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Intermediary Liability in India
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 27, 2012
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last modified
Nov 16, 2013 02:55 PM
The report was produced by Rishabh Dara as part of the Google Policy Fellowship programme initiated jointly by the Centre for Internet and Society and Google.
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Internet Governance
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Singhvi
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Apr 27, 2012 04:41 AM
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Social Media 1, Indian Government 0
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 26, 2012
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last modified
Apr 27, 2012 04:44 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The futility of the Indian government’s attempts to control what is posted on Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites was thrown into high relief this week, after a video purportedly showing Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singvi having sex in his office resulted in his resignation.
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Private sector censors
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 26, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
If business decides what’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ speech, it can lead to multiple interpretations and arbitrary decisions. The article by Salil Tripathi was published in LiveMint on April 25, 2012.
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Views | Why the Left may for once be right
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
On the opening day of the upcoming parliamentary session on Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha is set to vote on an annulment motion against the IT rules, moved by P. Rajeeve of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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International ‘code-athon' in Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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last modified
Apr 27, 2012 10:48 AM
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filed under:
Telecom
The Centre for Internet & Society hosted this event in Bangalore. The Hindu covered the event.
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Campaign against curbs on websites gathers steam
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and his blogger-cum-journalist friend Alok Dixit, who both ran a website against corruption, a tryst with the blind side of law triggered their mission against “gagging” of the new-age Indian Internet user.
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Expect anti-net censorship echo in house
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For the anti-Internet censorship movement in the country, hope is now in sight. Their fight against the intermediary provisions (section 79) of the IT laws, according to which, an intermediary (website, domain owner) would have to take off content that a third party (or complainant) finds ‘objectionable,’ without any room for appeal, has now garnered the attention of the government itself. What is at stake is our fundamental rights, warns CPM Member of Parliament P Rajeeve, who was perhaps the first at the government level to realise that there was a gaping hole in the provision, and took up the matter in the Rajya Sabha.
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Mobilising support for freedom on the Web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
A motion in the Rajya Sabha has sought annulment of the IT intermediary guidelines, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on April 22, 2012.
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MPs to be taught ‘draconian’ IT Act Rules as India.net support galvanises for annul motion
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Public Accountability
The blog post by Prachi Shrivastava was published in Legally India on April 23, 2012.
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