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Comments on the draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 08, 2011 — last modified Aug 24, 2011 06:32 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Open Data, Submissions, Openness
A draft of the 'National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy', which some hope will be the open data policy of India, was made available for public comments in early May. This is what the Centre for Internet and Society submitted.
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Open Government Data in India (v2): by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 19, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:25 AM — filed under: Call for Comments, Open Data, Featured, Openness, e-governance
The first draft of the second version of the Open Government Data Report is now online. Nisha Thompson worked on updating the first version of the report. This updated version of the report on open government data in India includes additional case studies as well as a potential policy (National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy) that would create a central government data portal. The report was distributed for peer review and public feedback.
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How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That): by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 24, 2012 — last modified Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM — filed under: Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Counter-proposal by the Centre for Internet and Society: Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Due Diligence and Information Removal) Rules, 2012: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 14, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2016 11:56 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Any restriction on freedom of speech should embody and be guided by the following principles, as identified by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.
Located in Internet Governance
WGIG+8: Stock-Taking, Mapping, and Going Forward: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 31, 2013 — last modified Apr 04, 2013 06:49 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
On February 27, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society conducted a workshop on the Working Group on Internet Governance report, titled "WGIG+8: Stock-Taking, Mapping, and Going Forward" at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) + 10 meeting at Fontenoy Building, conference room # 7, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris from 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
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Tweets with "IGF2013": by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 21, 2013 — last modified Oct 28, 2013 06:37 AM
Tweets with "IGF2013".
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Jan 02, 2013 03:42 AM — filed under: IPC, IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Featured, Facebook, Censorship
Two girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
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Section 66A of the Information Technology Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Nov 25, 2012 01:34 PM
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Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 27, 2011 — last modified Dec 02, 2011 09:26 AM — filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Censorship
In this blog post, Pranesh Prakash briefly analyses the DIT's response to an RTI request on website blocking alongside the most recent edition of Google's Transparency Report, and what it tells us about the online censorship regime in India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Why Data Localisation Might Lead To Unchecked Surveillance: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 16, 2018 — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
In recent times, there has been a rash of policies and regulations that propose that the data that Indian entities handle be physically stored on servers in India, in some cases exclusively. In other cases, only a copy needs to be stored.
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