Internet Governance Blog
New Recommendations to Regulate Online Hate Speech Could Pose More Problems Than Solutions
- January 02, 2018
The T.K. Viswanathan committee’s recommendations could prove to be dangerous for free speech if acted upon without resolving its flaws.
Read more →E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without Internet
- December 20, 2017
Strap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
Read more →Will Darjeeling Regain the Trust of Tourists?
- December 20, 2017
An agitation coupled with an internet ban that left tourists stranded, it looks like a tough time ahead for tourism in the Hills.
Read more →Silence on the Dera Front
- December 20, 2017
Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
Read more →ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns
- December 20, 2017
Strap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
Read more →Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown
- December 20, 2017
Strap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
Read more →Every Town had its Jio Dara
- December 20, 2017
Strap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open between the besieged towns in the region and the rest of the world.
Read more →Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the Window
- December 20, 2017
Strap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
Read more →Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans Internet
- December 20, 2017
Strap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
Read more →Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?
- December 19, 2017
Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
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