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Reddit, Telegram among websites blocked in India, say internet groups — by Sai Sachin Ravikumar — last modified Apr 15, 2019 10:32 AM
Discussion board Reddit, messaging service Telegram and comedy site College Humor have been blocked for intermittent periods, say internet groups.
CIS-A2K proposal to Wikimedia Foundation for 2019-2020 — by Ananth — last modified Apr 15, 2019 08:05 AM
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has submitted its proposal form for the year 2019 - 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. CIS thanks all community members who gave valuable suggestions and inputs for drafting this proposal.
Programme Officer - Privacy — by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 15, 2019 06:53 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to undertake public policy research on privacy and related themes. For this position, we will hire one full time researcher, to be based in the Delhi office of CIS, for the duration of one year.
(re) conference — by Admin — last modified May 02, 2019 02:01 AM
From 10 to 12 April 2019, Aayush Rathi participated in a "reconference" a global conference designed to provoke conversations around the new possibilities and opportunities for feminist movements. It was held in Kathmandu, and was organised by CREA, a feminist human rights organisation based in New Delhi.
Data leaks could wreak havoc in India, so why aren’t they an issue this election? — by Aria Thaker — last modified Apr 12, 2019 01:40 AM
India’s government leaks data like a sieve, and it’s putting people at risk.
Policy Lab on Artificial Intelligence & Democracy — by Admin — last modified Apr 12, 2019 01:32 AM
Shweta Mohandas participated in a policy lab on Artificial Intelligence & Democracy in India organised by Tandem Research, in partnership with Microsoft Research and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on 2 & 3 April, 2019, in Bangalore.
Broadband India Forum: OTTs & TSPs Need to Work Together to Advance Digital India Goals — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 12, 2019 01:16 AM
Urgent need to further enhance the symbiotic relationship between OTTs & TSPs. TSPs need to be provided regulatory relief so that they operate in a win-win ecosystem. Licensing OTTs is not an option. Global investments by OTTs growing – was US$ 300 Billion between 2014-2017.
Cookies, not the monster you may think — by Sweta Akundi — last modified Apr 12, 2019 01:10 AM
Follow the crumbs to a better understanding of data protection and privacy.
BIF conference on “Substitutability of OTT Services with Telecom Services & Regulation of OTT Services — by Admin — last modified Apr 12, 2019 12:52 AM
Anubha Sinha was a panellist at a BIF conference on “Substitutability of OTT Services with Telecom Services & Regulation of OTT Services” organized by Broadband India Forum on April 5, 2019 at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mansingh Road, New Delhi.
Indic Wikisource speak: Info-farmer — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Apr 11, 2019 07:19 PM
Indic Wikisource movement needs more simplification of interface and also unification of existing interfaces. Let us develop new tools for wikisource. Give fund to developers like Shrinivasan. Understand the results of OCR4wikisource which is by self funded. - Info-farmer, Tamil Wiki-librarian share his experience and journey to Tamil wikisource.
Indic Wikisource speak : Ajit Kumar Tiwari — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Apr 17, 2019 08:07 PM
"Wikisource is going to be as important as Wikipedia because it addresses the issues of citations and references inherently. I will make it as my key pedagogical tool to educate my students and make them a part of this great movement." - Hindi Wiki-librarian Ajit Kumar Tiwari ( अजीत कुमार तिवारी ) share his experience about Hindi Wikisource which approved by Language committee of Wikimedia Foundation Inc , US for separate domain on February 2019.
CIS Response to Call for Stakeholder Comments: Draft E-Commerce Policy — by Arindrajit Basu, Vipul Kharbanda, Elonnai Hickok and Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 10, 2019 12:12 PM
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion comments to the ​draft National e-commerce policy.
Indic Wikisource Speak: Sushant Savla — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Apr 17, 2019 08:09 PM
Future is bright -- Sushant Savla (User:Sushant_savla) from Gujarati Wikisource community, share his experience & journey.
Indic Wikisource Speak: Dr. Hrishikes Sen — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Apr 26, 2019 06:42 AM
There are plenty of people engaged in digitising Bengali books. Plenty of pirated digitised books are available online. We need to tap into that catchment area. I think, if we can prepare high-grade pdf versions of our completed works and spread those to various online non-wiki reader communities, we are likely to get good contributors. -- User:Hrishikes from English and Bengali Wikisource community, share his journey.
Indic Wikisource Speak: Dr. Gitartha Bordoloi — by Jayanta Nath — last modified Apr 17, 2019 08:10 PM
"People are more aware of Wikipedia than Wikisource." - Gitartha Bordoloi from Assamese Wikisource community, share his experience with CIS-A2K team.
SVG Translation Workshop at KBC North Maharashtra University — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Apr 26, 2019 06:47 AM
The Centre for Internet & Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) wing organized an SVG translation workshop in collaboration with KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon on 14-15 March 2019. The workshop was a part of India level campaign. Total 58 participants attended the workshop and contributed to Commons till 31 March 2019.
Content Donation Sessions with Authors — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Apr 10, 2019 01:28 AM
CIS-A2K has adopted an integrated approach towards knowledge generation in Marathi language. With the involvement of various stakeholders in different programmes, CIS-A2K facilitated a comprehensive workshop for publishers, printers, designers and writers on 7 September 2018.
Wikimedia projects orientation session at Tata Trust's Vikas Anvesh Foundation — by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Apr 09, 2019 12:56 AM
Researchers in development sector produce a pool of training material and case studies. However, these do not trickle down to the society and many in the public domain are unaware of the same.
Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program/Report — by Gopala Krishna A — last modified May 01, 2019 05:04 AM
CIS-A2K team submitted Project Tiger final report.
DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund — by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Jul 09, 2019 03:51 PM
This DIDP was filed to inquire about the state of the funds ICANN received from the last gTLD auctions.
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