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Shreya Singhal and 66A
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 11, 2015
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last modified
Apr 19, 2015 08:09 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
Most software code has dependencies. Simple and reproducible methods exist for mapping and understanding the impact of these dependencies. Legal code also has dependencies --across court orders and within a single court order. And since court orders are not produced using a structured mark-up language, experts are required to understand the precedential value of a court order.
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FOEX Live
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Jul 07, 2014
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last modified
Jul 07, 2014 12:36 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Feedback,
Press Freedoms,
Censorship,
FOEX Live,
Human Rights Online,
Chilling Effect,
Section 66A,
Article 19(1)(a)
Selections of news on online freedom of expression and digital technology from across India (and some parts of the world)
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Free Speech and Civil Defamation
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by
Gautam Bhatia
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published
Jun 25, 2014
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last modified
Jul 08, 2014 08:31 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Defamation,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Chilling Effect,
Article 19(1)(a)
Does defamation become a tool in powerful hands to suppress criticism? Gautam Bhatia examines the strict and unrealistic demands of defamation law, and concludes that defamation suits are a weapon to silence dissent and bad press.
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Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Jul 13, 2015
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last modified
Aug 23, 2015 10:12 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
This note summarises my panel contribution to the conference on Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age at New Delhi on 21 April 2015, which was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Internet Policy Observatory of the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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Facebook and its Aversion to Anonymous and Pseudonymous Speech
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by
Jessamine Mathew
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published
Jul 04, 2014
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filed under:
Social Media,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Chilling Effect,
Anonymity,
Pseudonimity,
Article 19(1)(a)
Jessamine Mathew explores Facebook's "real name" policy and its implications for the right to free speech.
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Free Speech and Source Protection for Journalists
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by
Gautam Bhatia
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published
Jun 19, 2014
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last modified
Jun 19, 2014 08:10 PM
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filed under:
Checking Value,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Press Freedoms,
Journalistic Privilege,
Source Protection,
Chilling Effect,
Article 19(1)(a),
Journalistic Sources
Gautam Bhatia explores journalistic source protection from the perspective of the right to freedom of speech & expression. In this post, he articulates clearly the centrality of source protection to press freedoms, and surveys the differing legal standards in the US, Europe and India.
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Pastebin, Dailymotion, Github blocked after DoT order: Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 03, 2015
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last modified
Jan 03, 2015 04:17 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
A number of Indian users are reporting they're not able to access websites such as Pastebin, DailyMotion and Github while accessing the internet through providers such as BSNL and Vodafone.
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News & Media
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No more 66A!
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Mar 24, 2015
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last modified
Mar 26, 2015 02:01 AM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Homepage,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Chilling Effect,
Section 66A,
Article 19(1)(a),
Blocking
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A. Today was a great day for freedom of speech on the Internet! When Section 66A was in operation, if you made a statement that led to offence, you could be prosecuted. We are an offence-friendly nation, judging by media reports in the last year. It was a year of book-bans, website blocking and takedown requests. Facebook’s Transparency Report showed that next to the US, India made the most requests for information about user accounts. A complaint under Section 66A would be a ground for such requests.
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‘A safe Internet and a free Internet can co-exist’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 25, 2015
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last modified
Mar 25, 2015 03:58 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
Striking down of 66A kicked off celebrations in the IT capital.
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Indian Supreme Court Overturns Law Barring ‘Offensive Messages’ Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 25, 2015
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last modified
Mar 25, 2015 04:18 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down legislation barring “offensive messages” online, saying it violated constitutional guarantees of free expression.
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