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Privacy vs. Transparency: An Attempt at Resolving the Dichotomy
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 14, 2014
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 06:26 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Featured,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Openness,
Open Access
The right to privacy has been articulated in international law and in some national laws. In a few countries where the constitution does not explicitly guarantee such a right, courts have read the right to privacy into other rights (e.g., the right to life, the right to equal treatment under law and also the right to freedom of speech and expression).
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Workshop on Open Data for Human Development
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 02, 2015
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last modified
Jun 02, 2015 03:34 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Featured,
Workshop,
Policies
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham will take part in the workshop being organised for government officials from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Tripura, by the International Centre for Human Development (IC4HD) of UNDP India, during June 3-6, 2015. The workshop will be held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies Campus in Bengaluru. Sunil will be one of the panelists in the opening discussion on 'data and transparency in governance,' and Sumandro will provide input for and lead the sessions on developing the draft implementation plan for the Sikkim Open Data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy. Sumandro worked with the IC4HD team to design the objectives and the agenda of the workshop.
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Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries - A Synthesis Report
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 16, 2015
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filed under:
Data Systems,
Open Data,
Featured,
Open Data Community,
Openness
The roles of intermediaries in open data is insufficiently explored; open data intermediaries are often presented as
single and simple linkages between open data supply and use. This synthesis research paper offers a more
socially nuanced approach to open data intermediaries using the theoretical framework of Bourdieu’s social model, in particular, his concept of species of capital as informing social interaction... Because no single
intermediary necessarily has all the capital available to link effectively to all sources of power in a field, multiple
intermediaries with complementary configurations of capital are more likely to connect between power
nexuses. This study concludes that consideration needs to be given to the presence of multiple intermediaries in an open data ecosystem, each of whom may possess different forms of capital to enable the use and unlock the
potential impact of open data.
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Konkani Wikipedia Goes Live After 'Nine Years' of Incubation
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jul 18, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:15 PM
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filed under:
Creative Commons,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Homepage
Konkani Wikipedia is the second Wikimedia project after Odia Wikisource that has gone live out of incubation. The project stayed in the incubation for nine long years and the community has gone through a long debate to have a Wikipedia of their own. Here is a blog highlighting three Konkani Wikimedians and an advocate of the Wikipedia movement whose efforts finally paid off.
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How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 24, 2012
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last modified
Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
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Accessible Broadcasting in India
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by
Srividya Vaidyanathan
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published
Jan 11, 2013
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last modified
Jan 28, 2013 05:28 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Accessibility
The abridged version of International Telecommunication Union's "Making Television Accessible" Report which we published last year has been broadened in scope and is now called "Accessible Broadcasting in India" report.
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Blog
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Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network Society
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Feb 12, 2013
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last modified
Feb 12, 2013 06:16 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Habits of Living,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Humanities
We live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They have become the default metaphor of our times, where everything from infrastructure assemblies to collectives of people, are all described through the lens of a network.
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Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Jan 02, 2013 03:42 AM
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filed under:
IPC,
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Featured,
Facebook,
Censorship
Two girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
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India's Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated; Accessible Books Consortium Launched
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Jul 01, 2014
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last modified
Jul 01, 2014 11:09 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
On Day 1 of the 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”), the WIPO organized an event to mark India’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013 (“Marrakesh Treaty”), and to launch the Accessible Books Consortium (“ABC”).
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Accessibility
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Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Amended ITRs
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by
Chinmayi Arun
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published
Jan 28, 2013
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last modified
Jan 30, 2013 05:36 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
ITU,
Homepage,
Information Technology
This piece discusses the five major questions that have been the subject of debate after the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT). The politics surrounding the WCIT are not discussed here but it must be kept in mind that they have played a significant role in the outcome of the conference and in some of the debates about it.
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