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Govt proposal to muzzle bloggers sparks outcry
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 11, 2011
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last modified
Apr 01, 2011 03:46 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
A government proposal seeking to police blogs has come in for severe criticism from legal experts and outraged the online community. The draft rules, drawn up by the government under the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008, deal with due diligence to be observed by an intermediary. This article was published in the Times of India on March 10, 2011.
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Govt set to gain ‘back-door’ access to corporate email
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2012
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filed under:
Telecom
The government is just a step away from gaining access to RIM’s widely used BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, writes Shauvik Ghosh in an article published in LiveMint on 14 February 2012.
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Govt should take a relaxed view of 'violations' of flag code in products sold in foreign countries: Experts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 19, 2017
When it comes to products on sale in global ecommerce vendor sites that seem to violate India’s strict flag code, the government should take a more relaxed and less punitive approach.
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Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worried
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 17, 2016
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The government will keep for seven years a record of all the services and benefits availed using the Aadhaar number, say new rules, prompting fears that the database could be used for surveillance.
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Jun 25, 2012 05:17 AM
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Govt tweaks enforcement of IT Act after spate of arrests
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Information Technology
The government on Thursday tweaked the law to make it tougher for citizens to be arrested for online comments that are deemed offensive after recent arrests came in for heavy criticism by Internet activists, the media and other groups.
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Govt vs Tweeple: Has clampdown hit free speech?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2012
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Has the Government crossed the line by ordering the blocking of several Twitter accounts, many belonging to prominent journalists? The debate was featured in NDTV on August 23, 2012.
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
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Govt wants to scrub the Internet clean
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Web advocacy groups, experts say govt’s move to evolve content guidelines amounts to censorship. This article by Surabhi Agarwal & Leslie D’monte was published in Livemint on 7 December 2011. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in this article.
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Govt websites to get new addresses
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2012
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last modified
Jun 11, 2012 03:27 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The government today said by December all its websites would switch over to IPv6 — the next generation Web standard that enables the creation of trillions of new Internet addresses and provides higher levels of security.
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