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- Shooting cyber cafes before they die
- Working for an NGO, Christy Raj cans the history of city internet parlours through the eyes of a transgender. by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 31, 2013 06:32 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- India limits social media after civil unrest
- Has the Indian government lost its sense of humour? That’s what some in India were asking as word spread that authorities had pressured Twitter into blocking ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:33 PM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet expert Pranesh Prakash criticizes Indian cyber blockades
- The government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top internet ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:58 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- New Delhi Expands Curbs on Web Content
- India on Thursday broadened recent efforts to regulate the Internet with moves to block Twitter accounts of some prominent journalists and content from ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:16 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India seeks a tighter grip on social media
- 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. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 03:02 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Govt in line of fire over web censorship
- Social media abuzz with allegations of government gagging free speech in the garb of curbing hate messages. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 03:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- How ISPs block websites and why it doesn’t help
- Banning websites is ineffective against malicious users as workarounds are easy and well known. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 06:56 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- What lurks beneath the Network
- There is a series of buzzwords that have become a naturalised part of discussions around digital social media—participation, collaboration, peer-2-peer, ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 25, 2012 07:10 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Tweets and twits
- The orders issued by the Ministry of Communication and IT to block more than 300 items on the Internet, including Twitter handles, Facebook pages, YouTube ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 07:45 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Regulating the Internet by fiat
- The Union government’s move to ban or block 310 online entities is worrisome. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 10:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Inde: la tentative de contrôler l'internet est "illégale"
- Des spécialistes de l'internet ont qualifié vendredi de "complètement illégale" la tentative du gouvernement indien de bloquer des messages et des vidéos ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 10:50 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?
- This is the second post in the 2-part series about the perceived role of social media in the wake of the Assam clashes that spilled across the country and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 03:36 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Delhi defends Internet blocking
- India on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 04:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet clamp outrage
- The Indian government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 05:13 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Criticism mounts over India censorship
- India’s government is facing fierce criticism from privacy groups, political opponents and irate internet users accusing it of an excessive and poorly targeted ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 06:38 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- SMS Block as Threat to Free Speech
- If you could text just one or two people in a day, who would you choose? Many of us have had to make this choice thanks to the order limiting us to five texts ... by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Sep 02, 2012 09:02 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- Tata Photon unblocks Wordpress.com
- As of yesterday, the Tata Photon service of the Internet service provider (ISP) Tata Teleservices seems to have lifted the block it had put on the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 03, 2012 01:53 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet Analysts Question India’s Efforts to Stem Panic
- The Indian government’s efforts to stem a weeklong panic among some ethnic minorities has again put it at odds with Internet companies like Google, Facebook ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 11:46 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India limits social media after civil unrest
- Indian officials have gone too far in limiting text messages and pressuring local Internet firms as well as Twitter and others to block accounts, critics say. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 11:59 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Cartonama Conference
- HasGeek is organising a Cartonama Conference on September 22, 2012 at the TERI Complex in Bangalore, from 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 17, 2012 01:59 PM — Filed under: Event Type, Internet Governance
- China outranks India in world’s first ever web index
- India has been ranked 33rd on a list of 61 countries in a brand new web index that seeks to measure how effectively countries are using the Internet to improve ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 07, 2012 09:08 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- August 2012 Bulletin
- Welcome to the newsletter issue of August 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of the latest list of sites ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 11, 2012 02:53 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
- Seventh Meeting of the Group of Experts on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah
- The seventh meeting of the Group of Experts on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 11, 2012 06:20 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Counter-proposal by the Centre for Internet and Society: Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Due Diligence and Information Removal) Rules, 2012
- Any restriction on freedom of speech should embody and be guided by the following principles, as identified by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 24, 2016 11:48 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- MongoDB startup hired by Aadhaar got funds from CIA VC arm
- Two weeks ago, Max Schireson, chief executive of MongoDB, a New York-based technology startup, was in New Delhi to sew up a very important contract for his ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 13, 2013 11:53 AM — Filed under: UID, Internet Governance
- A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to Vote
- The polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 07:03 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice (IV)
- Building on the workshop in Dagstuhl in June-July 2011 (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice), ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 09:05 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- INSAF National Convention on Crisis of Capitalism and brazen onslaught on DEMOCRACY
- Snehashish Ghosh is participating in this event as a speaker. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 10:18 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance
- November 2013 Bulletin
- Our newsletter for the month of November 2013 can be accessed below. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 04, 2014 04:38 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
- Digital Citizens: Why Cyber Security and Online Privacy are Vital to the Success of Democracy and Freedom of Expression
- Michael Oghia will give a presentation which will show why cyber security and online privacy are vital for democracy and freedom of expression. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 08, 2014 04:59 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Privacy, Internet Governance, Cyber Security, Event
