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Regulating Social Media: Unrealistic, Impossible, Necessary?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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last modified
Apr 30, 2013 04:50 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Video,
Censorship,
Social Networking
The Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju calls for regulating social media, saying it will prevent offensive material coming into the public domain. But is it really necessary to regulate the social media? If yes, is it possible to do it?
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News & Media
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Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 1
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Jan 27, 2016
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last modified
Jan 27, 2016 01:51 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Telecom,
Event,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi. The first public debate will be held at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore on February 1, 2016.
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Internet Governance
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Events
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The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Jan 30, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
The introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country like India where access to information is routinely restricted.
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Blog
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Facebook’s Fight to Be Free
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 31, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
In India, Mark Zuckerberg can’t give Internet access away.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 03, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook
ALWAR, India — Connecting people to the Internet is not easy in this impoverished farming district of wheat and millet fields, where working camels can be glimpsed along roads that curve through the low-slung Aravalli Hills.
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News & Media
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A Megacorp’s Basic Instinct
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 04, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Telecom,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Bolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 10, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook
India’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
In India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Free Speech and Public Order
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by
Gautam Bhatia
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published
Feb 17, 2016
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last modified
Feb 18, 2016 06:23 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Reasonable Restrictions
In this post, Gautam Bhatia has explained the law on public order as a reasonable restriction to freedom of expression under Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India.
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Blog
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 17, 2016
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last modified
Feb 17, 2016 05:03 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash contributed to Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter. The book was edited by Courtney C. Radsch.
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