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SC seeks govt reply on PIL challenging powers of IT Act: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 04:45 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
Section 66A of the IT Act punishes sending offensive messages through communication services, including posts on social media websites like Facebook.
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Section 43 of the Information Technology Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 07, 2013 — last modified Jun 07, 2013 10:37 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
Given below is the text of section 43 of the IT Act:
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Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000: Cases: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Dec 03, 2012 — last modified Dec 06, 2012 09:20 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Information Technology
In this blog post Snehashish Ghosh summarizes the facts of a few cases where Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000, has been mentioned or discussed.
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SECTION 66A: DELETE: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 30, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
The Supreme Court has killed a law that allowed the Government to control social media. What’s the Net worth of freedom hereafter?
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Section 66F of the Information Technology Act, 2000: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Nov 22, 2012 — last modified Dec 02, 2012 09:39 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
Section 66F: Punishment for cyber terrorism.
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Shreya Singhal and 66A: by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 11, 2015 — last modified Apr 19, 2015 08:09 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Most software code has dependencies. Simple and reproducible methods exist for mapping and understanding the impact of these dependencies. Legal code also has dependencies --across court orders and within a single court order. And since court orders are not produced using a structured mark-up language, experts are required to understand the precedential value of a court order.
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Stats from 2014 reveal horror of scrapped section 66A of IT Act: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 20, 2015 — last modified Sep 26, 2015 07:28 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Section 66A
An average of six netizens were arrested every day in 2014 for posting offensive content online under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, a draconian and much abused law no longer in use.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 26, 2012 — last modified Apr 03, 2012 09:35 AM — filed under: IT Act, Parliament, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Rajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
The Case of Whatsapp Group Admins: by Japreet Grewal — published Nov 26, 2015 — last modified Dec 08, 2015 10:25 AM — filed under: IT Act, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
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The flaw in cyber law: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Nov 30, 2012 09:06 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Internet Governance
Legal experts and netizens want the controversial clause in the IT Act to be scrapped after two Mumbai girls were arrested for a post on Facebook.
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