Platform Economy, Gig Work, Researchers at Work
A report by Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and Azim Premji University (APU) maps platform work in India and notes from four studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for platform companies.
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Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 16, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Internet Governance
You have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Mastering the Art of Keeping Indians Under Surveillance: by Bhairav Acharya — published May 30, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:26 PM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
In its first year in office, the National Democratic Alliance government has been notably silent on the large-scale surveillance projects it has inherited. This ended last week amidst reports the government is hastening to complete the Central Monitoring System (CMS) within the year.
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