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Blocked websites: Where India flawed
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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last modified
Aug 27, 2012 03:00 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Apart from not giving 48 hours response time, the Indian government has blocked some websites which don't exist or don't have web addresses, says an analyst.
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Indian government defends Internet blocking
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 28, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ethnic tensions.
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Watch out for fettered speech
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 02, 2012
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last modified
Sep 02, 2012 09:30 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The constant attempts at censorship in the name of national security should give all right-thinking Indians pause.
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India Blocks Facebook, Twitter, Mass Texts in Response to Unrest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 03, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government has gone on the offensive against Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, demanding hundreds of pages be removed or blocked after political unrest erupted in various parts of the country.
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Communications from DeitY regarding blocking of Traffic emanating from IP addresses from States assessed to be sensitive in the current prevailing situation
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 11, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
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India believes in Complete Freedom of Cyber Space: Kapil Sibal
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 25, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The site of the impact of a cyber crime should determine jurisdiction, says information technology minister Kapil Sibal.
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Indian government wakes up to risk of Hotmail, Gmail
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 27, 2013
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last modified
Dec 30, 2013 04:24 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Worried by US spying revelations, India has begun drawing up a new email policy to help secure government communications, but the man responsible for drafting the rules still regularly uses Hotmail.
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Internet Freedom in India – Open to Debate
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 25, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In the aftermath of an Index on Censorship debate in New Delhi, Kirsty Hughes says India’s web users are standing at a crossroads
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9th International Asian Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 25, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
ITechLaw is organizing the 9th Annual Asian ITechLaw Conference on February 14 and 15, 2013 in India's high technology capital - Bangalore, India. Sunil Abraham will be speaking at this event.
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Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Jan 02, 2013 03:42 AM
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filed under:
IPC,
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Featured,
Facebook,
Censorship
Two girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
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