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A Feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians on HMTV
Based on the Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, HMTV (one of the leading Telugu News channels in Andhra Pradesh) has produced a half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians.
कैसे होती है इंटरनेट पर आपकी जासूसी
भारत में बैठे आप कब, कहां, क्या लिख रहे हैं, किससे फोन पर क्या बात कर रहे हैं, अमेरिका में बैठे अधिकारी सब देख-सुन रहे हैं. कभी सोचा है कि कैसे हो रहा है यह सब? क्या आपकी कंप्यूटर स्क्रीन उनके कंप्यूटर पर भी खुली है?
Pranesh Prakash on the US snooping into Indian cyber space
Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director, Center for Internet and Society, talks about the ramifications of US incursion into the privacy of Indians through cyber space. He says that Indian laws on privacy and free speech shall be applied to the web companies in India so that they actually not surrender the privacy of Indian citizens just because American law requires them to.
Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism
The 2013 Session will take place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from June 22 to July 2, 2013. Nishant Shah is participating as a speaker. The event is organized by WITS Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion on Suvarna News
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. This was telecast by Suvarna News 24x7 (Kannada) TV channel on June 13, 2013.
Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme on HMTV
Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. This was telecasted in HMTV on June 1, 2013.
Govt mulls advisory on privacy issues related to Google, Facebook
The Government is set to harden its stand against foreign Internet firms in asking them to comply with Indian laws.
Indien: Umfangreiche Überwachung von Onlineaktivitäten, Telefonanrufen und Textnachrichten
This blog post by Von Andrea Jonjic was published in a German website on June 10, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is quoted.
Facebook, Google deny spying access
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
Internet firms deny existence of PRISM
Nothing is private anymore. According to a leak in the US, which revealed the wide reach of a mass surveillance programme by intelligence agencies, messages, posts, chats on your computer or phone are all vulnerable to interception, thanks to direct access to servers of major tech companies.
Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications
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.
Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
‘Hacking’ sparks row over exam evaluation
Over the past two days, Cornell University student Debarghya Das’ blog post on ‘Hacking the Indian Education System’ has kicked off a debate across the country over the security of data published online and the practice of moderation of marks obtained by school students in board examinations.
Indian student in Cornell University hacks into ICSE, ISC database
A 20-year-old Indian student from Cornell University hacked into the database of ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) school exam results, exposed glaring anomalies in the marking system and went on to merrily write about his exploits in an online post.
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Coverage in Vijaya Karnataka)
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a workshop in Hasan on June 4, 2013. Vijaya Karnataka published a report of the workshop on June 5, 2013.
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Coverage in Samyukta Karnataka)
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a workshop in Hasan on June 4, 2013. Samyukta Karnataka published a report of the workshop on June 5, 2013.
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Coverage in Prajavani)
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a workshop in Hasan on June 4, 2013. Prajavani carried a report on June 5, 2013.
Shooting cyber cafes before they die
Working for an NGO, Christy Raj cans the history of city internet parlours through the eyes of a transgender.
The Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lectures
Chinmayi Arun was a speaker at the Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lectures on 'India's Politics of Free Expression' in the University of Oxford on May 31 2013, in the session on 'media and security'.
Online privacy should not come at the cost of security: Sunil Abraham
Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society’s executive director, on privacy laws and Internet penetration.
