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The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part II
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by
Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah
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published
Oct 08, 2015
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Access,
69A,
Section 144,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. The State governments have relied on Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 to institute such bans. Despite a legal challenge, the Gujarat High Court found no infirmity in this exercise of power in a recent order. We argue that it is Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000, and the Website Blocking Rules, which set out the legal provision and procedure empowering the State to block access to the Internet (if at all it is necessary), and not Section 144, CrPC.
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DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Apr 29, 2015
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last modified
Apr 30, 2015 07:37 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
RTI,
Intermediary Liability,
Accountability,
Featured,
69A,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Transparency,
Homepage,
Blocking
Across India on 30 December 2014, following an order issued by the Department of Telecom (DOT), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocked 32 websites including Vimeo, Dailymotion, GitHub and Pastebin.
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Notes From a Foreign Field: The European Court of Human Rights on Russia’s Website Blocking
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by
Gurshabad Grover
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Feb 13, 2021 08:42 AM
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filed under:
Content takedown,
69A,
Constitutional Law
This blogpost summarises the human rights principles applied by the Court to website blocking, and discusses how they can be instructive to petitions in the Delhi High Court that challenge arbitrary censorship in India.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part I
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by
Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah
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published
Oct 08, 2015
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last modified
Oct 08, 2015 11:18 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Access,
69A,
Section 144,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. The State governments have relied on Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 to institute such bans. Despite a legal challenge, the Gujarat High Court found no infirmity in this exercise of power in a recent order. We argue that it is Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000, and the Website Blocking Rules, which set out the legal provision and procedure empowering the State to block access to the Internet (if at all it is necessary), and not Section 144, CrPC.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Governing Speech on the Internet: From the Free Marketplace Policy to a Controlled 'Public Sphere'
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by
Smarika Kumar
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published
Aug 28, 2015
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last modified
Aug 28, 2015 05:57 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Judiciary,
RAW Blog,
69A,
Censorship,
Section 66A,
Researchers at Work
This post by Smarika Kumar is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Smarika is a consultant with Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. She is interested in issues concerning law and technology. In this essay, Smarika explores how through the use of policy and regulation, the private marketplace of the internet is sought to be reined in and reconciled to the public sphere, which is mostly represented through legislations governing the internet.
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RAW
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List of Blocked 'Escort Service' Websites
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 15, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
69A,
Blocking,
Censorship
Here is the full list of URLs that Indian ISPs were asked to block on Monday, June 13, 2016.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
