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"ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಜೊತೆ ಜೊತೆಗೆ...": by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
ನಾನು ಏನಾದರು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದುಕೊಂಡರೆ ಸಾಲದು, ಬನ್ನಿ, ಕಾರ್ಯೋನ್ಮುಖರಾಗಿ...
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India: obscene pics of gods require massive human censorship of Google, Facebook: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
It's hardly the sort of Internet policy statement one hopes to hear from judges in major democracies. "Like China, we can block all such websites [who don't comply]," Justice Suresh Cait told Facebook and Google lawyers in India yesterday. "But let us not go to that situation."
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POV: Should user-generated content be monitored?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 19, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
After being in the dock for carrying 'objectionable' content, Google and Facebook, along with15 other websites, are fighting for what they call internet freedom. Wikipedia went dark to protest the Web Piracy Bill being introduced in the US. afaqs! speaks to industry experts to find out if a move to monitor content can backfire.
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Alok: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 19, 2012 12:37 PM
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Open access to government data on the cards: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2012 — filed under: Open Data, Open Content, Open Access, Openness
The way has been cleared for public access to the data collected by Union government ministries and departments, with official approval being accorded to the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). T Ramachandran's article was published in the Hindu on March 25, 2012. Pranesh Prakash is quoted in it.
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Zeenab: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 16, 2017 01:43 PM
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Cordon tightens: Rajya Sabha nod to harsh IT rules: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
The draconian intermediaries rules of the Information Technology Act that allows the government to aggressively police the internet and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will continue for some more time as a motion to annul them in the Rajya Sabha was defeated by the treasury benches on Thursday.
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Vimeo Ban: More Web Censorship: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
When Indian users logged on to Vimeo and some other video-sharing websites Thursday morning, they were greeted by a rather unusual message: "Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders."
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Kapil Sibal & Co shoot down motion to kill IT Rules: cite terrorism, drugs: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 24, 2012 09:45 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 (The Rules) continue to breathe after the statutory motion to annul them moved by member of parliament (MP) from Kerala P Rajeeve was defeated by voice vote in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
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