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Barriers to Access in a Connected World: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Oct 24, 2011 — last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:30 AM
Accessibility is an imperative to achieve a truly inclusive and participatory society writes and every individual, corporation, organization and government has a crucial role to play in nurturing it, writes Nirmita Narasimhan in this article which was published by Hans Foundation in their Annual Review 2011.
Located in Accessibility
Battle for the Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 15, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:28 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
In this article written by Latha Jishnu and published by Down to Earth, Issue: March 15 2011, the author reports about the events in the United States in the post WikiLeaks scenario.
Located in News & Media
Benefits and Harms of "Big Data": by Scott Mason — published Dec 30, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data
Today the quantity of data being generated is expanding at an exponential rate. From smartphones and televisions, trains and airplanes, sensor-equipped buildings and even the infrastructures of our cities, data now streams constantly from almost every sector and function of daily life.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Benefits, Harms, Rights and Regulation: A Survey of Literature on Big Data: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 23, 2017
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Bengali eSpeak Aids in Disaster Management: by Anirudh Sridhar — published Oct 15, 2013 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 09:21 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Software developed on the eSpeak was deployed in Bangladesh and helped its citizens for disaster management.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Berlin 6 Open Access Conference: by Sanchia de Souza — published Nov 21, 2008 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:16 PM — filed under: Openness
The Berlin 6 Open Access conference was attended by Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society Distinguished Fellow.
Located in News & Media
Beyond Access as Inclusion: by Anja Kovacs — published Aug 31, 2010 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:29 AM — filed under: Development, Digital Access, Internet Governance, human rights
On 13 September, the day before the fifth Internet Governance Forum opens, CIS is coorganising in Vilnius a meeting on Internet governance and human rights. One of the main aims of this meeting is to call attention to the crucial, yet in Internet governance often neglected, indivisibility of rights. In this blog post, Anja Kovacs uses this lens to illustrate how it can broaden as well reinvigorate our understanding of what remains one of the most pressing issues in Internet governance in developing countries to this day: that of access to the Internet.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Beyond Editor Count: Assessing Quality on Wikipedia: by Tejaswini Niranjana — published Jun 12, 2016 — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Since Wikipedia is considered as the go-to source for different kinds of knowledge by anyone starting off in a particular field of study, and since Indian languages (IL) are often the default languages of the classroom in India, strengthening the quality of the material available on IL Wikipedias is certain to have widespread tangible and intangible impact.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.
Located in News & Media
Beyond Public Squares, Dumb Conduits, and Gatekeepers: The Need for a New Legal Metaphor for Social Media: by Amber Sinha — published May 31, 2021 — filed under: Internet Governance
Located in Internet Governance / Files

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