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India's Online Freedom Advocates Hail Court Ruling on Free Speech
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Mar 27, 2015
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
Online freedom advocates in India are hailing a court ruling that struck down a controversial law seen as infringing free speech on the Internet. But in a country expected to have the world’s largest number of web users by 2018, some concerns about net censorship remain.
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India's Supreme Court Axes Online Censorship Law, But Challenges Remain
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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last modified
Mar 27, 2015 02:38 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
The Supreme Court of India took a remarkable step to protect free expression on March 24, 2015, striking down controversial section 66A of the IT Act that criminalized “grossly offensive” content online. In response to a public interest litigation filed by Indian law student Shreya Singhal, the court made this landmark judgement calling the section “vague”, “broad” and “unconstitutional”. Since Tuesday's announcement, the news has trended nationally on Twitter, with more than 50,000 tweets bearing the hashtags #Sec66A and #66A.
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What 66A Judgment Means For Free Speech Online
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
This week India's Supreme Court redefined the boundaries of freedom of speech on the internet. With the Court's decision in Shreya Singhal & Ors. v. Union of India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has been struck down in entirety and is no longer good law.
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SC has set a high threshold for tolerance: Lawrence Liang
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 28, 2015
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
Lawyer-activist Lawrence Liang on why SC upheld section 69A and the implications of striking down section 66A.
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66A DEAD. LONG LIVE 66A!
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 28, 2015
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last modified
Apr 01, 2015 02:11 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
Last Tuesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo walked into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office. India's most compulsive and most-followed tweeter, Modi, as Gujarat chief minister, had protested when the Manmohan Singh government blocked the micro-blogging site of a few journalists. Modi had blacked out his own Twitter profile and tweeted: “May God give good sense to everyone.”
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If you thought India is a country where freedom of speech and expression are fundamental rights, think twice!
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2015
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last modified
Apr 04, 2015 03:52 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Having contributed significantly in growing pollution and corruption indices, there's one place where India seems to hold the top spot is: imposing restrictions on social media contents. There have been over 5,800 restriction requests recorded in the second half of 2014, as per Facebook's Government Requests Report.
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What Does Facebook's Transparency Report Tell Us About the Indian Government's Record on Free Expression & Privacy?
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 17, 2015
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last modified
Apr 05, 2015 05:08 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Transparency Reports,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Given India's online population, the number of user data requests made by the Indian government aren't very high, but the number of content restriction requests are not only high on an absolute number, but even on a per-user basis.
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The Supreme Court Judgment in Shreya Singhal and What It Does for Intermediary Liability in India?
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Apr 11, 2015
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last modified
Apr 17, 2015 11:59 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Chilling Effect
Even as free speech advocates and users celebrate the Supreme Court of India's landmark judgment striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act of 2000, news that the Central government has begun work on drafting a new provision to replace the said section of the Act has been trickling in.
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Freedom struggle 2.0
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 27, 2015
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last modified
Apr 27, 2015 01:23 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
In the face of the debate on net neutrality, here is a look at the consequences of not having a free, equal, and private internet.
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Roundtable: Identifying and Limiting Hate Speech and Harassment Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 28, 2016
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last modified
Aug 09, 2016 01:31 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Japreet Grewal attended this event organized by Software Freedom Law Centre at Constitution Club Of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi on July 28, 2016.
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