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In the Right Circle
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
I’ve been on Google Plus for a few weeks now. In the beginning, it felt like showing up early at a much-talked-up party. There was a small scatter of people, poking around, examining the place, making preliminary conversation with the few others they knew. Most of the talk was, unsurprisingly, about Google Plus.
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In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public Space
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by
Torsha Sarkar
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published
Dec 12, 2019
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
A discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
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Blog
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Incident Response Requirements in Indian Law
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Dec 28, 2016
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last modified
Dec 28, 2016 01:19 AM
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Cyber incidents have serious consequences for societies, nations, and those who are victimised by them. The theft, exploitation, exposure or otherwise damage of private, financial, or other sensitive personal or commercial data and cyber attacks that damage computer systems are capable of causing lasting harm.
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Blog
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Inde: la tentative de contrôler l'internet est "illégale"
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Des spécialistes de l'internet ont qualifié vendredi de "complètement illégale" la tentative du gouvernement indien de bloquer des messages et des vidéos soupçonnés d'avoir contribué à attiser de récentes tensions interethniques.
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Indecent Proposals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 19, 2011
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last modified
Feb 14, 2012 06:13 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
If Kapil Sibal’s attempts to police net content fructify, it may even lead to a reversal of some of the forward-looking provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. The new proposal, for instance, will reverse Section 79 which protects intermediaries (websites and carriers) from being prosecuted or made liable for any objectionable content published. Says Pranesh Prakash, programme manager, Centre for Internet and Society: “Unfortunately, what Sibal says turns this upside down as they would now be held responsible for e-content.” Sibal wants to monitor content prior to publication.
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India 'jihadi' web blocking causes anger
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 03, 2015
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filed under:
Social Media,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Press Freedoms
A government block on more than 30 high-profile websites has caused anger across India.
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India ‘tea parties’ enable politicians to woo urban youth with technology
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 27, 2014
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last modified
Mar 06, 2014 12:13 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Babalal Patel’s tiny tea stall in southern Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
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India arrests professor over political cartoon
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Sharing funny, satirical cartoons over the Internet can land you in court and even in jail these days in the world’s largest democracy. The article by Rama Lakshmi was published in Washington Post on April 13, 2012.
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India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 10, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook
India’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
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India Bans Mass SMS to Counter Panic
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Last year social networking was credited with helping to organize revolutions across the Middle East and with getting normally apathetic middle-class Indians onto the streets to protest corruption.
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