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New Delhi Expands Curbs on Web Content: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 24, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
India on Thursday broadened recent efforts to regulate the Internet with moves to block Twitter accounts of some prominent journalists and content from mainstream news organizations, sparking a backlash across social media in the country.
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New Editors: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:12 AM
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New Editors Statistics: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:19 AM
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New Indian Rules May Make Online Censorship Easier: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 07, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:57 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Draft rules proposed by the Indian government for intermediaries such as telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and blogging sites could in effect aid censorship, according to experts. The article by John Ribeiro was published in Yahoo News on March 7, 2011.
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New Internet rule: 'Objectionable' content can be removed without notifying users: by Prasad Krishna — published May 11, 2011
In the age of internet-fuelled information explosion, the government's new rule allowing telecom companies and blogging sites, among others, to remove "objectionable" content from the web without informing users is a violation of the right to freedom of speech, say netizens and cyber law experts. This article was published in dailybhaskar.com on May 11, 2011.
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New internet rules open to arbitrary interpretation: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 27, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 04:58 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Six years after an e-commerce CEO's arrest for a pornographic CD sold from his website, the government has introduced a liability on intermediaries such as Facebook and Google to "act within 36 hours" of receiving information about offensive content. This article by Manoj Mitta & Javed Anwer was published in the Times of India on April 27, 2011.
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New Kids on the Blog: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 17, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Across the world, the blogosphere is shrinking. But that might not be a bad thing. Look closer, self-indulgence has found newer platforms, and only the fittest and the smartest blogs have survived. This article was published by the Indian Express on February 6, 2011. Indian Express reporter spoke with Nishant Shah.
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New law to unlock data economy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 12, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Proposal has been sent to PMO for approval.
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New privacy Bill more refined & has wider ambit, say experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 03, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
But creates wide exceptions for government agencies.
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New Project to Assess Potential of Creating Open Government Data Initiatives in Chile, Ghana and Turkey: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 13, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:44 AM — filed under: Openness
Steve Bratt, CEO of the World Wide Web Foundation (founded in 2009 by Tim Berners-Lee) has made an announcement on moving forward with a project to assess the potential of creating open government data initiatives in Chile, Ghana, and Turkey - the first step of what we hope to be a global initiative focusing on low- and middle-income countries.
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