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India Debates Misuse of Social Media: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:13 PM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
India has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to flee Indian cities. The crackdown has sparked a debate about how the country will cope with misuse of social media.
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Officials Raise Questions over Indian Government’s Efforts: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 04, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
As per a recent report, it has been revealed that the Indian government despite making several efforts to resolve the issue of hate speech seems failing in the same.
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Political war on the web: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Twitter is not only the ‘people’s voice’. It is also a forum for orchestrated propaganda.Kunal Majumder tracks the BJP-Congress online duel.
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Need a standard strategy to deal with Web issues: Chandrasekhar: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has been facing allegations of Internet censorship for over a year now.
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 22, 2013 06:59 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
Reflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website narendramodiplans.com.
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Consultation on "Understanding the Freedom of Expression Online and Offline": by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 10:27 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The event organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation and Association for Progressive Communications was held at YMCA, New Delhi on December 10, 2015. Jyoti Panday attended the event as a speaker. She covered imposition of legitimate expression specifically in the context of intermediary liability practices in India.
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Facebook Free Basics vs Net Neutrality: The top arguments in the debate: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 07, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Free Basics, Internet Governance, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Video, Social Networking
On Twitter, there's a whole conversation around Facebook Free Basics and whether zero-rating platforms should be allowed in India. Here's a look at the debate.
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Facebook Free Basics: Gatekeeping Powers Extend to Manipulating Public Discourse: by Vidushi Marda — published Jan 09, 2016 — filed under: Free Basics, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Social Media
15 million people have come online through Free Basics, Facebook's zero rated walled garden, in the past year. "If we accept that everyone deserves access to the internet, then we must surely support free basic internet services. Who could possibly be against this?" asks Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, in a recent op-ed defending Free Basics.
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Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age: by Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday — published Jul 14, 2015 — last modified Jul 15, 2015 02:42 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi.
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India blocks access to 857 porn sites: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 05, 2015 — filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Digital Media, Chilling Effect
India has blocked free access to 857 porn sites in what it says is a move to prevent children from accessing them.
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