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Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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last modified
Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
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Blog
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Linking Facebook use to free top-up data
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2016
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
Just before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013.
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News & Media
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Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
Facebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
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News & Media
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Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
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News & Media
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Internet Freedom
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as Dailymotion and Vimeo, reportedly over concerns that they are being misused by Islamic State jihadists.
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News & Media
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Centre blocks 32 websites for security reasons, restores some later
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Centre on Wednesday asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to block 32 websites citing national security concerns, especially from terror group ISIS.
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News & Media
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DoT Reportedly Orders Blocking of 32 Websites Including GitHub, Archive.org, SourceForge
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Many users on Twitter are claiming that several websites, including many software development resources such as GitHub and SourceForge, along with research resources like the Internet Archive have all been blocked on order of the Department of Telecom.
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News & Media
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Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin Among Sites Blocked In India For 'Anti-India' Content From ISIS
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government has convinced ISPs to block dozens of popular websites accused of hosting “anti-India” content posted by members of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Minds that (should) matter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 03, 2015
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last modified
Feb 26, 2015 04:34 PM
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
Thinkers who best explain a rapidly-changing India to the world (and the world to India).
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
