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Yes, You Can Get Arrested for a Facebook Status Update Now: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
A 21-year-old Indian woman thought Mumbai shouldn't have been shutdown for the funeral of an Islamophobic leader. Broadcasting such opinions on Facebook was apparently grounds for arrest.
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Yesha: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 15, 2019 04:46 PM
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Yogesh: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 07, 2012 03:53 PM
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Yogyakarta Meeting on Open Culture and Critical Making: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 12, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 08:57 AM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
Sharath Chandra Ram will be part of the ASIA LABS theme panel and will also be doing community FOSS/FOSH workshops at the Maker events at the event organized by HONF Foundation, Catec, and r0g from June 12 to 15, 2014.
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Yojana: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 05, 2014 01:04 AM
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You Are Here: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 15, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Geo-tagging applications are creating new and impromptu communities of true.
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You can still get into trouble for online posts: Digital law experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 30, 2015 — last modified Apr 02, 2015 01:44 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
The internet in India is freer now, but individuals could still to get into trouble for online posts, say digital media and law experts. Hailing the Supreme Court judgment on Tuesday as a landmark verdict for free speech in India, experts who have closely read the judgment say there is much to be careful about too.
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You Too Can Write on Wikipedia! — Training workshop: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 04, 2013 — last modified Dec 06, 2013 07:55 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation and National Institute of Tourims and Hospitality Management is organizing a two-days training workshop (December 5-6, 2013) in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
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You will need a license to create a WhatsApp group in Kashmir: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 21, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship, WhatsApp
The internet rights activists have criticised the move stating it as unconstitutional.
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Young Scholar Tutorials: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 09, 2013 — last modified Sep 30, 2013 11:21 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Communication Policy Research South organised this workshop on September 3 and 4, 2013. Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the event organised by CPR South.
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