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India Proposes Restrictions on Tapping Telephone Calls
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 05:53 AM — filed under:
An Indian government report has recommended that interception of telephone calls by government agencies should be limited to situations when there is a "public emergency" or "public safety" is at stake. John Riberio's article appeared in the PC World, TechWorld and CIO. Pranesh Prakash, program manager from the Centre for Internet and Society has been quoted in these articles.
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India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 27, 2011 — last modified May 01, 2011 02:20 AM — filed under:
Free speech advocates and Internet users are protesting new Indian regulations restricting Web content that, among other things, can be considered “disparaging,” “harassing,” “blasphemous” or “hateful.” This article by Vikas Bajaj was published in the New York Times on April 27, 2011.
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India ranks second globally in accessing private details of users
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — filed under: , ,
According to the latest transparency report released by Google, India ranks second in the world for accessing private details of its citizens, only after the U.S. The Google report lists out requests it received from governments across the world to access details of users of its various services.
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India second in keeping tabs on netizens
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2012 — filed under: ,
India ranks second globally in accessing private details of its citizens, next only to the US, if the latest data from Google is to be believed.
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India second in requesting user info: Google
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2012 — filed under: ,
India is at second place after the US in terms of the government requests for user data from Google
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India seeks a tighter grip on social media
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2012 — filed under: , , ,
India, with the world's third largest number of Facebook users, is clamping down on social media after recent posting of inflammatory videos on Web sites.
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India Seeks to Limit Use of Maps and Satellite Images
by Prasad Krishna — published May 28, 2016 — filed under:
Indians are discussing a plan to ban use of maps or satellite images of the country without approval from the government.
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India sees biggest improvement in Internet freedom, says report
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2014 — filed under: ,
Big stride ascribed to removal of restrictions imposed in 2013; globally, Internet freedom sees decline.
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India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 11, 2016 — filed under: , , , , ,
In India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
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Blog Entry India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online content
by Gurshabad Grover — published Jan 24, 2019 — last modified Jan 24, 2019 04:59 PM — filed under: ,
The lack of technical considerations in the proposal is also apparent since implementing the proposal is infeasible for certain intermediaries. End-to-end encrypted messaging services cannot “identify” unlawful content since they cannot decrypt it. Presumably, the government’s intention is not to disallow end-to-end encryption so that intermediaries can monitor content.
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