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India limits social media after civil unrest
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2012
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Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
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 several accounts parodying the prime minister after civil unrest that saw dozens of people from northeastern India killed and thousands flee in panic.
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India limits social media after civil unrest
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 23, 2012
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last modified
Sep 04, 2012 11:59 AM
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Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
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.
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India seeks a tighter grip on social media
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 25, 2012
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
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.
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India's social media crackdown reveals clumsy govt machinery
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 25, 2012
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
"High-handed" and "reckless" are some of the words used in the media to describe the government's online crackdown.
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India's struggle for online freedom
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Jun 18, 2012
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Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
"65 years since your independence," a new battle for freedom is under way in India — according to a YouTube video uploaded by an Indian member of Anonymous, the global "hacktivist" movement.
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India's Techies Angered Over Internet Censorship Plan
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 22, 2011
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
India has the world's largest democracy, and one of the most rambunctious. Millions of its young people are cutting edge when it comes to high-tech. Yet the country is still very conservative by Western standards, and a government minister recently said that offensive material on the web should be removed.
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India’s ethnic clashes intensify within social-media maelstrom
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2012
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Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
It began in mid-July: First came a series of retaliatory killings between ethnic communities in the state of Assam in mid-July. Soon nearly 500,000 people had fled their homes for grim refugee camps. The central government belatedly sent in troops to assist, although that has barely quieted matters. But in the meantime, the violence in remote Assam triggered a bizarre series of knock-on events that has affected the entire country.
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India’s Internet Curbs Under Legal Cloud
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 26, 2012
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India’s crackdown on the Internet has caused much debate. But was it legal?
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India: obscene pics of gods require massive human censorship of Google, Facebook
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Prasad Krishna
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Jan 17, 2012
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
It's hardly the sort of Internet policy statement one hopes to hear from judges in major democracies. "Like China, we can block all such websites [who don't comply]," Justice Suresh Cait told Facebook and Google lawyers in India yesterday. "But let us not go to that situation."
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India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Aug 27, 2012
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IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
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 threatened to upset the nation's peace.
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