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Tweets and twits
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The orders issued by the Ministry of Communication and IT to block more than 300 items on the Internet, including Twitter handles, Facebook pages, YouTube videos, blogposts, pages of certain websites, and in some cases entire websites, tell a revealing story of a government that has simply not applied its mind to the issue of how to deal with hate speech, both cyber and traditional.
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Twitter handles: How and why govt erred and what it can do to be smarter & more effective
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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last modified
Sep 07, 2012 09:22 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Here's a weekend reading recommendation for the mandarins who run the Government of India: it's a freely downloadable, a 145-page long document called "After the Riots". It is a report by the Riot Communities and Victims Panel, set up by the British prime minister to study reasons for the cause, spread and the damage wreaked by the riots that occurred in towns and cities in England in early August 2011.
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Twitter users hit back at government ban
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said had spread scare-mongering material that threatened national security.
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Twitter’s Censorship Move Aimed at Regaining China?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Twitter, the popular social networking site for micro-blogging, has announced it is open to content censorship and region-based filtering, if required by law. The service boasts nearly 300 million users from across the world. Vinod Yalburgi writes this in the International Business Times.
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Two Arguments Against the Constitutionality of Section 66A
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by
Gautam Bhatia
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published
May 31, 2014
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last modified
Jun 04, 2014 03:42 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Constitutional Law,
Censorship,
Section 66A
Gautam Bhatia explores the constitutionality of Section 66A in light of recent events.
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Blog
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Two women arrested over Facebook gripe on Mumbai shutdown
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Jan 15, 2013 09:26 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
A woman who complained about the Indian city of Mumbai shutting down for the funeral of divisive Hindu nationalist politician Balasaheb Thackeray was arrested for "hurting religious sentiments," local police told reporters amid public anger over the case.
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UN Human Rights Council urged to protect human rights online
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Jun 19, 2014
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Human Rights Online,
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
UNHRC
63 civil society groups urged the UN Human Rights Council to address global challenges to freedom of expression, privacy and other human rights on the Internet. Centre for Internet & Society joined in the statement, delivered on behalf of the 63 groups by Article 19.
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Blog
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UN Special Rapporteur Report on Freedom of Expression and the Private Sector: A Significant Step Forward
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Jun 08, 2016
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last modified
Jun 08, 2016 05:27 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
UNHRC,
Digital Media,
Intermediary Liability,
ICT
On 6 June 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, released a report on the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) sector and freedom of expression in the digital age. Vidushi Marda and Pranesh Prakash highlight the most important aspects of the report.
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US Clampdown Worse than the Great Firewall
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 26, 2011
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last modified
Jan 26, 2012 08:42 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
If you thought China’s Internet censorship was evil, think again. American moves to clean up the Web could hurt global surfers, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published in Tehelka, Volume 8, Issue 50, 17 December 2011.
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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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