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Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row
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Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Dec 08, 2011 11:31 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Links,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
We are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology to pre-screen user-generated Internet content.
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Is the govt bid to regulate content on the Internet a good thing?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Dec 08, 2011 07:12 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The recent move by Union Minister Kapil Sibal to engage leading Internet platform providers like Google, Facebook, etc in regulating content has seen netizens react in different manners. The question of freedom of expression vis-a-vis objectionable content has come to the fore. Pranesh Prakash who deals with such issues on a regular basis at the Centre for Internet and Society was answering questions (more like comments) live on CNN-IBN's chat feature on December 7, 2011.
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‘Chilling’ Impact of India’s April Internet Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Jan 27, 2012 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Kapil Sibal’s demand that Internet companies self-censor users’ content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. This article by Heather Simmons was published in the New York Times on December 7, 2011.
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Twitter, Facebook take the lead in blogosphere as blog searches fall by half
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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Internet Governance
Blogging is old hat. A prominent trend-tracking tool shows that blog searches around the globe have halved, while micro-blogging platforms Twitter and Facebook have grown, suggesting a seminal shift in online communication.
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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
YouTube,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship,
Social Networking
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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Kapil Sibal to sterilise Net but undercover sting shows 6 of 7 websites already trigger-happy to censor under ‘chilling’ IT Act
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has carried out an undercover investigation into the "chilling effects" of new information technology laws on freedom of expression online, with six out of seven major websites removing innocent content online without proper investigation, creating a "private censorship regime".
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Facebook, Google tell India they won’t screen for derogatory content
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 07, 2011 05:25 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
In the world’s largest democracy, the government wants Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google to screen and remove offensive content about religious figures and political leaders as soon as they learn about it. But those companies now say they can’t help.
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FTN: Should social networking sites be censored?
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 08, 2011 05:32 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal met the representatives of Facebook, Google and others seeking to device a screening mechanism. Sunil Abraham was on CNN-IBN from 10.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. speaking about freedom of expression in India.
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Govt wants to scrub the Internet clean
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Web advocacy groups, experts say govt’s move to evolve content guidelines amounts to censorship. This article by Surabhi Agarwal & Leslie D’monte was published in Livemint on 7 December 2011. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in this article.
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Debate: Online content row-1
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 07, 2011 11:06 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists Chandan Mitra, Editor-in-Chief, 'The Pioneer' & MP, BJP; Sabeer Bhatia, Co-founder, Hotmail; Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society; Ankit Fadia, Ethical Hacker; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner Counselage; Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, Cyber Media and Rajesh Charia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India discuss the issue if the Government should make clear definition of what is objectionable to internet/social media companies and draw a clear distinction between communally incitable material and political censorship.
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