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                                      Post and be Damned
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Nov 19, 2012
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                      Your careless comments online could put you in jail, thanks to Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Kavitha Shanmugam examines a law that some critics say is vague and unconstitutional Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      IETF103
                                    
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                                              Admin
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Nov 16, 2018
                                            
                                            
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                                      Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) organized the IETF103 in Bangkok from November 3 to November 9, 2018. Gurshabad Grover attended the event. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi v. Facebook and Ors (Order dated December 20, 2011)
                                    
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Feb 20, 2012
                                            
                                            
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                                            Court Case,
                                          
                                          
                                            Obscenity,
                                          
                                          
                                            Freedom of Speech and Expression,
                                          
                                          
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                                      This is the order passed on December 20, 2011 by Addl. Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar of the Rohini Courts, New Delhi.  All errors of spelling, syntax, logic, and law are present in the original. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Proxies and VPNs: Why govt can't ban porn websites?
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Aug 03, 2015
                                            
                                            
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                                      The government's move to block more than 800 pornographic websites has led experts to question whether this latest attempt to police the internet is even feasible.
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                                      Ban on pornography temporary, says government
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Aug 05, 2015
                                            
                                            
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                                      The government has taken a dramatic U-turn from its stated position on internet pornography. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      The freedom of expression debate: The State must mend fences with The Web
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Dec 18, 2012
                                            
                                            
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                                      A fortnight after her arrest, Renu Srinivasan spends her free time singing Ashley Tisdale's number Suddenly. The lyrics - Suddenly people know my name, suddenly, everything has changed - resonate with the story of her life ever since she 'liked' and 'shared' her friend, Shaheen Dhada's, 21, controversial post regarding Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral on Facebook on November 18 and got arrested for it. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Censorship makes India fall two places on global internet freedom chart 
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Sep 27, 2012
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                            Social media,
                                          
                                          
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                                      A recently released global report on the internet freedom rated India 39th in 2012, a slip from two places last year. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      India blocks more than 250 Web sites for inciting hate, panic
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Aug 22, 2012
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                      Nearly 80 people have been killed and 400,000 displaced in fighting between Muslims and India’s Hindu Bodo tribespeople in Assam, a northeastern state of India, in recent weeks. The violence has prompted many northeasterners living in major cities to flee, fearing reprisals. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition) Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Aug 22, 2012
                                            
                                            
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                                      Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websites Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websites
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Gurshabad Grover and Kushagra Singh
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Nov 07, 2019
                                            
                                            
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                                      Reliance Jio, the most popular ISP in India, is employing a deep packet inspection technique to block websites for its users. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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