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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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Internet Governance
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India's Techies Angered Over Internet Censorship Plan
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 22, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
India has the world's largest democracy, and one of the most rambunctious. Millions of its young people are cutting edge when it comes to high-tech. Yet the country is still very conservative by Western standards, and a government minister recently said that offensive material on the web should be removed.
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News & Media
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The Historian Wins Over the Biographer
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 31, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
In Walter Isaacson's eponymous biography of Steve Jobs, the multibillion dollar man who is credited with single handedly changing the face of computing and the digital media industry, we face the dilemma of a biographer: how do you make sense of a history that is so new, it is still unfolding? Nishant Shah's detailed review of Steve Jobs' biography is now out in the Biblio and is is available online (after a free registration) as a PDF.
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Internet Governance
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Click to Change
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 03, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
From organising political protests and flash mobs to uploading their versions of Kolaveri Di, people brought about change with the help of the internet, writes Nishant Shah in this article published in the Indian Express on 1 January 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Trail of the Trolls
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 04, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Bullying and abuse on the Internet is on the rise. Smitha Verma finds out why most offenders are going scot-free in this article published in the Telegraph on 4 January 2012.
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News & Media
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Karthikeyan R v Union of India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 18, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
The court refused to direct the government to take proactive steps to curb access to Internet pornography stating that such matters require case-by-case analysis to be constitutionally valid under Article 19(1)(a) (Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression).
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Resources
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Constitution of Group of Experts to Deliberate on Privacy Issues
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 04, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
It has been decided to constitute a Small Group of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to identify the privacy issues and prepare a paper to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. The constitution of the proposed group and ToR are as follows:
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News & Media
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Facebook, Google face censorship in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 09, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Religious leaders in India are on a collision course with social media websites including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Two Indian courts recently asked these American companies as well as 19 other websites to take down “anti-religious” material. They are now required to report their compliance by February. Betwa Sharma's blog post was published in SmartPlanet on 5 January 2012. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in it extensively.
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News & Media
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NGO questions people's privacy in UID scheme
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 12, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Taking a leaf out of the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee on finance (SCF) that raised objections on the National Identification Authority of India Bill 2010, Delhi-based NGOs have called upon the Jharkhand government to stay the execution of UID projects in the state. Jaideep Deogharia's article was published in the Times of India on 11 January 2012.
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News & Media
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Keeping it Private
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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last modified
Jan 27, 2012 03:50 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As we disclose more information online, we must ask who might access it and why. This article by Nishant Shah was published in the Indian Express on Sunday, 15 January 2012.
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