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India: The New Front Line in the Global Struggle for Internet Freedom
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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,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
The government tussles with Internet freedom activists in the world's largest democracy.
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News & Media
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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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News & Media
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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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News & Media
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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 23, 2012
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last modified
Nov 12, 2013 02:13 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Fair Dealings,
Piracy,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Economics,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Technological Protection Measures
There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four negative ones, and notes the several missed opportunities. The larger concern, though, is that many important issues have not been addressed by these amendments, and how copyright policy is made without evidence and often out of touch with contemporary realities of the digital era.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Chilling Effects and Frozen Words
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by
Lawrence Liang
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published
Apr 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
What if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in the Hindu on April 30, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet
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by
Rishabh Dara
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published
Apr 27, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:22 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched upon issues relating to freedom of expression. The results of the paper demonstrate that the ‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’ notified by the Government of India on April 11, 2011 have a chilling effect on free expression.
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Internet Governance
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India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 26, 2012
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last modified
Apr 26, 2012 01:45 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Encryption,
Intermediary Liability,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Cyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable of framing fair, just, and informed laws and policies. Pranesh Prakash suggests they learn from the DEIT's Internet Governance Division, and Brazil, and adopt multi-stakeholderism as a core principle of Internet policy-making.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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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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News & Media
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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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Internet Governance
