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'Anonymous' hackers to protest Indian Internet laws
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 18, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Global hacking movement Anonymous has called for protesters to take to the streets in 16 cities around India on Saturday over what it considers growing government censorship of the Internet, writes Pratap Chakravarty.
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Hackers Take Protest to Indian Streets and Cyberspace
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 18, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
First there was self-styled Gandhian activist Anna Hazare who took to the streets to protest corruption. Now a group agitating against censorship on the Internet has arrived in India.
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The War for India's Internet
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 14, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Why is the world's biggest democracy cracking down on Facebook and Google? Rebecca Mackinnon's article was published in Foreign Policy on June 6, 2012.
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Scared by a spoof? You’ve got to be kidding me!
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 05, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Whether it is Mamata Banerjee's recent crackdown on a comic strip or the new legal guidelines that allow touchy readers to have objectionable content taken down, what you say online is under scrutiny. What, then, will happen to news satire websites?
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Do IT Rules 2011 indirectly leads to Censorship of Internet
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 31, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Video,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Pranesh Prakash along with Dr. Arvind Gupta, National Convener, BJP IT Cell and Ms.
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC participated in a panel discussion on censorship of the Internet on May 8, 2012.
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Why this blocking di?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 28, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In a bid to curb piracy, film producers are now approaching courts to block websites that host pirated content. But the court orders are so vaguely worded that users lose access to even legitimate content. R Krishna reports.
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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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last modified
May 24, 2012 03:38 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Telecom,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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MPs oppose curbs on internet; Sibal promises discussions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
With MPs raising concerns over open-ended interpretations of restrictive terms in the rules seeking to regulate social media and internet, the government promised to evolve a consensus on points of contention.
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Kapil Sibal & Co shoot down motion to kill IT Rules: cite terrorism, drugs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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last modified
May 24, 2012 09:45 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Information Technology
The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 (The Rules) continue to breathe after the statutory motion to annul them moved by member of parliament (MP) from Kerala P Rajeeve was defeated by voice vote in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
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Vimeo Ban: More Web Censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
When Indian users logged on to Vimeo and some other video-sharing websites Thursday morning, they were greeted by a rather unusual message: "Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders."
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