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Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 04:06 AM — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has passed the blame buck on social media and blocked hundreds of websites, which it claims, hosted hate speech and inflammatory content, enough to incite violence. But is it feasible to pre-screen objectionable or provocative content, and reject it before posting so that there is no chance of such rumours?
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India Debates Misuse of Social Media: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:13 PM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
India has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to flee Indian cities. The crackdown has sparked a debate about how the country will cope with misuse of social media.
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India limits social media after civil unrest: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 11:59 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Indian officials have gone too far in limiting text messages and pressuring local Internet firms as well as Twitter and others to block accounts, critics say.
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Haphazard censorship? Leaked list of blocked websites in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
An analysis of a leaked list of the websites blocked by Indian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on directions from the Department of Telecom bring to light the inconsistencies in India's online censorship efforts.
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Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respond: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:24 PM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
A standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on India's requests to block some of the fake 'PMO India' accounts.
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Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition): by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 22, 2012 — last modified Sep 06, 2012 11:52 AM — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Censorship
Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
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Internet Analysts Question India’s Efforts to Stem Panic: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 11:46 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Indian government’s efforts to stem a weeklong panic among some ethnic minorities has again put it at odds with Internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
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India blocks more than 250 Web sites for inciting hate, panic: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Nearly 80 people have been killed and 400,000 displaced in fighting between Muslims and India’s Hindu Bodo tribespeople in Assam, a northeastern state of India, in recent weeks. The violence has prompted many northeasterners living in major cities to flee, fearing reprisals.
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Respite from Internet Censorship?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Of late, a lot of the blocked websites have started reappearing. So should we sit back and relax? We take a look at how it's not really the start of something beautiful...writes Nimish Sawant. Sunil Abraham is quoted.
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Speak Easy: Citizenship, Freedom of Expression and Online Governance: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The event organised by the YP Foundation, Youth Ki Awaaz, Change.Org and RTI Anonymous was held at the American Centre in Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi on July 31, 2012. Chinmayi Arun, a Fellow at the Centre for Internet & Society
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