WikiConference India 2016/Submissions/Changing Laws and Regulations in India: How will Wikimedia movement be impacted?

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Title of the submission

Changing Laws and Regulations in India: How will the Wikimedia movement be impacted?

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Type of presentation

Panel discussion

Abstract (in about 300 words)

The recent #netneutrality debate and the upcoming Geospatial Information Regulation Bill indicate the the climate for Digital India is changing. How will the Wikimedia movement and the community be impacted? What can we expect and how can we counter these changes? What will be the role and stand of Wikimedia Foundation? This panel discussion will engage the participants with a Q & A session at the end.

Result

Accepted

Interested attendees and comments[edit]

Abhinav619 (talk) 10:15, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Worth checking the Datameet group comments before attending http://datameet.org/2016/06/02/our-comments-on-the-geospatial-information-regulation-bill-2016/ Shyamal (talk) 17:39, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It might be interesting to invite wikimedians who are associated with orgs like SFLC, CIS, IFF , Data Meet or Internet Democracy to be a part of this discussion Chinmayisk (talk) 18:54, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]