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Net advocacy body probing linkages between telcos and Facebook’s auto-play video option: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 29, 2015 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India’s leading internet advocacy body, which has often been critical of Facebook’s Internet.org — now called Free Basics — initiative, has said that it is looking into the possibility of Facebook helping telecom companies through its auto-play video option.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India arrests professor over political cartoon: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — 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.
Located in News & Media
MPs to be taught ‘draconian’ IT Act Rules as India.net support galvanises for annul motion: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Public Accountability
The blog post by Prachi Shrivastava was published in Legally India on April 23, 2012.
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Views | Why the Left may for once be right: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
On the opening day of the upcoming parliamentary session on Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha is set to vote on an annulment motion against the IT rules, moved by P. Rajeeve of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet: by Rishabh Dara — published Apr 27, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:22 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched upon issues relating to freedom of expression. The results of the paper demonstrate that the ‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’ notified by the Government of India on April 11, 2011 have a chilling effect on free expression.
Located in Internet Governance
Workshop on Media Law & Policy Curriculum Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2014 — last modified Feb 17, 2014 10:25 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi and University of Oxford in support with the International Higher Education-Knowledge Economy Partnerships Programme of the British Council is organizing this workshop on February 16 at National Law University in Delhi.
Located in News & Media
The Forbes India 30 Under 30 List: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 21, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance
Showcasing an enterprising new generation that dreams big and refuses to say die.
Located in News & Media
January 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 07:09 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcomes you to the first issue of its newsletter (January) for the year 2014:
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CoWIN Breach: What Makes India's Health Data an Easy Target for Bad Actors?: by Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
Recent health data policies have failed to even mention the CoWIN platform.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked URLs by Department of Telecommunications (IIPM Edition): by Snehashish Ghosh — published Feb 16, 2013 — last modified Feb 17, 2013 07:35 AM — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Censorship, Homepage
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in its order dated February 14, 2013 has issued directions to the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block seventy eight URLs. The block order has been issued as a result of a court order. Snehashish Ghosh does a preliminary analysis of the list of websites blocked as per the DoT order.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog

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