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Internet Freedom At Home: Governments, Companies Need Accountability, Speakers Say: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 28, 2012 — last modified Jun 28, 2012 05:27 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
The freedom to access the internet does not translate into freedom of expression in many countries of the world, including in western economies, according to speakers at a peer forum organised yesterday by the United States mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
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Internet Freedom in India – Open to Debate: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 25, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
In the aftermath of an Index on Censorship debate in New Delhi, Kirsty Hughes says India’s web users are standing at a crossroads
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Internet Rights and Wrongs: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 22, 2016 — 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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Internet Shutdown Stories: by Ambika Tandon — published May 17, 2018 — last modified Sep 03, 2019 09:57 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has published a collection of stories of the impact of internet shutdowns on people's lives in the country. This book seeks to give a glimpse into the lives of those directly affected by these internet shutdown experiments. When seen in a larger context, we hope that the stories in this book also demonstrate that access to the internet and freedom of speech is not just about an individual’s rights, but are also required for the collective good. This is a project funded by Facebook and MacArthur Foundation, and the stories were provided by 101 Reporters. Case studies from the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, and Uttar Pradesh have been highlighted in this compilation.
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Internet users flay Mumbai girls' arrest over Facebook post: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The arrest of two girls over their Facebook post on shutdown in Mumbai for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Monday again opened a can of worms with netizens calling the move a "social media hijack by the powerful and the fundamentalists". Social media was abuzz with tweets and posts about the arrest, with most referring to the arrest as yet another move to curb freedom of speech on the Internet.
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Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as Dailymotion and Vimeo, reportedly over concerns that they are being misused by Islamic State jihadists.
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Interview with Pranesh Prakash: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship, Information Technology
Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society talks to Mint’s Surabhi Agarwal about the controversial Section 66A of the IT Act and the government’s decision to tweak it.
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Investigating TLS blocking in India: by Simone Basso, Gurshabad Grover and Kushagra Singh — published Jul 09, 2020 — last modified Jul 09, 2020 01:23 AM — filed under: Protocols, Internet Governance, Censorship
A study into Transport Layer Security (TLS)-based blocking by three popular Indian ISPs: ACT Fibernet, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio.
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 14, 2011 — last modified Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM — filed under: IT Act, Google, Access to Knowledge, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Featured, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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Is freedom of expression under threat in digital age?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2013 — last modified Jan 17, 2013 06:16 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
With social networking site Facebook boasting of 1 billion members globally and micro-blogging site Twitter claiming millions, opinion was divided on whether the freedom of expression was under threat in the digital age.
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