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- Response to the Pegasus Questionnaire issued by the SC Technical Committee
- On March 25, 2022, the Supreme Court appointed Technical Committee constituted to examine the allegations of alleged unauthorised surveillance using the ... by Anamika Kundu, Digvijay, Arindrajit Basu, Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi — last modified Apr 13, 2022 02:45 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Mixed signals? Supreme Court notices to states on Facebook arrests
- In wake of the recent arrests of UP-based scholar Kanwal Bharti and Andhra-based PUCL activist Jaya Vindhyala over their Facebook posts, NDTV aired a ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2013 08:42 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- MPs to be taught ‘draconian’ IT Act Rules as India.net support galvanises for annul motion
- The blog post by Prachi Shrivastava was published in Legally India on April 23, 2012. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 25, 2012 10:39 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Public Accountability
- Views | Why the Left may for once be right
- On the opening day of the upcoming parliamentary session on Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha is set to vote on an annulment motion against the IT rules, moved by P. ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 25, 2012 11:48 AM — Filed under: IT Act, 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
- DIT's Response to RTI on Website Blocking
- For the first time in India, we have a list of websites that are blocked by order of the Indian government. This data was received from the Department of ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:13 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Featured, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Rebuttal of DIT's Misleading Statements on New Internet Rules
- The press statement issued on May 11 by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) on the furore over the newly-issued rules on 'intermediary due ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 11, 2012 01:18 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Featured, Intermediary Liability
- Civil Liberties and the amended Information Technology Act, 2000
- This post examines certain limitations of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended in 2008). Malavika Jayaram points out the fact that when most ... by Malavika Jayaram — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:13 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- Killing the Internet Softly with Its Rules
- While regulation of the Internet is a necessity, the Department of IT, through recent Rules under the IT Act, is guilty of over-regulation. This ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 20, 2011 12:51 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- Big Brother is Watching You
- The government is massively expanding its surveillance power over law-abiding citizens and businesses, says Sunil Abraham in this article published by the ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:32 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- CIS Para-wise Comments on Draft Reasonable Security Practices Rules, 2011
- On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Reasonable security ... by Prashant Iyengar — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:32 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- CIS Para-wise Comments on Cyber Café Rules, 2011
- On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber ... by Prashant Iyengar — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:32 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- CIS Para-wise Comments on Intermediary Due Diligence Rules, 2011
- On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Due diligence observed ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 11, 2012 10:27 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Intermediary Liability
- 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
- Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act
- The Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 21, 2011 06:13 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Encryption, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Publications, Censorship
- IT Act and Commerce
- This is a guest post by Rahul Matthan, partner in the law firm Trilegal, and widely regarded as one of the leading experts on information technology law in ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Digital Governance, Data Protection, Authentication, Security
- 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
- Cybercrime and Privacy
- Elonnai Hickok examines privacy in the context of India’s legal provisions on cybercrime. She picks up the relevant provisions of the Information Technology ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 14, 2010 01:21 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
- Look into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability. by Gurshabad Grover — last modified Apr 16, 2019 10:09 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Internet Governance, Internet Freedom
- 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
- "All Indian Enterprises should Be Very Worried": Centre for Internet and Society
- The DoT’s CERT team has successfully censored more than 70 URLs that didn’t particularly contain praises of IIPM. Amusingly, a URL containing a public notice ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2013 09:21 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
- 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
- Porn ban: People will soon learn to circumvent ISPs and govt orders, expert says
- by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 05, 2015 01:47 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Digital Media, Chilling Effect
- Porn block in India sparks outrage
- India’s government has triggered a storm of protest after blocking 857 alleged pornography websites, with privacy and internet freedom campaigners, as well ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 05, 2015 02:10 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Digital Media, Chilling Effect
- Place for a safety net
- Vinupriya took her life last week, humiliated by the morphed images of her naked body posted on a social media site. Experts warn that the spike in Internet ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 13, 2016 02:45 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
