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Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi v. Facebook and Ors (Order dated December 20, 2011)
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Pranesh Prakash
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Feb 20, 2012
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last modified
Feb 20, 2012 06:02 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Court Case,
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Censorship,
Resources
This is the order passed on December 20, 2011 by Addl. Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar of the Rohini Courts, New Delhi. All errors of spelling, syntax, logic, and law are present in the original.
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Resources
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New intermediary guidelines: The good and the bad
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by
Torsha Sarkar
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published
Feb 26, 2021
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last modified
Mar 15, 2021 01:52 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Intermediary Liability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Artificial Intelligence
In pursuance of the government releasing the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, this blogpost offers a quick rundown of some of the changes brought about the Rules, and how they line up with existing principles of best practices in content moderation, among others.
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NHA Data Sharing Guidelines – Yet Another Policy in the Absence of a Data Protection Act
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Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Sep 29, 2022
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
In July this year, the National Health Authority (NHA) released the NHA Data Sharing Guidelines for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) just two months after publishing the draft Health Data Management Policy.
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No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 09, 2013
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last modified
Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Public Accountability
The Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
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Noose tightens on freedom of speech on the Internet
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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last modified
Mar 27, 2015 01:01 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
A worrying trend has emerged in the last few years, where intermediaries around the world are being used as chokepoints to restrict freedom of expression online, and to hold users accountable for content.
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News & Media
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Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2012
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last modified
Sep 04, 2012 04:06 AM
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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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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM
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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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Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 15, 2014
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last modified
Dec 19, 2014 09:01 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Court Case,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intermediary Liability,
Constitutional Law,
Censorship,
Section 66A,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
There are currently ten cases before the Supreme Court challenging various provisions of the Information Technology Act, the rules made under that, and other laws, that are being heard jointly. Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who's arguing Anoop M.K. v. Union of India has put together this chart that helps you track what's being challenged in each case.
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Parliament panel blasts govt over ambiguous internet laws
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 28, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation has come out with a report in which it has lambasted the government and asked it to make changes to IT rules that govern internet-related cases in India.
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Place for a safety net
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 13, 2016
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
Vinupriya took her life last week, humiliated by the morphed images of her naked body posted on a social media site. Experts warn that the spike in Internet traffic brings with it an increase in online sexual crimes. Measures must be taken urgently to save lives, they tell T.V. Jayan.
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