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Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
In response to criticisms of the Centralized Monitoring System, India’s new surveillance program, the government could contend that merely having the capability to engage in mass surveillance won’t mean that it will. Officials will argue that they will still abide by the law and will ensure that each instance of interception will be authorized.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Fake News, Rumors & Online Content Regulation: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2017 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Medianama and Mint organized #NAMApolicy open house on 'Fake News, Rumors & Online Content Regulation' on February 22, 2017 at the India Habitat Centre. Japreet Grewal and Amber Sinha attended the event.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Other Than Women: Exploring Harassment and Difference Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2017 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
A satellite session at RightsCon in Brussels is being organized by the Tactical Technology Collective on March 28, 2017. Rohini Lakshané is a speaker at this event.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Vinay Rai v. Facebook India and Ors. | Summons Order: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 15, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2012 07:53 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Court Case
This is Judge Sudesh Kumar's summons order (dated December 23, 2011) by which he notes there is enough prima facie evidence to proceed with trial against the intermediaries named and their senior officials. In the order he notes that, "It seems that instead of regulating the undesirable and offensive content they have promoted the same for increasing the profits and promoting their business. They have closed their eyes and promoted obscene derogatory defamatory and inflammatory material continuously on their network. It appears from a bare perusal of the documents that prima facie the accused in connivance with each other and other unknown persons are selling, publicly exhibiting and have put into circulation obscene, lascivious content which also appeals to the prurient interests and tends to deprave and corrupt the persons who are likely to read, see or hear the same."
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
Kashmir: Telecom firms struggle to block 22 banned social media sites: by Prasad Krishna — published May 04, 2017 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
A BSNL official says engineers are still working on shutting down the 22 social media sites but so far had been unable to do so without freezing the Internet across Kashmir.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Digital native: Free speech? You must be joking!: by Nishant Shah — published May 14, 2017 — last modified Jun 08, 2017 01:16 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Researchers at Work, Digital India
India’s digital landscape is dotted with vigilante voices that drown out people’s right to free speech.
Located in RAW
Blocking Twitter: How Internet Service Providers & telcos were caught between tweets and tall egos: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Long derided as 'dumb pipes' to the Web, Internet service providers (ISPs) are discovering these days that insult is being increasingly followed up by injury.
Located in News & Media
Twitter handles: How and why govt erred and what it can do to be smarter & more effective: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 26, 2012 — last modified Sep 07, 2012 09:22 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Here's a weekend reading recommendation for the mandarins who run the Government of India: it's a freely downloadable, a 145-page long document called "After the Riots". It is a report by the Riot Communities and Victims Panel, set up by the British prime minister to study reasons for the cause, spread and the damage wreaked by the riots that occurred in towns and cities in England in early August 2011.
Located in News & Media
Some ISPs block Wordpress domain across India: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 26, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance, Censorship
Latest reports confirm that Tata Photon has blocked access to the Wordpress.com domain across India, following a government order to block web pages containing offensive content.
Located in News & Media
India Blocks News Website Pages for 'Spreading Fear' over Assam Violence: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Access to more than 300 internet web pages including some published by Telegraph, Times of India and Al-Jazeera blocked.
Located in News & Media

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