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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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Internet Governance
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Citizen Activism the Past Decade
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by
Nilofar Ansher
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published
Jul 19, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:52 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
Call for Contributions to the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause?’ newsletter, ‘Citizen Activism the Past Decade’. Deadline: August 15, 2012.
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Digital Natives
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Intellectual Property Rights — Open Access for Researchers
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 19, 2015
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last modified
Mar 24, 2015 01:22 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Publications,
Access to Knowledge
In the year 2013, Nehaa Chaudhari had worked on a module on Intellectual Property Rights for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s Open Access Curriculum (Curriculum for Researchers) as part of a project for the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia. UNESCO published the module this year. Nehaa Chaudhari and Varun Baliga were among the Module preparation team. Nehaa Chaudhari was the writer for Units 1, 2 and 3: Understanding Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright and Alternative to a Strict Copyright Regime.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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No more 66A!
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Mar 24, 2015
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last modified
Mar 26, 2015 02:01 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Homepage,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Chilling Effect,
Section 66A,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A. Today was a great day for freedom of speech on the Internet! When Section 66A was in operation, if you made a statement that led to offence, you could be prosecuted. We are an offence-friendly nation, judging by media reports in the last year. It was a year of book-bans, website blocking and takedown requests. Facebook’s Transparency Report showed that next to the US, India made the most requests for information about user accounts. A complaint under Section 66A would be a ground for such requests.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in Asia and India – Section Outlines
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:40 AM
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filed under:
Internet Studies,
Research,
Featured,
Internet Histories,
Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet and Society has been invited to contribute two sections to the Asia Internet History - Third Decade (2001-2010) book edited by Dr. Kilnam Chon. The sections will discuss the activities and experiences of civil society organisations in Asia and India, respectively, in national, regional, and global Internet governance processes. The draft outlines of the sections are shared here. Comments and suggestions are invited.
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RAW
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Apr 15, 2015
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last modified
Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies,
DIPP,
RTI,
National IPR Policy,
Accountability,
Featured,
IPR Think Tank,
Homepage
In earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and CIS’ comments to the IPR Think Tank in response to the first draft of the Policy. Continuing our National IPR Policy Series, this article documents our requests to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP” / “the Department”) under the Right to Information (“RTI”) Act, 2005 and the responses of the Department.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Open Call for Comments: The Privacy Protection Bill 2013 drafted by the Centre for Internet and Society
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Feb 25, 2014
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society is announcing an Open Call for Comments to the CIS Privacy Protection Bill 2013.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 26, 2016
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last modified
Jul 26, 2016 09:23 AM
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filed under:
Open Government Data,
Open License,
Open Data,
NDSAP,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission by CIS. It was drafted by Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Openness
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Analysis of the Report of the Group of Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and Implications for India
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by
Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Jul 30, 2016
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last modified
Aug 11, 2016 09:58 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This paper analyses the report of the Group of Experts and and India’s compliance with its recommendations based on existing laws and policies. Given the global nature of these challenges and the need for nations to holistically address such challenges from a human rights and security perspective, CIS believes that the Group of Experts and similar international forums are useful and important forums for India to actively engage with.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 01, 2016
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last modified
Sep 01, 2016 05:49 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Policies,
Openness,
Homepage
Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016, and sought comments from various stakeholders in the state and outside. The draft policy not only aims to facilitate and provide a framework for proactive disclosure of data created by the state government agencies, but also identify the need for integrating such a mandate within the information systems operated by these agencies as well. CIS is grateful to be invited to submit its detailed comments on the same. The submission was drafted by Anubha Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Openness
