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Is the govt caught in the 'censorship' web?: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 04, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 06:54 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
NDTV aired a one-hour debate on censorship in "We the People" episode hosted by Barkha Dutt on August 26, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in the discussions as a speaker.
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Need a standard strategy to deal with Web issues: Chandrasekhar: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has been facing allegations of Internet censorship for over a year now.
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Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 04:06 AM — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has passed the blame buck on social media and blocked hundreds of websites, which it claims, hosted hate speech and inflammatory content, enough to incite violence. But is it feasible to pre-screen objectionable or provocative content, and reject it before posting so that there is no chance of such rumours?
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On social media, Modi goes soft: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance
“Truth stands on its own; it doesn’t need a prop.” Is this Mahatma Gandhi? No, it’s Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. Gujarat’s elections are near, but in the arena of social media, Modi has already won. From over a million subscribers on Twitter to a Facebook page flooded with “likes”, Modi’s net is cast wide.
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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM — filed under: IT Act, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, YouTube, Social media, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Social Networking
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if the government's heart is in the right place. Further, he points out that now is the time to take action on the draconian IT Rules which are before the Parliament.
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open video summit: by Radha Rao — last modified Nov 19, 2009 07:04 AM — filed under: Social media
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Pitroda seeks to put govt information in public domain: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Social media
In the first-ever Indian government press conference on Twitter, Sam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on public information infrastructure and innovations, championed the cause of putting government information in the public domain to usher in openness and empowerment.
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Political war on the web: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Twitter is not only the ‘people’s voice’. It is also a forum for orchestrated propaganda.Kunal Majumder tracks the BJP-Congress online duel.
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Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Initiatives: A Report: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jun 24, 2009 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:28 PM — filed under: Social media, Digital Activism, Digital Access, Public Accountability, Discussion, Featured, Transparency, Politics
Zainab Bawa reports on the Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies for Public Initiatives, hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, on 17 June 2009, in collaboration with the Liberty Institute, New Delhi.
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Some ISPs block Wordpress domain across India: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 26, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance, Censorship
Latest reports confirm that Tata Photon has blocked access to the Wordpress.com domain across India, following a government order to block web pages containing offensive content.
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