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India's section 66A scrapped: Win for free speech: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
India's Supreme Court court has struck down a law that made posting "offensive" comments on the internet a crime punishable by a jail term of up to three years. But, for the free speech campaigners, there is more work to do, writes technology writer Prasanto K Roy.
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India's Shame: World Reacts to FB Post Arrest: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2012 — last modified Nov 30, 2012 05:51 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
The arrest of 21 year old Shaheen Dhada for posting anti-Bal Thackeray comments has not only outraged Indians. The story has been picked up and reported across international media as well. Though they may not be aware of the complexities of Indian politics, the fact that young girls were arrested for an FB post has got them questioning the dwindling tolerance for the freedom of speech in India.
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India's social media "spring" masks forgotten protests: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 01, 2011 — last modified Sep 01, 2011 06:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Irom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world's longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India's digital divide.
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India's social media crackdown reveals clumsy govt machinery: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
"High-handed" and "reckless" are some of the words used in the media to describe the government's online crackdown.
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India's social media election battle: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 03, 2014 09:37 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Ahead of the general elections, political parties in India are attempting to woo voters on social media for the first time.
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India's Statement at ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, 2014: by Geetha Hariharan — published Nov 04, 2014 — filed under: ITU, Internet Governance
India's Draft Resolution at the ITU Plenipot, which we have previously blogged about, was not passed following discussions at the Ad Hoc Working Group on Internet-related Resolutions. Subsequently, India made a statement at the Working Group of the Plenary, emphasizing the importance of the issues and welcoming further discussions. The statement was delivered by Mr. Ram Narain, DDG-IR, Department of Telecommunications and Head of India's Delegation at PP-14. The full text of the statement is provided below.
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India's Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 31, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance
This is the statement made by India at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in which its proposal for the UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy was presented.
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India's struggle for online freedom: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 18, 2012 — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
"65 years since your independence," a new battle for freedom is under way in India — according to a YouTube video uploaded by an Indian member of Anonymous, the global "hacktivist" movement.
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India's Supreme Court Axes Online Censorship Law, But Challenges Remain: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 27, 2015 — last modified Mar 27, 2015 02:38 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
The Supreme Court of India took a remarkable step to protect free expression on March 24, 2015, striking down controversial section 66A of the IT Act that criminalized “grossly offensive” content online. In response to a public interest litigation filed by Indian law student Shreya Singhal, the court made this landmark judgement calling the section “vague”, “broad” and “unconstitutional”. Since Tuesday's announcement, the news has trended nationally on Twitter, with more than 50,000 tweets bearing the hashtags #Sec66A and #66A.
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India's Tech Policy Entrepreneurs: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 08, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
The people who influence India's evolving technology policy.
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