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Women Arrested in Mumbai for Complaining on Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 21, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For over 30 hours following the death of the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray on Saturday, stores throughout Mumbai closed their shutters and taxis and autorickshaws stayed off the streets.
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Girls arrested for Facebook post on Thackeray get bail
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Nov 30, 2012 05:18 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Two girls who were arrested for making a Facebook comment protesting the closure of shops in the wake of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray‘s death, have been released on bail bonds of Rs 15,000 each.
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India's Shame: World Reacts to FB Post Arrest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 21, 2012
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last modified
Nov 30, 2012 05:51 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The arrest of 21 year old Shaheen Dhada for posting anti-Bal Thackeray comments has not only outraged Indians. The story has been picked up and reported across international media as well. Though they may not be aware of the complexities of Indian politics, the fact that young girls were arrested for an FB post has got them questioning the dwindling tolerance for the freedom of speech in India.
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Thousands go online against 66A
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Information Technology
An online petition aimed at amending section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act and re-examining internet laws has garnered 3,000 signatures since it began on Tuesday — two days before Kapil Sibal, telecom and IT minister, chairs a meeting with the cyber regulation advisory committee.
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Section 66F of the Information Technology Act, 2000
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 22, 2012
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last modified
Dec 02, 2012 09:39 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
Section 66F: Punishment for cyber terrorism.
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Resources
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The real Sibal’s law: Resisting Section 66A is futile
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Dec 03, 2012 05:16 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
The Information Technology Act is “substantially the same” as laws instituted in other democracies like UK and the United States. What’s more, the language that is employed in various sections is exactly the same. Thus was the thrust of Kapil Sibal’s defense of Section 66A on NDTV last night.
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DIDP #34 On granular detail on ICANN's budget for policy development process
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Jul 06, 2019
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filed under:
ICANN,
DIDP,
Internet Governance
ICANN has Advisory Committees which help guide the policy recommendations that the ICANN community develops while its Supporting Organizations are charged with developing policy recommendations for a particular aspect of ICANN's operations. Supporting Organizations are composed of volunteers from the community. ICANN publishes a combined budget for all these bodies under the head of policy development and CIS inquired about the financial resources allocated to each of them specifically.
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Blog
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'
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by
Admin
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published
Jun 14, 2019
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last modified
Jul 06, 2019 01:30 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
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Fragmenting Cybersecurity Norms through the Language(s) of Subalternity: India in the East and the Global Community
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by
Admin
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published
Jun 06, 2019
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last modified
Jul 06, 2019 03:01 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the article by Riccardo Vecellio Segate published in Columbia Journal of Asian Law.
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No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS report
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by
Shilpa S. Ranipeta
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published
Jun 10, 2019
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last modified
Jul 08, 2019 02:34 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
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