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Internet users flay Mumbai girls' arrest over Facebook post: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The arrest of two girls over their Facebook post on shutdown in Mumbai for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Monday again opened a can of worms with netizens calling the move a "social media hijack by the powerful and the fundamentalists". Social media was abuzz with tweets and posts about the arrest, with most referring to the arrest as yet another move to curb freedom of speech on the Internet.
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Arrests over Facebook posts: Why we’re on a dangerous slide: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The most bizarre thing about the arrest of Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan on Monday over a Facebook post that questioned the wisdom of a bandh to mark Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray‘s death is that no laws were actually violated by the post.
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The Last Word: Is there a need to review Information Technology Act?: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2012 — last modified Nov 21, 2012 12:10 PM — filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
Does the high-handed arrest of two young girls mean it's time to review and revise the IT Act?
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