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- India faces Twitter backlash over Internet clampdown
- The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2012 09:56 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Social media, SMS are not why NE students left Bangalore
- I woke up one morning to find that I was living in a city of crisis. Bangalore, where the largest public preoccupations to date have been about bad roads, ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 28, 2012 10:48 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On Censorship
- At the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 03, 2012 04:39 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- The state. And the rage of the cyber demon
- The Internet might be a Pandora’s box. But should the government be wasting time regulating the cacophony? by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 03, 2012 11:03 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Government to hold talks with stakeholders on Internet censorship
- In an unprecedented move, the government, through the Department of Telecommunications and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, has agreed ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 03:39 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respond
- A standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:24 PM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Content takedown and users' rights
- After Shreya Singhal v Union of India, commentators have continued to question the constitutionality of the content takedown regime under Section 69A of the IT ... by Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover — last modified Feb 17, 2020 05:18 AM — Filed under: Internet Freedom, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Internet Shutdown Stories
- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has published a collection of stories of the impact of internet shutdowns on people's lives in the country. This book ... by Ambika Tandon — last modified Sep 03, 2019 09:57 AM — Filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Censorship
- DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures
- Across India on 30 December 2014, following an order issued by the Department of Telecom (DOT), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocked 32 websites including ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 30, 2015 07:37 AM — Filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, RTI, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Featured, 69A, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Transparency, Homepage, Blocking
- Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship
- There are a few problematic provisions in the proposed legislation—it may severely impact freedom of expression. by Swaraj Barooah and Gurshabad Grover — last modified Aug 02, 2018 01:59 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- The block heads
- An entire government department is on the job, but can it really take down ‘offending’ online content? by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 07, 2015 11:51 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- Can Uber, Ola apps be blocked? Govt fighting cyber odds
- The Delhi government is trying to block taxi hailing apps like Uber and Ola Cabs, but is it really possible? by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 14, 2015 09:52 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Blocking, Censorship
- DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India
- As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews ... by Laird Brown — last modified Jun 29, 2015 04:25 PM — Filed under: Censorship, Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Cyber Security Film, Featured, Chilling Effect, Cyber Security, Homepage, Cyber Security Interview
- The generation of e-Emergency
- The next generation of censorship technology is expected to be ‘real-time content manipulation’ through ISPs and Internet companies. by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jun 29, 2015 04:40 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Criminal Defamation: The Urgent Cause That has United Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy
- Three years ago when the then Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy accused Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and his mother of misappropriation of funds ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 16, 2015 01:45 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- India launches crackdown on online porn
- India has launched a crackdown on internet pornography, banning access to more than 800 adult websites, including Playboy and Pornhub. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 05, 2015 01:21 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Nanny state rules porn bad for you
- by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 05, 2015 01:39 AM — Filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Digital Media, Chilling Effect
- J&K social media ban: Use of 132-year-old Act can’t stand judicial scrutiny, say experts
- Jammu and Kashmir's social media ban: Legal experts are not convinced this is a viable order by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 04, 2017 02:12 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Sense and Censorship
- The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills, at the US House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, appear to enforce property ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 31, 2012 06:15 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- New intermediary guidelines: The good and the bad
- In pursuance of the government releasing the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, this blogpost offers a ... by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Mar 15, 2021 01:52 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Intermediary Liability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Artificial Intelligence
- Game release cancelled over gay character
- Electronic Arts stops accepting preorders for Dragon Age: Inquisition. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 22, 2014 12:24 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- Several Indian Twitter users' accounts suspended due to tech glitch
- Twitter denies conspiracy theory, blames technical glitch for account suspensions by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 05, 2014 12:17 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- India sees biggest improvement in Internet freedom, says report
- Big stride ascribed to removal of restrictions imposed in 2013; globally, Internet freedom sees decline. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2014 11:08 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- Regulating Social Media: Unrealistic, Impossible, Necessary?
- The Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju calls for regulating social media, saying it will prevent offensive material coming into the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 30, 2013 04:50 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship, Social Networking
- The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship
- The introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Jan 30, 2016 09:17 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- Why India snubbed Facebook's free Internet offer
- The social media giant wanted to give the people of India free access to a chunk of the Internet, but the people weren't interested. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 27, 2016 07:49 AM — Filed under: Free Basics, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Vimeo Ban: More Web Censorship
- When Indian users logged on to Vimeo and some other video-sharing websites Thursday morning, they were greeted by a rather unusual message: "Access to this ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2012 09:19 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
- Kapil Sibal & Co shoot down motion to kill IT Rules: cite terrorism, drugs
- The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 (The Rules) continue to breathe after the statutory motion to annul them moved by member of ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2012 09:45 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
- Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China?
- Twitter, the popular social networking site for micro-blogging, has announced it is open to content censorship and region-based filtering, if required by law. ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 04:54 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Do IT Rules 2011 indirectly leads to Censorship of Internet
- Pranesh Prakash along with Dr. Arvind Gupta, National Convener, BJP IT Cell and Ms. Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC participated in a panel ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 31, 2012 09:00 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Video, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
