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Free Basics: Negating net parity: by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 03, 2016 — filed under: Free Basics, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
Researchers funded by Facebook were apparently told by 92 per cent of Indians they surveyed from large cities, with Internet connection and college degree, that the Internet “is a human right and that Free Basics can help bring Internet to all of India.” What a strange way to frame the question given that the Internet is not a human right in most jurisdictions.
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Free expression: by Prasad Krishna — published May 02, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 08:48 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Free speech and spirited public debate will be the casualties of new rules issued by India restricting Internet content. This news was published in Watertown Daily Times on May 2, 2011.
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Free Net advocates flay Trai's public Wi-Fi paper: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Stakeholders vouching for a cheap and open Internet have flagged concerns over privacy and regulatory hurdles.
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Free Speech Online in India under Attack?: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 17, 2011 — last modified Mar 02, 2012 03:03 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Lecture, Event Type
When the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal suggested pre-censorship for a range of popular online platforms and social networking sites, the suggestion was met by a barrage of criticism, which soon forced him to back down. Yet Sibal’s suggestion is not the only threat to free speech on the Internet in India today. Legislation such as the Intermediary Due Diligence Rules and Cyber Café Rules (also jointly known as the IT Rules) issued in April 2011 is equally dangerous for free speech online.
Located in Internet Governance
Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation: by Bhairav Acharya — published Jul 13, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 10:12 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
This note summarises my panel contribution to the conference on Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age at New Delhi on 21 April 2015, which was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Internet Policy Observatory of the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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Freedom debate takes a new course: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2012 — last modified Jul 22, 2012 04:34 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The focus is now on the dubious roles played by private entities on what goes online, says Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on July 1, 2012.
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Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy Laws: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 21, 2013 — filed under: Central Monitoring System, Internet Governance, Privacy
More surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Freedom of Expression Gagged: by Chinmayi Arun — published Feb 18, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The use of law to bully people into silence, called ‘heckler’s veto’, is not unique to India, writes Chinmayi Arun in this op-ed published in Business Line on February 15, 2013.
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Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age: by Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday — published Jul 14, 2015 — last modified Jul 15, 2015 02:42 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi.
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Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age: Effective Research, Policy Formation & the Development of Regulatory Frameworks in South Asia: by Jyoti Panday — published Apr 11, 2015 — last modified Apr 12, 2015 03:53 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Event, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society cordially invites you to a panel discussion on Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age. The event organized by Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Observer Research Foundation and the Centre for Internet and Society will be held at Observer Research Foundation on April 21, 2015 from 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
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