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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.
Located in Internet Governance
Intermediary liability law needs updating: by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 13, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
The time has come for India to exert its foreign policy muscle. There is a less charitable name for intermediary liability regimes like Sec 79 of the IT Act — private censorship regimes.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Webinar on counter-comments to the draft Intermediary Guidelines: by Admin — published Feb 22, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
CCAOI and the ISOC Delhi Chapter organised a webinar on February 11 to discuss the comments submitted to the Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018, and counter-comments that were due by February 14.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights: by Jyoti Panday — published Jul 02, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:31 AM — filed under: Social Media, Consumer Rights, Google, internet and society, Privacy, Transparency and Accountability, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Facebook, Data Protection, Policies, Safety
This year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities of providers of platforms for user-created content with regard to consumer rights.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Minimising Legal Risks of Online Intermediaries while Protecting User Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 29, 2014 — last modified Jul 29, 2014 07:50 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Event, Intermediary Liability
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in partnership with Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC.in) is organizing a workshop during the APrIGF event to be held at Crown Plaza, Greater Noida on August 5, 2014, 3.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Jyoti Panday will be a panelist.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Constitutional Analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules, 2011: by Ujwala Uppaluri — published Jul 16, 2012 — last modified Oct 31, 2012 08:44 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
Ujwala Uppaluri provides a constitutional analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules notified in April 2011, and examines its compatibility with Articles 14, 19, 21 of the Constitution of India.
Located in Internet Governance
Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015: by Jyoti Panday — published Nov 23, 2015 — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Big Data, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Internet Governance Forum, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Cyber Security, Digital Governance, Anonymity, Civil Society, Blocking
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That): by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 24, 2012 — last modified Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM — filed under: Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
A Deep Dive into Content Takedown Timeframes: by Torsha Sarkar — published Dec 03, 2019 — last modified Jun 26, 2020 11:59 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
Since the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web-hosting providers, social-media platforms and search engines provide key services which propel social, economic and political development. However, these developments are also offset by instances of users engaging with the platforms in an unlawful manner. The scale and openness of the internet makes regulating such behaviour challenging, and in turn pose several interrelated policy questions.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
To regulate Net intermediaries or not is the question: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 26, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Given the disruption to public order caused by the mass exodus of North-Eastern Indians from several cities, the government has had for the first time in many years, a legitimate case to crackdown on Internet intermediaries and their users.
Located in Internet Governance

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