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Indian Internet Lawsuit Puts Spotlight on Freedom of Expression
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 19, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
In India, Internet giants such as Google and Facebook are fighting a lawsuit after the government authorized their prosecution for online content on their sites deemed to be offensive. The case has put the spotlight on free speech in the world’s largest democracy.
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Indian IT firms not ready for European Union's proposed privacy laws, only a few compliant with GDPR
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 26, 2018
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last modified
Apr 18, 2018 12:56 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Only a third of Indian IT firms are compliant with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force on 25 May, according to a media report.
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News & Media
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Indian mobiles go quiet amid SMS curbs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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last modified
Aug 27, 2012 07:15 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India’s 900m-plus mobile telephones have fallen unusually quiet since Saturday, when the government curbed text and multimedia messages for 15 days in an attempt to dispel panic among north-easterners fearing attacks from angry Muslims.
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Indian music streaming service Gaana hacked, millions of users’ details exposed
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 28, 2015
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last modified
Aug 22, 2015 04:44 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Indian music streaming service Gaana, which has over 7.5 million monthly visitors, has been compromised by a hacker and its user information database is now exposed.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Indian net service providers too play censorship tricks
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The study by a Canadian university has found that some major Indian ISPs have deployed web-censorship and filtering technology.
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Indian Netizens Criticize Online Censorship of ‘Jihadi’ Content
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jan 06, 2015
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last modified
Feb 10, 2015 02:43 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The article on online censorship by Subhashish Panigrahi was published in Global Voices on January 6, 2015.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Indian PM Narendra Modi’s digital dream gets bad reception
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 29, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Surveillance
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Silicon Valley’s most powerful chief executives this week how his government “attacked poverty by using the power of networks and mobile phones’’, the entire population of the state of Kashmir remained offline — by order of the state.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Indian police set up lab to monitor social media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 19, 2013
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Mumbai police have set up India's first "social media lab" to monitor Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites, sparking concerns about freedom of speech online.
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Indian politicians yet to tap voters online: CIS’s Abraham
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 23, 2013
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham talks about the role online media will play in forthcoming elections and the behaviour of online readers of news.
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Indian Porn Ban is Partially Lifted But Sites Remain Blocked
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 05, 2015
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last modified
Sep 13, 2015 09:00 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
The Indian government made a quick about-face on its order to block hundreds of pornography websites on Tuesday, partially lifting the ban after political backlash against the moral policing.
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