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Arrests over Facebook posts: Why we’re on a dangerous slide: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The most bizarre thing about the arrest of Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan on Monday over a Facebook post that questioned the wisdom of a bandh to mark Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray‘s death is that no laws were actually violated by the post.
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The Last Word: Is there a need to review Information Technology Act?: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2012 — last modified Nov 21, 2012 12:10 PM — filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
Does the high-handed arrest of two young girls mean it's time to review and revise the IT Act?
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25 Indians to watch: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
From a political scion and an attacking batsman to a crusading web entrepreneur and a ‘Potato Prince’, these are India’s rising stars.
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Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 28, 2012 — last modified Nov 30, 2012 06:33 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an offence can attract a prison sentence of as many as three years.
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Seminar/Artist Talks : "Outresourcing" with the Transmediale Collective: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 03, 2012 — last modified Dec 12, 2012 07:06 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Sharath Chandra Ram is presenting a White Paper at this event initiated by the Berlin - Transmediale new media collective in Bangalore on December 3, 2012.
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Response to RTI on Decisions of the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 09, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology responded to a right to information (RTI) application filed by Saket Bisani on behalf of the Centre for Internet & Society on July 13, 2012 through notification No. 14(110)/2012-ESD, dated October 3, 2010.
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Technology Culture and Events in South East Asia — A Presentation by Preetam Rai: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 04, 2012 — last modified Dec 19, 2012 12:25 PM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
Preetam Rai who works with nonprofits, startups and educational institutions will do a small presentation cum discussion at the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore on December 18, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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Comments on the Proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 Concerning Radio Frequency Identification Tags: by Bhairav Acharya — published Dec 03, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 03:32 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments on the proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The comments were made in response to Notification GSR 738(E) published in the Gazette of India on October 3, 2012.
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Privacy in the Social Networked World: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 18, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 04:19 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Asian Privacy Scholars Network 2nd International Conference was hosted by the Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, on behalf of the Asian Privacy Scholars Network, November 19 - 20, 2012. Elonnai Hickok is speaking at the event.
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CIS joins the the Global Commission on Internet Governance Research Advisory Network: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 03, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 05:20 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the Research Advisory Committee for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
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