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Isha: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 01, 2022 01:27 AM
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Debate: Online content row-1: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 07, 2011 11:06 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists Chandan Mitra, Editor-in-Chief, 'The Pioneer' & MP, BJP; Sabeer Bhatia, Co-founder, Hotmail; Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society; Ankit Fadia, Ethical Hacker; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner Counselage; Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, Cyber Media and Rajesh Charia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India discuss the issue if the Government should make clear definition of what is objectionable to internet/social media companies and draw a clear distinction between communally incitable material and political censorship.
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Govt wants to scrub the Internet clean: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2011 — 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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Facebook, Google tell India they won’t screen for derogatory content: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 07, 2011 05:25 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
In the world’s largest democracy, the government wants Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google to screen and remove offensive content about religious figures and political leaders as soon as they learn about it. But those companies now say they can’t help.
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.
Interns: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 20, 2011
Located in About Us / People
Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical storm: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 07, 2017 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
The city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal information through Aadhaar. But in their own backyard, Bengaluru police have been publishing on Twitter the phone numbers of thousands of citizens reporting various crimes such as gambling on the streets, random quarrels and harassment of women.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on Twitter: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 07, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Bengaluru police made the biggest goof up of all time by releasing private information of people who called 100 to complain since April 2015 and was seemingly unapologetic about the breach of privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Pune Editathon: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 10, 2017 04:00 PM
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Mobile Accessibility Practices: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 11, 2017
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