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Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and Facebook: by Akriti Bopanna — published Apr 10, 2018 — last modified Apr 27, 2018 09:52 AM — filed under: Google, Instagram, Privacy, Twitter, YouTube, Internet Governance, Featured, Google Plus, Facebook, Homepage
We conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. It has become apparent to us after a 2 week print media analysis that our Government has been providing free publicity worth Rs 40,000 to these entities. There are multiple issues with this as this article attempts at pointing out.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Government of India's Response to WGEC Questionnaire: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jan 22, 2014
The Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation circulated a questionnaire to collect the views and positions of the stakeholders on the various aspects of enhanced cooperation. India's response to the questionnaire is documented below for archival purposes.
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge: by Sailesh Patnaik — published Jan 17, 2018 — last modified Jan 18, 2018 01:22 AM — filed under: Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Government to hold talks with stakeholders on Internet censorship: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 04, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
In an unprecedented move, the government, through the Department of Telecommunications and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, has agreed to initiate dialogue on Internet censorship with mega Internet companies, social media giants such as Google and Facebook, members of civil society, technical community, media, ISPs and legal experts.
Located in News & Media
Govt for legalising parallel import of copyright works; publishers oppose: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 30, 2011 04:24 AM
This article by Shamnad Basheer was published in the Economic Times on 17 March 2011.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Govt narrative on Aadhaar has not changed in the last six years: Sunil Abraham: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 16, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The bill is basically the same as the UPA version, with some cosmetic changes, and some tokenism towards the right to privacy, says Abraham.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Guerrilla GLAMː An alternate way of doing GLAM in indie-way: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 16, 2015 03:09 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
I have been working on a concept called the Guerrilla GLAM. Here is a very quick summary about the concept that was published in the GLAM-wiki newsletter for November.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Guest Blog: Retd. Col. Ashwin Baindur on Strategy, Wikimedia Strategy Salon, Vijayawada: by Manasa Rao — published Aug 28, 2017 — last modified Oct 24, 2017 11:52 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Guest Report: Bridging the Concerns with Recommending Aarogya Setu: by Siddharth Sonkar — published Jun 19, 2020 — last modified Jun 24, 2020 05:19 AM
Keywords: Aarogya Setu, Constitutionality, Digital Contact Tracing, Location Data, Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, Exemptions, Personal Data, Sensitive Personal Data, Mosaic Theory, Surveillance, Privacy, Governing Law, Necessity, Intensity of Review, disparate Impact, Proportionality
Located in Internet Governance
Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot: by Noopur Raval — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Oct 31, 2012 08:17 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Video, Openness
This report analyses a series of meetings and workshops held in Rajkot, a city in Gujarat, India during the month of October 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog

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