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No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 09, 2013
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last modified
Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Public Accountability
The Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
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Govt likely to issue guidelines to clarify IT rules soon
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 20, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
Norms relate to the role of intermediaries such as telcos, Web service providers, others on hosting content online, writes Surabhi Agarwal.
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Hacktivists deface BSNL website
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 14, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Censorship
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website, www.bsnl.co.in, was hacked and defaced on Thursday afternoon.
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66A ‘cut & paste job’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 11, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
The controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has borrowed words out of context from British and American laws, according to lawyers here who are calling it a “poor cut-and-paste job”.
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Debate on Section 66A rages on
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 10, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Public Accountability
Last week, a reputed BPO in Chennai took down its Facebook page and introduced stricter moderation for posts on its bulletin board.
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Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000: Cases
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Dec 03, 2012
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last modified
Dec 06, 2012 09:20 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Information Technology
In this blog post Snehashish Ghosh summarizes the facts of a few cases where Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000, has been mentioned or discussed.
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List of Chairman and Members of CRAC
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Dec 02, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Information Technology
Notification on the constitution of the "Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee"
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The real Sibal’s law: Resisting Section 66A is futile
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Dec 03, 2012 05:16 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
The Information Technology Act is “substantially the same” as laws instituted in other democracies like UK and the United States. What’s more, the language that is employed in various sections is exactly the same. Thus was the thrust of Kapil Sibal’s defense of Section 66A on NDTV last night.
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The flaw in cyber law
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Nov 30, 2012 09:06 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Internet Governance
Legal experts and netizens want the controversial clause in the IT Act to be scrapped after two Mumbai girls were arrested for a post on Facebook.
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Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 25, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 09:51 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Homepage
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held by lawyers and legal academics to be unconstitutional. In this post Pranesh Prakash explores why that section is unconstitutional, how it came to be, the state of the law elsewhere, and how we can move forward.
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