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Govt proposal to muzzle bloggers sparks outcry
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 11, 2011
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last modified
Apr 01, 2011 03:46 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
A government proposal seeking to police blogs has come in for severe criticism from legal experts and outraged the online community. The draft rules, drawn up by the government under the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008, deal with due diligence to be observed by an intermediary. This article was published in the Times of India on March 10, 2011.
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Govt releases white paper on data protection framework
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 28, 2017
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Internet Governance
Public comments are welcome till 31 December on the data protection white paper, which is aimed at securing digital transactions and addressing privacy issues.
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Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worried
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Oct 17, 2016
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The government will keep for seven years a record of all the services and benefits availed using the Aadhaar number, say new rules, prompting fears that the database could be used for surveillance.
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Govt tweaks enforcement of IT Act after spate of arrests
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Information Technology
The government on Thursday tweaked the law to make it tougher for citizens to be arrested for online comments that are deemed offensive after recent arrests came in for heavy criticism by Internet activists, the media and other groups.
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Govt vs Tweeple: Has clampdown hit free speech?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2012
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Has the Government crossed the line by ordering the blocking of several Twitter accounts, many belonging to prominent journalists? The debate was featured in NDTV on August 23, 2012.
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
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Govt wants to scrub the Internet clean
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Web advocacy groups, experts say govt’s move to evolve content guidelines amounts to censorship. This article by Surabhi Agarwal & Leslie D’monte was published in Livemint on 7 December 2011. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in this article.
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Govt warns Facebook of stringent legal action if found misusing data
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 25, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance
IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says that under the IT Act, Facebook’s chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, can be summoned to India if required.
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Govt websites face major outage; hacking ruled out
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by
Admin
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published
Apr 07, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Defence Minister orders probe.
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Govt websites to get new addresses
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2012
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last modified
Jun 11, 2012 03:27 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The government today said by December all its websites would switch over to IPv6 — the next generation Web standard that enables the creation of trillions of new Internet addresses and provides higher levels of security.
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