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Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi v. Facebook and Ors (Order dated December 20, 2011)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 20, 2012
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last modified
Feb 20, 2012 06:02 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Court Case,
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Censorship,
Resources
This is the order passed on December 20, 2011 by Addl. Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar of the Rohini Courts, New Delhi. All errors of spelling, syntax, logic, and law are present in the original.
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Resources
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Section 200 Complaint in Vinay Rai v. Facebook India and Ors.
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 20, 2012
This is the complaint filed by Vinay Rai against Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, "Exboii" (sic), Shyni Blog, Topix, and others, under sections 200 and 156(3) of the Cr.P.C., read with sections 153A, 153B, 292, 293, 295A, 298, 109, 500, and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
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Resources
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World Narrow Web
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 13, 2012
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last modified
Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM
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filed under:
Google,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Twitter,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship
Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
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Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 26, 2012
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last modified
Jan 26, 2012 05:33 PM
The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011, as notified on April 11, 2011. All errors are in the original notification.
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Section 79 of the Information Technology Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 26, 2012
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last modified
Nov 19, 2012 02:55 PM
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How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 24, 2012
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last modified
Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
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Blog
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Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011 — India Report
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 17, 2011
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last modified
May 29, 2014 05:52 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
Pranesh Prakash prepared the India Report for the Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011. The report was published on the A2K Network website.
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Blogs
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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About Us
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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last modified
Jun 27, 2016 01:59 PM
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Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Dec 08, 2011 11:31 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Links,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
We are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology to pre-screen user-generated Internet content.
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