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Indian mobiles go quiet amid SMS curbs: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2012 — last modified Aug 27, 2012 07:15 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
India’s 900m-plus mobile telephones have fallen unusually quiet since Saturday, when the government curbed text and multimedia messages for 15 days in an attempt to dispel panic among north-easterners fearing attacks from angry Muslims.
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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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Indian Netizens Criticize Online Censorship of ‘Jihadi’ Content: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 06, 2015 — last modified Feb 10, 2015 02:43 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
The article on online censorship by Subhashish Panigrahi was published in Global Voices on January 6, 2015.
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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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Indian Supreme Court Overturns Law Barring ‘Offensive Messages’ Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 25, 2015 — last modified Mar 25, 2015 04:18 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down legislation barring “offensive messages” online, saying it violated constitutional guarantees of free expression.
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Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression — Executive Summary: by Rishabh Dara — published Sep 14, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2016 11:54 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
This document provides a critique of “The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 and proposes an alternate set of Rules.
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011: by Rishabh Dara — published Apr 10, 2012 — last modified Apr 21, 2012 06:05 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions around the world have introduced legislations for limiting intermediary liability in order to ensure that this wheel does not stop spinning. With the 2008 amendment of the Information Technology Act 2000, India joined the bandwagon and established a ‘notice and takedown’ regime for limiting intermediary liability.
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet: by Rishabh Dara — published Apr 27, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:22 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched upon issues relating to freedom of expression. The results of the paper demonstrate that the ‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’ notified by the Government of India on April 11, 2011 have a chilling effect on free expression.
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Intermediary Liability Resources: by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 06:45 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Privacy
We bring you a list of intermediary resources as part of research on internet governance. This blog post will be updated on an ongoing basis.
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Internet Analysts Question India’s Efforts to Stem Panic: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 11:46 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Indian government’s efforts to stem a weeklong panic among some ethnic minorities has again put it at odds with Internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
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