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A beauty’s blog creates furore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 11, 2012
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last modified
Apr 11, 2012 03:50 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Her first Tamil poetry anthology Otraiyilaiyena (As a single leaf) saw three editions and the second one Ulagin Azhagiya Muthal Penn (The first beautiful woman in the world) invited mixed reactions like Iyal Poetry Award and a call for a ban by Hindu Makkal Katchi. Parathaiyarul Raani (Queen of sluts) her third collection was a reaction to all the moral policing.
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011
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by
Rishabh Dara
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published
Apr 10, 2012
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last modified
Apr 21, 2012 06:05 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions around the world have introduced legislations for limiting intermediary liability in order to ensure that this wheel does not stop spinning. With the 2008 amendment of the Information Technology Act 2000, India joined the bandwagon and established a ‘notice and takedown’ regime for limiting intermediary liability.
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Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 26, 2012
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last modified
Apr 03, 2012 09:35 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Parliament,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Rajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled.
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Blog
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Save Your Voice — A movement against Web censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 13, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
‘Save Your Voice (SYV)’ is a movement against Web censorship and its main demand is the repealing of the Information Technology Act, said SYV founders, Aseem Trividi, a cartoonist, and Alok Dixit, a journalist, on Monday.
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Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi v. Facebook and Ors (Order dated December 20, 2011)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 20, 2012
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last modified
Feb 20, 2012 06:02 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Court Case,
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Censorship,
Resources
This is the order passed on December 20, 2011 by Addl. Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar of the Rohini Courts, New Delhi. All errors of spelling, syntax, logic, and law are present in the original.
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Resources
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India won't censor social media: Telecom Minister
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 15, 2012
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last modified
Mar 01, 2012 07:15 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook, a minister said Tuesday, but he demanded that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media. The article by AFP was published in the Tribune on February 14, 2012.
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World Narrow Web
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 13, 2012
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last modified
Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM
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filed under:
Google,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Twitter,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship
Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Sense and Censorship
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 31, 2012
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last modified
Jan 31, 2012 06:15 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills, at the US House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, appear to enforce property rights, but are, in fact, trade bills. This article by Sunil Abraham was published in the Indian Express on 20 January 2012.
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Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Twitter, the popular social networking site for micro-blogging, has announced it is open to content censorship and region-based filtering, if required by law. The service boasts nearly 300 million users from across the world. Vinod Yalburgi writes this in the International Business Times.
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How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 24, 2012
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last modified
Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
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