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India Bans Mass SMS to Counter Panic: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2012 — 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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Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 04:06 AM — filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has passed the blame buck on social media and blocked hundreds of websites, which it claims, hosted hate speech and inflammatory content, enough to incite violence. But is it feasible to pre-screen objectionable or provocative content, and reject it before posting so that there is no chance of such rumours?
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Is the govt caught in the 'censorship' web?: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 04, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 06:54 AM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
NDTV aired a one-hour debate on censorship in "We the People" episode hosted by Barkha Dutt on August 26, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in the discussions as a speaker.
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India Debates Misuse of Social Media: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2012 — last modified Sep 04, 2012 12:13 PM — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
India has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to flee Indian cities. The crackdown has sparked a debate about how the country will cope with misuse of social media.
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Political war on the web: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
Twitter is not only the ‘people’s voice’. It is also a forum for orchestrated propaganda.Kunal Majumder tracks the BJP-Congress online duel.
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Need a standard strategy to deal with Web issues: Chandrasekhar: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2012 — filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has been facing allegations of Internet censorship for over a year now.
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