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India blocks access to 857 porn sites: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 05, 2015 — filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Digital Media, Chilling Effect
India has blocked free access to 857 porn sites in what it says is a move to prevent children from accessing them.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Celebrating 5 Years of CIS: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2014 09:15 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, 2013.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Bangalore hackers write code as tribute to Aaron Swartz: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 25, 2013 — filed under: Openness
A small crowd gathered here on Saturday afternoon in the basement of the Centre for Internet and Society to participate in the Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight, organised by HasGeek.
Located in News & Media
Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 14, 2014 — last modified Nov 07, 2014 03:34 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Openness, Odia Wikipedia
Before the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author Bharat Majhi for bringing his writings on the Internet.
Located in Openness / Blog
FOSS: Smart Choice for Developing Countries: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 21, 2013 — filed under: Openness, FOSS, Access to Knowledge
This workshop is being organised by TechNation and Open Source Alliance of Central Asia on October 23. Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist and will speak on FOSS and IT Growth Policies in South Asia.
Located in News & Media
April 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
36th SCCR: CIS Statement on Draft Action Plan for Educational and Research Institutions and Persons with Other Disabilities: by Anubha Sinha — published May 31, 2018 — filed under: Limitations & Exceptions, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Anubha Sinha, attending the 36th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from May 28, 2018 to June 1, 2018, made this statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations on behalf of CIS on Day 4, May 31.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Women's Day Edit-a-thon at Jeewan Jyoti Women's Empowerment Centre, Pune: by Subodh Kulkarni — published Mar 10, 2017 — last modified Apr 10, 2017 04:04 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, Openness
Sterlite Tech Foundation and Jnana Prabodhini joined hands with the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team to hold a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Jeewan Jyoti Women's Empowerment Centre, Ambawane in Pune on March 10, 2017. Subodh Kulkarni was one of the trainers. The edit-a-thon was attended by 28 students.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Open standards can disrupt Facebook’s messaging monopoly: by Admin — published Jan 30, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 01:59 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Facebook made the news last week when The New York Times’ Mike Isaac reported that CEO Mark Zuckerberg intended to integrate the company’s three messaging platforms: WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Oct 31, 2014 — last modified Oct 23, 2016 03:36 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
People have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Most of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited to the DTP arena.
Located in Openness / Blog

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