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Censoring the Internet: A brief manual: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 24, 2012 — filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Blocking websites on the Internet should be proportionate to harm they intend. However, the government of India's approach is against the principles of natural justice.
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Censorship — A Death Knell for Freedom of Expression Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2011 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
On December 8, 2011, NDTV aired an interesting discussion on internet censorship. Shashi Tharoor, Soli Sorabjee, Shekhar Kapoor, Ken Ghosh and Sunil Abraham participated in this discussion with NDTV's Sonia Singh.
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CENSORSHIP 2020: The Future of Free Speech Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 25, 2012 — last modified Jun 28, 2012 10:01 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The DC Chapter of the Internet Society, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, invite you to an informal discussion on CENSORSHIP 2020: The Future of Free Speech Online on Monday, June 25, 2012.
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Censorship and sensibility in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2013 — last modified Mar 06, 2013 04:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
The past few weeks in India have seen films, an all-girl rock band, a fashion show, a Booker prize-winning novelist and a reputed academic become targets of harassment, legal action or threats of violence.
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Censorship makes India fall two places on global internet freedom chart: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
A recently released global report on the internet freedom rated India 39th in 2012, a slip from two places last year.
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Central Monitoring System to make government privy to phone calls, text messages and social media conversations: by Prasad Krishna — published May 09, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 09:17 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The government last month quietly began rolling out a project that gives it access to everything that happens over India's telecommunications network—online activities, phone calls, text messages and even social media conversations. Called the Central Monitoring System, it will be the single window from where government arms such as the National Investigation Agency or the tax authorities will be able to monitor every byte of communication.
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Centre blocks 32 websites for security reasons, restores some later: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2015 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Centre on Wednesday asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to block 32 websites citing national security concerns, especially from terror group ISIS.
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Centre brings in new safeguards following cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 06, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre has put in new safeguards following a number of cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites. All ministries are being asked to encrypt all Aadhaar data and personal financial details. Also, officials are being "sensitised" about legal consequences of data breach. And every government department is to now have one official responsible for Aadhaar data protection.
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Centre draws red lines for Whatsapp over fake news, says must comply with Indian laws: by Admin — published Aug 27, 2018 — filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance
In a meeting with WhatsApp’s CEO Chris Daniels, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India put forward several demands, including that the company must have a grievance officer in India and have proper compliance of Indian laws.
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Centre for Internet and Society joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility: by Jyoti Panday — published Sep 23, 2014 — last modified Oct 07, 2014 10:54 AM — filed under: Human Rights, Privacy, Internet Governance Forum, Data Protection, Terms of Service, Internet Governance, Platform Responsibility, Intermediary Liability
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the multistakeholder cooperative engagement amidst stakeholders towards creating Due Diligence Recommendations for online platforms and Model Contractual Provisions to be enshrined in ToS. This blog provides a brief background of the role of dynamic coalitions within the IGF structure, establishes the need for the coalition and provides an update on the action plan and next steps for interested stakeholders.
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