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Trail of the Trolls
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 04, 2012
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Internet Governance
Bullying and abuse on the Internet is on the rise. Smitha Verma finds out why most offenders are going scot-free in this article published in the Telegraph on 4 January 2012.
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Karthikeyan R v Union of India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 18, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
The court refused to direct the government to take proactive steps to curb access to Internet pornography stating that such matters require case-by-case analysis to be constitutionally valid under Article 19(1)(a) (Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression).
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Resources
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Constitution of Group of Experts to Deliberate on Privacy Issues
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 04, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
It has been decided to constitute a Small Group of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to identify the privacy issues and prepare a paper to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. The constitution of the proposed group and ToR are as follows:
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Facebook, Google face censorship in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 09, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Religious leaders in India are on a collision course with social media websites including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Two Indian courts recently asked these American companies as well as 19 other websites to take down “anti-religious” material. They are now required to report their compliance by February. Betwa Sharma's blog post was published in SmartPlanet on 5 January 2012. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in it extensively.
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NGO questions people's privacy in UID scheme
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 12, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Taking a leaf out of the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee on finance (SCF) that raised objections on the National Identification Authority of India Bill 2010, Delhi-based NGOs have called upon the Jharkhand government to stay the execution of UID projects in the state. Jaideep Deogharia's article was published in the Times of India on 11 January 2012.
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Keeping it Private
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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last modified
Jan 27, 2012 03:50 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As we disclose more information online, we must ask who might access it and why. This article by Nishant Shah was published in the Indian Express on Sunday, 15 January 2012.
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Is India Ignoring its own Internet Protections?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 17, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
India’s information technology law of 2008 limits the liability of Internet companies for material posted on their Web sites by users, including anything government regulators deem objectionable. The firms are supposed to be notified of offensive content — by users or the authorities — and then remove it when legally warranted.
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Whose Data is it Anyway?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 18, 2012
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last modified
Apr 28, 2012 04:12 AM
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filed under:
Event Type,
Video,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Tactical Technology Collective and the Centre for Internet & Society invite you to the second round of discussions of the Exposing Data Series at the CIS office in Bangalore on 24 January 2012. Siddharth Hande and Hapee de Groot will be speaking on this occasion.
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Internet Freedom Fellows Program Emphasizes Defense of Fundamental Freedoms Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 28, 2012
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last modified
Jul 02, 2012 06:47 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
At the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United States has consistently placed special emphasis on the protection and promotion of the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association, because we understand that these fundamental freedoms are essential to facilitating the exercise of other universal rights.
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Global Networks, Individual Freedoms: A Peer Forum on Internet Freedom and Human Rights
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 20, 2012
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last modified
Jun 28, 2012 09:12 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
In Connection with the 2012 Internet Freedom Fellows Program, the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is pleased to invite Pranesh Prakash to a peer forum at the United States Mission to the United Nations on Thursday, June 21, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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