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i4D Interview: Social Networking and Internet Access
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Oct 31, 2008
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 12:51 PM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Digital Natives,
Public Accountability,
Cybercultures,
Communities,
Digital subjectivities,
Digital Pluralism
Nishant Shah, the Director for Research at CIS, was recently interviewed in i4D in a special section looking at Social Networking and Governance, as a lead up to the Internet Governance Forum in December, in the city of Hyderabad.
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Letter to ICANN on NCSG
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 28, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Digital Pluralism,
Digital Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), instead of accepting the one drafted by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).
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Primer on the New IT Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 29, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Digital Governance,
Public Accountability,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
With this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
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Blog
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Chilling Effects and Frozen Words
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by
Lawrence Liang
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published
Apr 30, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
What if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in the Hindu on April 30, 2012.
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Govt vs Tweeple: Has clampdown hit free speech?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2012
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Has the Government crossed the line by ordering the blocking of several Twitter accounts, many belonging to prominent journalists? The debate was featured in NDTV on August 23, 2012.
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Govt orders blocking of 300 specific URLs including 16 Twitter accounts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The government stepped up its efforts to stop what it feels is an online campaign of misinformation and rumour mongering in the wake of lower Assam riots and ordered blocking of 16 Twitter accounts, including two belonging to journalists, considered sympathetic to the right in India.
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NE exodus: List containing 309 blocked URLs leaks online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Latest reports coming in have confirmed that a list containing 309 URLs, whose ban the government had sought in light of the Assam violence and the subsequent NE exodus, has been leaked online.
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India's social media crackdown reveals clumsy govt machinery
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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
"High-handed" and "reckless" are some of the words used in the media to describe the government's online crackdown.
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Internet expert criticizes Indian cyber blockades
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2012
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last modified
Aug 28, 2012 10:11 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top Internet expert said Friday.
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India Bans Mass SMS to Counter Panic
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Last year social networking was credited with helping to organize revolutions across the Middle East and with getting normally apathetic middle-class Indians onto the streets to protest corruption.
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