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India Blocks News Website Pages for 'Spreading Fear' over Assam Violence: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Access to more than 300 internet web pages including some published by Telegraph, Times of India and Al-Jazeera blocked.
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India Can Restrict 'Objectionable' Web Content under New Rules: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 27, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 09:48 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Internet sites and service providers in India now have the authority to order the quick deletion of offensive online content – in a move that is causing great concern among free speech proponents. This article by Ed Silverstein was featured in TMCnet Legal on April 27, 2011.
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India Chills Online Speech: by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2011 — last modified May 05, 2011 03:19 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
While most governments try to control online freedom of speech in a somewhat restrictive manner, either as a collaborator or as a regulator, rarely do they formulate a law to curb online speech. Rarer still does a government provide sweeping powers to intermediaries like an ISP and administrators of Internet sites to control content based on a long list of criteria. This news was published in 'digital communities' on May 3, 2011.
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India Cracks Down on Internet Free Speech: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 09:57 AM
Government officials quietly released new rules restricting content on the Internet. The country is now getting backlash from free speech advocates protesting the new regulations, according to media reports. This article by Erin Harrison was published by TechZone360.com on April 28, 2011.
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India curbs on Bloggers and Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 29, 2011 — last modified May 13, 2011 11:59 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Information Technology Rules 2011 (due diligence observed by intermediaries guidelines) by the Indian government could lead to online censorship, feel human rights activists. This article by Ayyappa Prasad was published in TruthDrive on April 29, 2011.
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India debates limits to freedom of expression: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
From Google to Facebook, from world-famous author Salman Rushdie to a little-known political cartoonist, it has become increasingly easy in recent months to offend the Indian government, and to incur the wrath of the censor or even the threat of legal action.
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India Debates Misuse of Social Media: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:13 PM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
India has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to flee Indian cities. The crackdown has sparked a debate about how the country will cope with misuse of social media.
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India Dismisses Charges of Internet Censorship: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 26, 2012 — last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:29 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary.
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India encryption policy draft faces backlash: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The department of information technology is facing a backlash from industry experts, Internet watchers and netizens on its draft of the National Encryption Policy that it recently made public.
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India entering the Minority Report age?: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 10, 2011 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.

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