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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Collaborative Projects Programme
- by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:04 AM — Filed under: Cyberspace, Family, Digital Natives, Public Accountability, Obscenity, e-governance, Cyborgs, Cybercultures, Projects, New Pedagogies, Communities, Digital subjectivities, Digital Pluralism
- The ICANN-US DOC 'Affirmation of Commitments' - A Step Forward?
- On 30 September 2009, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed an Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) with the US Government's ... by Anja Kovacs — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:16 AM — Filed under: Public Accountability, ICANN, internet governance
- RTI Applications on Blocking of Websites
- In recent weeks, an increasing number of incidents have come to light on government-ordered blocking of websites. In one case involving Zone-H.org, it is ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 21, 2012 06:34 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, RTI, Public Accountability
- i4D Interview: Social Networking and Internet Access
- Nishant Shah, the Director for Research at CIS, was recently interviewed in i4D in a special section looking at Social Networking and Governance, as a lead up ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:51 PM — Filed under: Cyberspace, Digital Natives, Public Accountability, Cybercultures, Communities, Digital subjectivities, Digital Pluralism
- Letter to ICANN on NCSG
- The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Digital Pluralism, Digital Governance
- Primer on the New IT Act
- With this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Digital Governance, Public Accountability, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Chilling Effects and Frozen Words
- What if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in ... by Lawrence Liang — last modified Apr 30, 2012 07:32 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Govt vs Tweeple: Has clampdown hit free speech?
- Has the Government crossed the line by ordering the blocking of several Twitter accounts, many belonging to prominent journalists? The debate was featured in ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:46 PM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Govt orders blocking of 300 specific URLs including 16 Twitter accounts
- The government stepped up its efforts to stop what it feels is an online campaign of misinformation and rumour mongering in the wake of lower Assam riots and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:29 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- NE exodus: List containing 309 blocked URLs leaks online
- Latest reports coming in have confirmed that a list containing 309 URLs, whose ban the government had sought in light of the Assam violence and the subsequent ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:37 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India's social media crackdown reveals clumsy govt machinery
- "High-handed" and "reckless" are some of the words used in the media to describe the government's online crackdown. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 06:11 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet expert criticizes Indian cyber blockades
- 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 28, 2012 10:11 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India Bans Mass SMS to Counter Panic
- Last year social networking was credited with helping to organize revolutions across the Middle East and with getting normally apathetic middle-class Indians ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 07:29 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?
- The government has passed the blame buck on social media and blocked hundreds of websites, which it claims, hosted hate speech and inflammatory content, enough ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 04:06 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Is the govt caught in the 'censorship' web?
- NDTV aired a one-hour debate on censorship in "We the People" episode hosted by Barkha Dutt on August 26, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in the discussions ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 06:54 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
- India Debates Misuse of Social Media
- India has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:13 PM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Political war on the web
- Twitter is not only the ‘people’s voice’. It is also a forum for orchestrated propaganda.Kunal Majumder tracks the BJP-Congress online duel. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2012 05:27 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Need a standard strategy to deal with Web issues: Chandrasekhar
- The government has been facing allegations of Internet censorship for over a year now. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2012 08:37 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Resources
- A collection of resources that will help one navigate through the arguments and evidence for and against the Indian "Bayh-Dole" bill. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Oct 20, 2009 03:29 AM — Filed under: Bayh-Dole, Access to Knowledge, Access to Medicine, Open Access, Public Accountability, Open Innovation
- No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
- The Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Public Accountability
- Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior
- Prepared by Vidushi Marda, with inputs from Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham. by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jun 30, 2016 06:07 AM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured, ICANN, IANA Transition, Homepage
- Prometheus bound and gagged
- Funny how a healthy person like me can collapse one day and end up in the hospital. The doctor who made me go through every lab test available, finally ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2012 04:47 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
