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India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 08, 2013 — last modified Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AM — filed under: Telegu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness
Despite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
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India’s internet missionaries: The women Google is relying on to spread its Next Billion message: by Admin — published Nov 23, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance
Google’s internet saathis have brought 11.5 million women in 105,000 villages online. But there’s a catch: the women are taught to use only Google products.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers: by Admin — published Feb 01, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
India’s largest bank has secured an unprotected server that allowed anyone to access financial information on millions of its customers, like bank balances and recent transactions.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India’s net neutrality debate is unique and complex: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 30, 2015 — filed under: Social Media, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
Connectivity to millions in India is main issue
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India’s record on internet shutdown gets bleaker; now blocked in 2 NE states: by Admin — published Dec 15, 2019 — last modified Dec 15, 2019 05:51 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
India reported over 100 internet shutdown in 2018, according to an annual study of Freedom House, a US-based non-profit research organization.
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India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy Formulation: by Arindrajit Basu — published Nov 13, 2019 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
The past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, resulting in battle lines being drawn by governments, industry and civil society actors both in India and across the globe.
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India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem: by Admin — published Aug 19, 2019 — filed under: Openness, Open Access
B Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).
Located in Openness / News & Media
India’s vanishing fingerprints put UID in question: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 26, 2011 — last modified Oct 26, 2011 10:05 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A curious situation has come to light at the UID (unique identity) enrolment centres. Call it the phenomenon of vanishing fingerprints. You see, our unique fingerprints don’t necessarily last a lifetime and they can be damaged or destroyed and, in some cases, even non-existent. And that is not the best scenario for the first-of-its-kind project that endeavours to create a unique identity for India’s billion-plus population based on fingerprints and iris scans (or biometric data).
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Indian activists slam FCC decision to ditch net neutrality: by Admin — published Nov 24, 2017 — last modified Dec 18, 2017 03:27 PM — filed under: Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
Indian net neutrality activists are assured the ongoing net neutrality tussle in the US will have no impact on India.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the usual excuse of combatting terrorism and/or child pornography.
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