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                                      Computer Related Offences
                                    
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Jun 07, 2013
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      If any person, dishonestly or fraudulently, does any act referred to in section 43, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees or with both. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Cybercrime and Privacy 
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Aug 31, 2010
                                            
                                            
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                                                last modified
                                              
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Elonnai Hickok examines privacy in the context of India’s legal provisions on cybercrime. She picks up the relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act as amended in 2008 dealing with cyber crimes and provides a fair analysis of the pros and cons of the amended Act.   Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Debate on Section 66A rages on 
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Dec 10, 2012
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Public Accountability
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Last week, a reputed BPO in Chennai took down its Facebook page and introduced stricter moderation for posts on its bulletin board.  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Dec 31, 2014
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      On December 17, 2014, the Dept. of Telecommunications blocked 32 URLs (as it was ordered to do so by the by Dept. of Electronics & IT — specifically the Designated Officer under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under the Information Technology (Procedures and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009), those being:
01) https://justpaste.it/
02) http://hastebin.com
03) http://codepad.org
04) http://pastie.org
05) https://pasteeorg
06) http://paste2.org
07) http://slexy.org
08) http://paste4btc.com/
09) http://0bin.net
10) http://www.heypasteit.com
11) http://sourceforge.net/projects/phorkie
12) http://atnsoft.com/textpaster
13) https://archive.org
14) http://www.hpage.com
15) http://www.ipage.com/
16) http://www.webs.com/
17) http://www.weebly.com/
18) http://www.000webhost.com/
19) https://www.freehosting.com
20) https://vimeo.com/
21) http://www.dailymotion.com/
22) http://pastebin.com
23) https://gist.github.com
24) http://www.ipaste.eu
25) https://thesnippetapp.com
26) https://snipt.net
27) http://tny.ct (Tinypaste) 
28) https://github.com (gist-it) 
29) http://snipplr.com/
30) http://termbin.com
31) http://www.snippetsource.net
32) https://cryptbin.com Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, compressed version) Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, compressed version)
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Dec 31, 2014
                                            
                                            
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                                                last modified
                                              
                                              Dec 31, 2014 02:48 PM
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            Freedom of Speech and Expression,
                                          
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      On December 17, 2014, the Dept. of Telecommunications blocked 32 URLs (as it was ordered to do so by the by Dept. of Electronics & IT — specifically the Designated Officer under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under the Information Technology (Procedures and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009), those being:
01) https://justpaste.it/
02) http://hastebin.com
03) http://codepad.org
04) http://pastie.org
05) https://pasteeorg
06) http://paste2.org
07) http://slexy.org
08) http://paste4btc.com/
09) http://0bin.net
10) http://www.heypasteit.com
11) http://sourceforge.net/projects/phorkie
12) http://atnsoft.com/textpaster
13) https://archive.org
14) http://www.hpage.com
15) http://www.ipage.com/
16) http://www.webs.com/
17) http://www.weebly.com/
18) http://www.000webhost.com/
19) https://www.freehosting.com
20) https://vimeo.com/
21) http://www.dailymotion.com/
22) http://pastebin.com
23) https://gist.github.com
24) http://www.ipaste.eu
25) https://thesnippetapp.com
26) https://snipt.net
27) http://tny.ct (Tinypaste) 
28) https://github.com (gist-it) 
29) http://snipplr.com/
30) http://termbin.com
31) http://www.snippetsource.net
32) https://cryptbin.com Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, plaintext version) Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, plaintext version)
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Dec 31, 2014
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            Freedom of Speech and Expression,
                                          
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                          
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                                      Despite SC order, thousands booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Sep 07, 2016
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      College student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Details emerge on government blockade of websites
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Aug 28, 2012
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Social media,
                                          
                                          
                                            Freedom of Speech and Expression,
                                          
                                          
                                            Public Accountability,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Facebook pages, Twitter handles among 300 unique web addresses blocked by ISPs. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      DIT's Response to RTI on Website Blocking
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Apr 07, 2011
                                            
                                            
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                                                last modified
                                              
                                              Aug 02, 2011 07:13 AM
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Featured,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      For the first time in India, we have a list of websites that are blocked by order of the Indian government.  This data was received from the Department of Information Technology in response to an RTI that CIS filed.  Pranesh Prakash of CIS analyzes the implications of these blocks, as well as the shortcomings of the DIT's response. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Do IT Rules 2011 indirectly leads to Censorship of Internet
                                    
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                                        by
                                            
                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              May 31, 2012
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            IT Act,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Video,
                                          
                                          
                                            Intermediary Liability,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Pranesh Prakash along with Dr. Arvind Gupta, National Convener, BJP IT Cell and Ms.
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC participated in a panel discussion on censorship of the Internet on May 8, 2012. 
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