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Expect anti-net censorship echo in house
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For the anti-Internet censorship movement in the country, hope is now in sight. Their fight against the intermediary provisions (section 79) of the IT laws, according to which, an intermediary (website, domain owner) would have to take off content that a third party (or complainant) finds ‘objectionable,’ without any room for appeal, has now garnered the attention of the government itself. What is at stake is our fundamental rights, warns CPM Member of Parliament P Rajeeve, who was perhaps the first at the government level to realise that there was a gaping hole in the provision, and took up the matter in the Rajya Sabha.
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Campaign against curbs on websites gathers steam
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and his blogger-cum-journalist friend Alok Dixit, who both ran a website against corruption, a tryst with the blind side of law triggered their mission against “gagging” of the new-age Indian Internet user.
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Indian Porn Ban is Partially Lifted But Sites Remain Blocked
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 05, 2015
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last modified
Sep 13, 2015 09:00 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
The Indian government made a quick about-face on its order to block hundreds of pornography websites on Tuesday, partially lifting the ban after political backlash against the moral policing.
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India partially lifts Porn Ban?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 07, 2015
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last modified
Sep 20, 2015 06:30 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India is said to have partially removed the porn ban. But many internet service providers have refused to restore access, due to a 'vague' government order.
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Indian net service providers too play censorship tricks
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The study by a Canadian university has found that some major Indian ISPs have deployed web-censorship and filtering technology.
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Hate speech: ban or ignore?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Social Network discusses the hate speeches: whether they should be banned or ignored. Why does the state take action against some and not against some others. This on a day when Togadia and Owaisi were simultaneously trending on the social media.
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Internet Rights and Wrongs
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 22, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
With a rise in PIL's for unwarranted censorship, do we need to step back and inspect if it's about time unreasonable trends are checked?
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Blog
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Twitter users find several accounts suspended for unknown reasons
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 02, 2014
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last modified
Dec 07, 2014 01:27 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Twitter users woke up on Saturday to find several accounts suspended for unknown reasons, triggering conspiracy theories that only the accounts of right-wing supporters had been targeted.
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Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 15, 2014
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last modified
Dec 19, 2014 09:01 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Court Case,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intermediary Liability,
Constitutional Law,
Censorship,
Section 66A,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
There are currently ten cases before the Supreme Court challenging various provisions of the Information Technology Act, the rules made under that, and other laws, that are being heard jointly. Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who's arguing Anoop M.K. v. Union of India has put together this chart that helps you track what's being challenged in each case.
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NGOs, individuals urge state CMs to curb Internet shutdown
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 07, 2017
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Freedom,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Amid rising instances of Internet curbs, a group of individuals and organisations have urged the chief ministers of 12 states to only restrict specific online content rather than resort to complete shutdown.
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