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Expect anti-net censorship echo in house: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — 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: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — 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: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 05, 2015 — last modified Sep 13, 2015 09:00 AM — 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?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2015 — last modified Sep 20, 2015 06:30 AM — 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: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 13, 2013 — 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?: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 13, 2013 — 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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Freedom of Expression Gagged: by Chinmayi Arun — published Feb 18, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The use of law to bully people into silence, called ‘heckler’s veto’, is not unique to India, writes Chinmayi Arun in this op-ed published in Business Line on February 15, 2013.
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Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: country perspectives: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 23, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
This blog post is fourth in a series of eight blog posts to report on the “Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression” recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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The Future of the Internet, Who Should Govern It and What is at Stake for You?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 28, 2014 — last modified Feb 12, 2014 11:12 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Event, Internet Governance
Internet and Mobile Association of India, Cellular Operators Association of India, Internet Democracy project, Media for Change, SFLC and the Centre for Internet Society is organizing a Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on the future of internet on January 29, 2014 at Multipurpose Hall, India International Center (IIC).
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Kashmir’s information vacuum: by Aayush Rathi and Akriti Bopanna — published Aug 29, 2019 — last modified Sep 02, 2019 04:34 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Legislative backing is being appropriated to normalise communication shutdowns.
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