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Women arrested for Facebook post: Did cops act under Sena pressure?: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Nov 21, 2012 11:17 AM — filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
After Bal Thackeray's death, during the Mumbai Bandh, a 21-year-old criticised the shutdown on her Facebook page — her friend approved of it — next thing they know, they are facing a case, and this morning they were arrested.
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Science Gallery Workshop @ Srishti: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 03:42 PM — filed under: Openness
Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology is organizing a workshop to discuss the exciting potential of envisaging a Science Gallery in Bangalore as a part of the Global Science Gallery Network. Sunil Abraham is participating in this workshop.
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Two women arrested over Facebook gripe on Mumbai shutdown: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Jan 15, 2013 09:26 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
A woman who complained about the Indian city of Mumbai shutting down for the funeral of divisive Hindu nationalist politician Balasaheb Thackeray was arrested for "hurting religious sentiments," local police told reporters amid public anger over the case.
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India ranks second globally in accessing private details of users: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Privacy
According to the latest transparency report released by Google, India ranks second in the world for accessing private details of its citizens, only after the U.S. The Google report lists out requests it received from governments across the world to access details of users of its various services.
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‘Some Indian laws could be challenging’: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Wikipedia’s founder member Erik Möller says their principle is not to decide the map of India, but to explain that there is a controversy.
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Post and be Damned: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Your careless comments online could put you in jail, thanks to Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Kavitha Shanmugam examines a law that some critics say is vague and unconstitutional
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Karti Chidambaram: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2012 03:33 AM
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Privacy in the Social Networked World: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 18, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 04:19 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Asian Privacy Scholars Network 2nd International Conference was hosted by the Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, on behalf of the Asian Privacy Scholars Network, November 19 - 20, 2012. Elonnai Hickok is speaking at the event.
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