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The Present — and Future — Dangers of India's Draconian New Internet Regulations
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
May 31, 2011
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:22 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The uproar surrounding India's Internet Control Rules makes clear that in the Internet age, as before, the active chilling of freedom of expression by the state is unacceptable in a democracy. Yet if India's old censorship regimes are to be maintained in this new context, the state will have little choice but to do just that. Are we ready to rethink the ways in which we deal with free speech and censorship as a society? Asks Anja Kovacs in this article, published in Caravan, 1 June 2011.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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India Weighing Looser Web Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 30, 2011
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last modified
May 31, 2011 12:23 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Indian authorities are considering revisions to new Internet regulations after criticism from free-speech advocates and companies like Google Inc. that fear they could be exposed to liability under the regime. This article by Amol Sharma was published in the Wall Street Journal on May 30, 2011.
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News & Media
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May 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 30, 2012 10:23 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Mobile education comes to villages
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 27, 2011
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last modified
May 30, 2011 05:49 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
PEOPLE living in remote villages, trekking many miles to schools and colleges before dropping out, can now look forward to a tech option — mobile education. Education over mobile phones is vital in India, where the literacy rate according to 2011 census is 74.04 per cent, observers note. This article by Shayan Ghosh was published in Mail Today on May 27, 2011.
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News & Media
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Announcing the Asia Pacific Google Policy Fellows
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 27, 2011
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last modified
May 30, 2011 09:26 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Posted by Ross LaJeunesse, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Asia Pacific
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News & Media
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Take charge of Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2011
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last modified
Jun 06, 2011 08:16 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Want to take control of your data and the way you use your Facebook account? Then try these tricks, writes Shweta Taneja.
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News & Media
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A Network of Chains
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
New infotech rules infringe on freedom of expression, make net use near-impossible, writes Arindam Mukherjee. The article was published in the latest issue (May 30, 2011) of Outlook Magazine.
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News & Media
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Bangalore-based NGO files RTI query asking list of websites blocked by Indian govt
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 18, 2011
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last modified
May 23, 2011 08:39 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. This article by R Krishna was published in the Daily News & Analysis on May 18, 2011.
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News & Media
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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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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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IT Act if enforced will leave internet use in India no freer than in China
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 15, 2011
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last modified
May 18, 2011 02:28 AM
The Centre for Internet & Societies (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. The department handed them a list of 11 websites. It was just one department’s list, but this was the first time such a list was being made public. This news written by R Krishna was published by the Daily News & Analysis on May 15, 2011.
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News & Media