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January 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Jun 11, 2013 11:56 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wish you all a great year ahead and welcome you to the first issue of our newsletter for the year 2013. This issue brings you an overview of our research programs, events organised and participated, news and media coverage, and videos of recent events.
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IRC16 - Proposed Session - #DisruptiveTransport (Aggregators, Ownership, Tracking, Space, Internet Models): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Dec 01, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 07:00 AM — filed under: IRC16, Proposed Sessions, Internet Researcher's Conference
This is a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 by Srinivas Kodali and William F. Stafford Jr.
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De facebook: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:41 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Facebook used to be our playground but privacy concerns are now souring that fantasy. Why do we trust a clutch of new corporations with such phenomenal amounts of personal data?
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Copyright Amendment: Bad, but Could Have Been Much Worse: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 15, 2012 — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The changes to the Copyright Act protect the disabled - but are restrictive about cover versions and web freedom, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published in the Business Standard on June 10, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Indic Scripts and the Internet: by Dibyajyoti Ghosh — published Jun 30, 2015 — last modified Jul 10, 2015 04:23 AM — filed under: Language, RAW Blog, Indic Computing, Researchers at Work, Indic Scripts
This post by Dibyajyoti Ghosh is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Dibyajyoti is a PhD student in the Department of English, Jadavpur University. He has four years of full-time work experience in projects which dealt with digital humanities and specially with digitisation of material in Indic scripts. In this essay, Dibyajyoti explores the effects the English language has on the Internet population of India.
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Accessibility of Government Websites in India: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Sep 25, 2012 05:54 AM — filed under: Accessibility
This report summarises the key findings of a test conducted to measure the accessibility of 7800 websites of the Government of India and its affiliated agencies against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, which is the universally accepted standard for web accessibility.
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Spending too much time on social media? Tech abuse may lead to mental health issues: by Admin — published Oct 18, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
Technology is a boon, no doubt. But where can we, in ourdigital lives, draw the line between convenience and addiction? ET’s Divya J Shekhar finds out how the IT city is dealing with internet addiction and how collective social effort might help find the sweet spot.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Start-up India turns the heat on Facebook Free Basics: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 29, 2015 — filed under: Free Basics, Social Media, Internet Governance
Facebook launched its "Save Free Basics" campaign last week, asking users to support "digital equality" in India.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
MongoDB startup hired by Aadhaar got funds from CIA VC arm: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 13, 2013 — last modified Dec 13, 2013 11:53 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance
Two weeks ago, Max Schireson, chief executive of MongoDB, a New York-based technology startup, was in New Delhi to sew up a very important contract for his company — with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
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Internet Privacy in India: by Elonnai Hickok — published Dec 31, 2013 — last modified Jan 08, 2014 01:51 PM — filed under: Internet Access
Internet privacy encompasses a wide range of issues and topics. It can be understood as privacy rights that an individual has online with respect to their data, and violations of the same that take place online. Given the dynamic nature of the online sphere, privacy concerns and issues are rapidly changing.
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