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India High Court: No Takedown Requests On Social Sites Without Court, Gov't Order
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 25, 2015
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last modified
Apr 03, 2015 06:18 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
Indian police will no longer be able to threaten Internet users and online intermediaries with jail merely on the basis of a complaint that they have posted “offensive” posts online.
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News & Media
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India internet: clean-up or censorship?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
Is India going the way of China? Not when it comes to development indicators. Or enhanced infrastructure. Or economic power. But in another category at which Beijing excels: web censorship.
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News & Media
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India launches crackdown on online porn
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 05, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India has launched a crackdown on internet pornography, banning access to more than 800 adult websites, including Playboy and Pornhub.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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India limits social media after civil unrest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2012
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last modified
Sep 04, 2012 11:59 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Indian officials have gone too far in limiting text messages and pressuring local Internet firms as well as Twitter and others to block accounts, critics say.
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News & Media
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India may not be guilty of opposing UN move to save internet rights
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 09, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
India is a democratic country, but the standards for freedom of expression promised to us—online and offline—are highly questionable, especially with online content being censured and comedians being threatened to be arrested for sedition.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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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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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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India seeks a tighter grip on social media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India, with the world's third largest number of Facebook users, is clamping down on social media after recent posting of inflammatory videos on Web sites.
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News & Media
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India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
In India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online content
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by
Gurshabad Grover
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published
Jan 24, 2019
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last modified
Jan 24, 2019 04:59 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The lack of technical considerations in the proposal is also apparent since implementing the proposal is infeasible for certain intermediaries. End-to-end encrypted messaging services cannot “identify” unlawful content since they cannot decrypt it. Presumably, the government’s intention is not to disallow end-to-end encryption so that intermediaries can monitor content.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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India threatens action against Twitter for ethnic violence 'rumors'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India threatened to take action on Thursday against Twitter over content alleged to have inflamed ethnic tensions, as leaked documents revealed the government scrambling to censor online material.
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