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                                      Corporate push to Modi’s Rs.4.5-billion digital dream
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Rs. 4.5-billion digital dream seems to find favour with the corporate world, which calls it a “very progressive step” and “massive tech push”.
                                      
                                          
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                                      'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTube
                                     
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This post by Ipsita Sengupta is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. In this essay, she explores the responses to various renditions of songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore available on YouTube and the questions they raise regarding online listening cultures and ideas of authorship of music. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      India blocks access to 857 porn sites
                                    
 
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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India has blocked free access to 857 porn sites in what it says is a move to prevent children from accessing them. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      Porn ban: People will soon learn to circumvent ISPs and govt orders, expert says
                                    
 
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      Porn block in India sparks outrage
                                    
 
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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India’s government has triggered a storm of protest after blocking 857 alleged pornography websites, with privacy and internet freedom campaigners, as well as consumers, condemning the move as arbitrary and unlawful.
                                      
                                          
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                                      UN Special Rapporteur Report on Freedom of Expression and the Private Sector: A Significant Step Forward
                                     
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                                              Vidushi Marda
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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On 6 June 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, released a report on the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) sector and freedom of expression in the digital age. Vidushi Marda and Pranesh Prakash highlight the most important aspects of the report.
                                      
                                          
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                                      How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?
                                     
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                                              Sumandro Chattapadhyay
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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How are Indian newspapers adapting to the transition to digital news production, distribution, and consumption? How are they changing their journalistic work, their newsroom organisations, and their distribution strategies as digital media become more important? These are the questions we are pursuing in a joint pilot project with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
                                      
                                          
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