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- Indian Netizens Criticize Online Censorship of ‘Jihadi’ Content
- The article on online censorship by Subhashish Panigrahi was published in Global Voices on January 6, 2015. by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 10, 2015 02:43 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Delhi government in consultation with Centre to block Uber's Internet address
- The Delhi transport department has started consultation with the central government to block the internet address of taxi hailing app Uber if the San ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 09, 2015 02:12 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- No more 66A!
- In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A. Today was a great day for freedom of speech on the Internet! When Section 66A was in ... by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 26, 2015 02:01 AM — Filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Homepage, Intermediary Liability, Featured, Chilling Effect, Section 66A, Article 19(1)(a), Blocking
- ‘A safe Internet and a free Internet can co-exist’
- Striking down of 66A kicked off celebrations in the IT capital. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 25, 2015 03:58 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- Indian Supreme Court Overturns Law Barring ‘Offensive Messages’ Online
- India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down legislation barring “offensive messages” online, saying it violated constitutional guarantees of free expression. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 25, 2015 04:18 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- Internet censorship will continue in opaque fashion
- A division bench of the Supreme Court has ruled on three sections of the Information Technology Act 2000 - Section 66A, Section 79 and Section 69A. The ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 26, 2015 02:07 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- Live Chat: Win for Free Speech
- Join us for a live chat at 5.30 pm on SC striking down the Section 66A of the IT Act which had permitted the arrest of people for posting "offensive content" ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 26, 2015 04:07 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- I dare you, I double dare you: Social media celebrates Sec 66A verdict
- Users across social media platforms on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's scrapping of the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 26, 2015 04:33 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- Ruling in India shields Web posts
- The Supreme Court in India struck down a section of its country’s information technology act Tuesday that had made it illegal for anyone to spread ‘‘offensive ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 12:38 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- India's Online Freedom Advocates Hail Court Ruling on Free Speech
- Online freedom advocates in India are hailing a court ruling that struck down a controversial law seen as infringing free speech on the Internet. But in a ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 01:43 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- India's Supreme Court Axes Online Censorship Law, But Challenges Remain
- The Supreme Court of India took a remarkable step to protect free expression on March 24, 2015, striking down controversial section 66A of the IT Act that ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Mar 27, 2015 02:38 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- What 66A Judgment Means For Free Speech Online
- This week India's Supreme Court redefined the boundaries of freedom of speech on the internet. With the Court's decision in Shreya Singhal & Ors. v. Union of ... by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 27, 2015 04:50 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- SC has set a high threshold for tolerance: Lawrence Liang
- Lawyer-activist Lawrence Liang on why SC upheld section 69A and the implications of striking down section 66A. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 28, 2015 04:18 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- 66A DEAD. LONG LIVE 66A!
- Last Tuesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo walked into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office. India's most compulsive and most-followed tweeter, Modi, as Gujarat ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2015 02:11 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- If you thought India is a country where freedom of speech and expression are fundamental rights, think twice!
- Having contributed significantly in growing pollution and corruption indices, there's one place where India seems to hold the top spot is: imposing ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 03:52 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- The Supreme Court Judgment in Shreya Singhal and What It Does for Intermediary Liability in India?
- Even as free speech advocates and users celebrate the Supreme Court of India's landmark judgment striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act of ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 17, 2015 11:59 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Chilling Effect
- Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2012 03:38 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Telecom, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Openness
- Should the censors tighten Savita Bhabhi’s hook?*
- "Should the censors tighten Savita Bhabhi's hook, asks a blog entry published in Churumuri on May 1, 2012. by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 02, 2012 06:31 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Censorship
- Scared by a spoof? You’ve got to be kidding me!
- Whether it is Mamata Banerjee's recent crackdown on a comic strip or the new legal guidelines that allow touchy readers to have objectionable content taken ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 05, 2012 05:24 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- Decline in web freedom steepest in India: Report
- In a report on the state of internet in 60 countries, Freedom House, a US-based organization, said that in 2013 India saw the "most significant year-on-year ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 24, 2013 03:50 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- TV versus Social Media: The Rights and Wrongs
- For most ordinary Netizens, everyday speech on social media has as much impact as graffiti in a toilet, and therefore employing the 'principle of equivalence' ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 21, 2013 03:09 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules
- Rajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 03, 2012 09:35 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Parliament, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Clash of the cyberworlds
- In an increasingly digital world, the issue of Internet freedom and governance has become hugely contested. Censorship and denial of access occur across the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 15, 2013 06:57 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Facebook Arrests Ignite Free-Speech Debate In India
- Shaheen Dhada is an unlikely looking protagonist in the battle under way in India to protect free speech from government restrictions in the new media age. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 07, 2013 10:16 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Net neutrality: Net activism packs a punch
- For the first time in the history of internet campaigns in India, a protest movement has successfully changed the course of a debate without having to take to ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 09, 2015 09:02 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- Private sector censors
- If business decides what’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ speech, it can lead to multiple interpretations and arbitrary decisions. The article by Salil Tripathi was ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 26, 2012 01:30 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism
- 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 ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 26, 2012 01:45 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Intermediary Liability, Facebook, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Social Media 1, Indian Government 0
- The futility of the Indian government’s attempts to control what is posted on Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites was thrown into high relief this ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 27, 2012 04:44 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- India's Internet Jam
- As authorities continue to clamp down on digital freedom, politicians and corporations are getting a taste for censorship too. Pranesh Prakash reports. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 20, 2014 12:41 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Why this blocking di?
- In a bid to curb piracy, film producers are now approaching courts to block websites that host pirated content. But the court orders are so vaguely worded that ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 28, 2012 05:47 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
