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"All Indian Enterprises should Be Very Worried": Centre for Internet and Society: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Feb 28, 2013 09:21 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The DoT’s CERT team has successfully censored more than 70 URLs that didn’t particularly contain praises of IIPM. Amusingly, a URL containing a public notice issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in July 2012 was also blocked.
Located in News & Media
66A ‘cut & paste job’: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 11, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has borrowed words out of context from British and American laws, according to lawyers here who are calling it a “poor cut-and-paste job”.
Located in News & Media
66A DEAD. LONG LIVE 66A!: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2015 — last modified Apr 01, 2015 02:11 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Last Tuesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo walked into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office. India's most compulsive and most-followed tweeter, Modi, as Gujarat chief minister, had protested when the Manmohan Singh government blocked the micro-blogging site of a few journalists. Modi had blacked out his own Twitter profile and tweeted: “May God give good sense to everyone.”
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
A Review of the Functioning of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal and Adjudicatory Officers under the IT Act: by Divij Joshi — published Jun 16, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 05:43 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Privacy
Tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies are a regular feature of the Indian judicial system, as they provide for easier and less onerous methods for dispute resolution, especially disputes which relate to technical areas and often require technical knowledge and familiarity with specialised factual scenarios.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2016 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Information Technology, Copyright
India puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition): by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 22, 2012 — last modified Sep 06, 2012 11:52 AM — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Censorship
Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism and Rioting Edition) Part II: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Sep 27, 2012 10:42 AM — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Social Networking
Snehashish Ghosh does a further analysis of the leaked list of the websites blocked by the Indian Government from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 (“leaked list”).
Located in Internet Governance
Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Jan 02, 2013 03:42 AM — filed under: IPC, IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Featured, Facebook, Censorship
Two girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
At the end of the niche optical pirate: by Siddharth Chadha — published Oct 29, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — filed under: IT Act, Consumer Rights, Piracy, Intellectual Property Rights, internet and society
In this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Big Brother is Watching You: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 01, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:32 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The government is massively expanding its surveillance power over law-abiding citizens and businesses, says Sunil Abraham in this article published by the Deccan Herald on June 1, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog

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