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This Twitter Account Puts a Face to the Unsung Volunteer Editors Behind Wikipedia: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jun 18, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 06:17 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The life of a Wikipedia editor is an interesting one. Globally, about 100,000 editors edit the collaborative online encyclopedia's 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.5 million in the English Wikipedia.
Located in Openness / Blog
Thomas Abraham's Rebuttal on Parallel Importation: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 10, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:47 AM — filed under: Consumer Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
We engaged in an e-mail conversation with Thomas Abraham, the managing director of Hachette India, on the issue of parallel importation of books into India. We thought it would be in the public interest to publish a substantive part of that conversation. In this post he points at great length how our arguments are faulty. While we still believe that he doesn't succeed, we hope this will clarify matters a bit.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
TIkTok: It’s time for Biden to make a decision on his digital policy with China: by Aman Nair — published Jan 22, 2021 — last modified Jan 22, 2021 06:11 AM — filed under: Social Media, International Relations
As the United State's new president comes into office he is faced with creating a cohesive digital relations policy that corrects some of the damage done by his predecessor. This article is the first part of a series analysing his policies and challenges.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 11, 2010 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM — filed under: Openness, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
Located in News & Media
Times Group wants TRAI to save the Internet from greedy telcos via Net Neutrality: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 10, 2014 — last modified Dec 05, 2014 12:52 AM — filed under: Telecom
In an especially strong attack against perceived threats to its Internet-based business, the Times of India group has sought regulatory intervention to ensure what is popularly called Net Neutrality, or the concept that internet service providers must charge only from the end consumer.
Located in Telecom / News & Media
Token security or tokenized security?: by Admin — published Jan 17, 2018 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Implementing a system of tokenization for Aadhaar verification will address the security loopholes highlighted in recent reports.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Too Clever By Half: Strengthening India’s Smart Cities Plan with Human Rights Protection: by Vanya Rakesh — published Mar 22, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
The data involved in planning for urbanized and networked cities are currently flawed and politically-inflected. Therefore, we must ensure that basic human rights are not violated in the race to make cities “smart”.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Touch Point Report: Department of Tourism Studies, Christ University and St. Aloysius College, Managalore: by Tanveer Hasan — published Dec 05, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:37 AM — filed under: Open Educational Resources, CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia
CIS-A2K conducts Wikipedia in Education programme at St. Aloysius colege, Mangalore. This partnership is unique as it provides to us a pool of editors for three Wikimedia projects, i.e: Kannada, Tulu and Konkani.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2011 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:04 AM — filed under: Open Access
There is growing recognition that the capacity to conduct research and to share the resulting knowledge is fundamental to all aspects of human development, from improving health care delivery to increasing food security, and from enhancing education to stronger evidence-based policy making. This article by Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop and Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam was published in PLoS (Public Library of Science) on March 29, 2011.
Located in Openness / Blog
TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing for Data Services - Post-Open House Discussion Submission: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2017
Located in Internet Governance / Resources / Net Neutrality Resources

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