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WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2016 02:35 AM
On August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
Right to Food Campaign, Ranchi Convention, 2016 — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:40 AM
The Right to Food Campaign held its 2016 Convention in Ranchi during September 23-25, 2016. While three years have elapsed since the passage of the National Food Security Act, despite improvements in the Public Distribution System (PDS), large implementation gaps remain. This is what the Convention focused on, and gathered researchers and campaigners from across the country to share experiences and case studies on effectiveness and exclusions from the PDS. Sumandro Chattapadhyay took part in a session of the Convention to discuss how UID-linked welfare delivery is being rolled out across key programmes like provision of pension and rationed distribution of essential commodities, and their impact on people's right to welfare services.
When the war’s on WhatsApp — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2016 04:36 PM
Slick, jingoistic videos are whipping up pro-war rhetoric on social media after the Uri terror attack.
Fuel Gilt Conference 2016 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2016 03:27 AM
Fuel Gilt Conference 2016 was organized by the Fuel Project is being held in New Delhi on September 24 and 25, 2016. This is the fourth conference in series. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation at this event.
Mobile Apps Are Excluding Millions Of Indians Who Want To Use Them — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Sep 24, 2016 04:01 PM
If someone were to ask you how many apps you use in a day, you might need to stop and count. You use apps to book cabs, to order groceries, make payments online, buy diapers, connect with friends... the list goes on. In fact apps, are becoming so intrinsic to daily life that without one handy you may have to think twice about how to complete a transaction.
Delhi High Court’s Ruling Against Publishers is a Triumph For Knowledge — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Sep 26, 2016 03:07 PM
The court conclusively stated that the reproduction of any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction would not constitute infringement.
Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Call for Sessions — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Dec 12, 2016 01:40 PM
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) will take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. It will be organised by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in partnership with the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B). It is a free and open conference. Sessions must be proposed by teams of two or more members on or before Friday, October 28. All submitted session proposals will go though an open review process, followed by each team that has proposed a session being invited to select ten sessions of their choice to be included in the Conference agenda. Final sessions will be chosen through these votes, and be announced on January 09, 2017.
How Green is the Internet? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — by Aishwarya Panicker — last modified Sep 23, 2016 05:02 AM
This essay by Aishwarya Panicker is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author draws attention to the fact that there is little data, debate, analysis, and examination of the environmental impact of the internet, which is true especially for India. She explores four central issue areas. First, as the third highest country in terms of internet use, what is the current environmental impact of internet usage in India? Second, are there any regulatory provisions that give prescriptive measures to data centres and providers? Third, do any global standards exist in this regard and finally, what future steps can be taken (by the government, civil society and individuals) to address this?
LITD 17 Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards Meeting — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 07, 2016 01:38 AM
Vanya Rakesh attended the LITD-17 committee meeting (committee on Information Systems Security and Biometrics) organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 23 September 2016 in Bengaluru.
To embed a tweet or not? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 23, 2016 01:08 AM
Experts say it would amount to copyright infringement if the fair use clause is exploited.
Young Scholars' Programme, CPRSouth 2016 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 23, 2016 01:03 AM
Rohini Lakshané took part in the Young Scholars' Programme organized by Communication Policy Research South from September 6 to 7, 2016 in Zanzibar.
First Working Group Meeting on "An Internet Free and Secure" — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 23, 2016 12:38 AM
Vidushi Marda attended a face-to-face meeting organized by the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) on September 7, 2016 in Strasbourg. The FOC has three working groups (WG), and Vidushi is part of the first WG - An Internet Free and Secure.
Internet Rights and Wrongs — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 22, 2016 11:36 PM
With a rise in PIL's for unwarranted censorship, do we need to step back and inspect if it's about time unreasonable trends are checked?
The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big Data — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 22, 2016 11:24 PM
A study tour on privacy and big data was organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from September 3 to 10, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg. Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia who went for the tour.
Law and Economy Policy Conference 2016 (LEPC - 2016) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 22, 2016 01:48 AM
The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in collaboration with the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) is organising India’s first “Law Economics Policy Conference (LEPC-2016)”. The aim is to bring together legal, economic and policy thinkers to consider policy issues in a holistic manner.
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' after 8 Years on Incubator — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 22, 2016 01:33 AM
Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language.
“Made in India” Innovation Policy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 22, 2016 01:15 AM
In this post they emphasize upon the need for data-driven IP policy making in India.
Is India Prepared for a Cyber Attack? Suckfly And Other Past Responses Say No — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 22, 2016 12:57 AM
From mandatory disclosures to improving CERT-IN’s functioning and transparency, there is much to be done in the event of future cyber attacks.
Who Owns Your Phone? — by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 18, 2016 04:18 PM
The capacity of companies to defy standards that work tells an alarming story of what we lose when we lose control of our devices.
Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 3.) — by Ting-Yi Chang — last modified Sep 22, 2016 07:54 AM
Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries in Wikipedia gender gap narrowing on both local (India) and global scales.
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