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Privacy, Free/Open Source, and the Cloud: by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 22, 2010 — last modified Mar 22, 2012 05:50 AM — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance, Privacy
A look into the questions that arise in concern to privacy and cloud computing, and how open source plays into the picture.
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DOC 2.0: A Resources Sharing Mela by NGO Documentation Centres: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A Resource Sharing Mela and Meet of DCM (Document Centres Meet) at the Centre for Education & Documentation in Domlur, Bangalore.
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Crisis for identity or identity crisis?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 24, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:16 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The hurry with which the government is pushing its most ambitious project to assign a number (UID) to every citizen without any feasibility study or public debate has raised many questions.
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October 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 07, 2012 12:02 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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Internet, szabadon: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 14, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:25 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A polgárjogi aktivisták konfrontálódtak és panaszkodtak, a Google és a Facebook hárított és panaszkodott az Internet at Liberty konferencián, amelyet kedden és szerdán rendezett a Google és a CEU Budapesten.
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How the UID project can be a cause for concern: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2010 — last modified Apr 09, 2018 12:59 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), headed by Nandan Nilekani, is the UPA government's most ambitious project, where one billion Indians are branded with a unique identity number.
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In new Facebook features, a comeback for community: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 11, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:58 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Nearly 750 tweets bombard the web every second. Internet traffic is growing by 40 per cent a year. People post 2.5 billion photos on Facebook every month. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded on YouTube. But who owns all that data? Until now, big business was in complete control and used the data to monetise operations. But all that is set to change. With Facebook launching two new features, ‘Groups' and a ‘Download your information,' the community is making a comeback.
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Technical Aspects of UID: A Public Talk: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 11, 2010 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:23 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Prof. K Gopinath from Indian Institute of Science and Sunil Abraham from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a lecture on the technical aspects of UID on 20 October 2010 at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
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Stiff Resistance Dogs India's ID Plan: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:59 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
An article about the UID project by Indrajit Basu in Asia Times Online.
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September 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.
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