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Online @ India
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — filed under:
I haven't yet heard of anybody in India going on a rampage because somebody in Pakistan started an 'India hate' page. However, I have seen people kill and destroy because they got incited to violence and hatred through offline religious propaganda, cinema and cricket.
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Online Abuse of Teen Girls in Kashmir Leads to Arrests
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2013 — last modified Mar 06, 2013 03:51 AM — filed under: , ,
Online abuse and a fatwa aimed at a rock band of Muslim teenage girls in Kashmir have led to arrests and a threat of a lawsuit.
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Blog Entry Online Censorship on the Rise: Why I Prefer to Save Things Offline
by Nishant Shah — published Apr 17, 2016 — last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:26 AM — filed under: ,
As governments use their power to erase what they do not approve of from the web, cloud storage will not be enough.
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Blog Entry Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech
by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 05, 2012 — filed under: , , , ,
Why is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
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Online gag:Existing rules give little freedom
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2011 — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:42 AM — filed under: ,
Even as the controversy over Kapil Sibal's attempt to get internet giants such as Google and Facebook to prescreen user-generated content to weed out 'offensive' material rages, a yet-to-be-published study by Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society reveals that rules already in place can have "chilling effects on free expression on the internet".
Online Interest in Advani Rises
by Sanchia de Souza — published May 15, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:58 PM — filed under:
Article by Sruthi Krishnan in the Hindu, 15 May 2009, quoting CIS Research Director Nishant Shah
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Blog Entry Online or Offline, Protest Goes On
by Junaid Nabi Bazaz — published Dec 19, 2017 — last modified Dec 21, 2017 02:53 PM — filed under: ,
Strap: Kashmiris say internet blockades have no effect on uprisings
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Online outcry forces government to withdraw draft encryption policy
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2015 — filed under: , ,
The article by Naina Khedekar discussing encryption policy was published in First Post on September 23, 2015. Pranesh Prakash has been quoted.
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Blog Entry Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if the government's heart is in the right place. Further, he points out that now is the time to take action on the draconian IT Rules which are before the Parliament.
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Online privacy should not come at the cost of security: Sunil Abraham
by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — last modified Nov 02, 2014 02:27 AM — filed under: ,
Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society’s executive director, on privacy laws and Internet penetration.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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