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India: obscene pics of gods require massive human censorship of Google, Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 17, 2012
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filed under:
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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POV: Should user-generated content be monitored?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 19, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
After being in the dock for carrying 'objectionable' content, Google and Facebook, along with15 other websites, are fighting for what they call internet freedom. Wikipedia went dark to protest the Web Piracy Bill being introduced in the US. afaqs! speaks to industry experts to find out if a move to monitor content can backfire.
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Bharat
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Jan 19, 2012 12:33 PM
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Alok
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Jan 19, 2012 12:37 PM
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Open access to government data on the cards
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 26, 2012
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Content,
Open Access,
Openness
The way has been cleared for public access to the data collected by Union government ministries and departments, with official approval being accorded to the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). T Ramachandran's article was published in the Hindu on March 25, 2012. Pranesh Prakash is quoted in it.
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Zeenab
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Jun 16, 2017 01:43 PM
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Cordon tightens: Rajya Sabha nod to harsh IT rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The draconian intermediaries rules of the Information Technology Act that allows the government to aggressively police the internet and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will continue for some more time as a motion to annul them in the Rajya Sabha was defeated by the treasury benches on Thursday.
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Vimeo Ban: More Web Censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
When Indian users logged on to Vimeo and some other video-sharing websites Thursday morning, they were greeted by a rather unusual message: "Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders."
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Kapil Sibal & Co shoot down motion to kill IT Rules: cite terrorism, drugs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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last modified
May 24, 2012 09:45 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Information Technology
The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 (The Rules) continue to breathe after the statutory motion to annul them moved by member of parliament (MP) from Kerala P Rajeeve was defeated by voice vote in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
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3rd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at NLSIU, Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 25, 2012
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filed under:
Telecom,
Lecture,
Event Type
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology in association with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is organising the 3rd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The lecture series will be spread out over the course of the year and will include eminent speakers who will talk with the students and other interested persons on their topics of expertise.
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