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SECTION 66A: DELETE — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 30, 2015 01:32 AM
The Supreme Court has killed a law that allowed the Government to control social media. What’s the Net worth of freedom hereafter?
Bangla Wiki turns 10 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:10 PM
The 10th anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia was marked with a a gathering of Wikipedians of vernacular languages from across the country and beyond at Jadavpur University. Bengali is one of 20 Indian languages to have a Wikipedia presence. The event also celebrated 14 years of the mother edition in English of the open-access, crowd-sourced online encyclopaedia.
India backs open source software for e-governance projects — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:00 PM
India has said it will use open source software in all e-governance projects, though it did not rule out the use of proprietary software to meet specialized requirements.
Three reasons why 66A verdict is momentous — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 29, 2015 04:22 PM
Earlier this week, the fundamental right to freedom of expression posted a momentous victory. The nation's top court struck down the much-reviled Section 66A of the IT Act — which criminalized communications that are "grossly offensive", cause "annoyance", etc — as "unconstitutionally vague", "arbitrarily, excessively, and disproportionately" encumbering freedom of speech, and likely to have a "chilling effect" on legitimate speech.
Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Hindi — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Apr 10, 2015 02:33 AM
The highlight of the session was that the students on completion of the 15 days training, were able to write passages in Hindi. All the participants were able to do basic computing, such as opening files, saving them in different locations, surfing the Internet, etc.
4th IPR Researchers Confluence — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 06:15 AM
Maggie Huang attended the event organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai and National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai with support from Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi on March 27 and 28, 2015.
Big win for freedom of speech. Really? — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 29, 2015 01:20 AM
The 66A ruling was historic, but what about the provisions regulating speech online and offline that still exist within the ITA, the IPC and other laws.
India's landmark online speech ruling is step toward greater press freedom — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 29, 2015 12:55 AM
In an historic decision, India's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down part of a law used to silence criticism and free expression. While this marks a pivotal victory that has been welcomed in many quarters, many challenges remain for press freedom in the country.
66A DEAD. LONG LIVE 66A! — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2015 02:11 AM
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 chief minister, had protested when the Manmohan Singh government blocked the micro-blogging site of a few journalists. Modi had blacked out his own Twitter profile and tweeted: “May God give good sense to everyone.”
SC has set a high threshold for tolerance: Lawrence Liang — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 28, 2015 04:18 PM
Lawyer-activist Lawrence Liang on why SC upheld section 69A and the implications of striking down section 66A.
Hindustani Language: We Are Wikipedia — by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Apr 10, 2015 04:20 PM
In 2014, the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) embarked on a new social media-based initiative - WeAreWikipedia. The aim of the project was "One Wikimedian every week to tell untold community stories on Twitter".
What 66A Judgment Means For Free Speech Online — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 27, 2015 04:50 PM
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 India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has been struck down in entirety and is no longer good law.
Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in Asia and India – Section Outlines — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:40 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society has been invited to contribute two sections to the Asia Internet History - Third Decade (2001-2010) book edited by Dr. Kilnam Chon. The sections will discuss the activities and experiences of civil society organisations in Asia and India, respectively, in national, regional, and global Internet governance processes. The draft outlines of the sections are shared here. Comments and suggestions are invited.
India's Supreme Court Axes Online Censorship Law, But Challenges Remain — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Mar 27, 2015 02:38 AM
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 criminalized “grossly offensive” content online. In response to a public interest litigation filed by Indian law student Shreya Singhal, the court made this landmark judgement calling the section “vague”, “broad” and “unconstitutional”. Since Tuesday's announcement, the news has trended nationally on Twitter, with more than 50,000 tweets bearing the hashtags #Sec66A and #66A.
India's Online Freedom Advocates Hail Court Ruling on Free Speech — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 01:43 AM
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 country expected to have the world’s largest number of web users by 2018, some concerns about net censorship remain.
The noose tightens on freedom of speech on the Internet — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 01:06 AM
A WORRYING trend has emerged in the last few years, where intermediaries around the world are being used as chokepoints to restrict freedom of expression online, and to hold users accountable for content.
Noose tightens on freedom of speech on the Internet — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 01:01 AM
A worrying trend has emerged in the last few years, where intermediaries around the world are being used as chokepoints to restrict freedom of expression online, and to hold users accountable for content.
Ruling in India shields Web posts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 12:38 AM
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 messages’’ on electronic devices and resulted in arrests over posts on Facebook and other social media.
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 17, 2015 01:44 AM
Much confusion has resulted from the Section 66A verdict. Some people are convinced that online speech is now without any reasonable restrictions under Article 19 (2) of the Constitution. This is completely false.
India’s Supreme Court strikes down law that led to Facebook arrests — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2015 12:29 AM
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a provision of a law that made it illegal to spread “offensive messages” on electronic devices and resulted in arrests over posts on Facebook and other social media.
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