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Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On Censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 03, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
At the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when then PM Indira Gandhi determined democracy an inconvenience.
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News & Media
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Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital Natives
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 15, 2010
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last modified
Jan 22, 2010 10:54 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Digital Activism,
Digital Governance,
Digital Natives,
Agency,
Youth,
Featured,
Cybercultures,
New Pedagogies,
Digital subjectivities,
ICT
More often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled against the Digital Natives. Educators, policy makers, scholars, and parents have all raised their worries without hearing out from the people they are concerned about. Hivos has initiated an online global discussion about Digital Natives. So, to voice your opinion, start tweeting with us now #DigitalNatives.
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Research
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Collaborative Projects Programme
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Digital Natives With a Cause?
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Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respond
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 22, 2012
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last modified
Sep 04, 2012 12:24 PM
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
A standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on India's requests to block some of the fake 'PMO India' accounts.
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News & Media
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Government to hold talks with stakeholders on Internet censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 04, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In an unprecedented move, the government, through the Department of Telecommunications and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, has agreed to initiate dialogue on Internet censorship with mega Internet companies, social media giants such as Google and Facebook, members of civil society, technical community, media, ISPs and legal experts.
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News & Media
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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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News & Media
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India Blocks Facebook, Twitter, Mass Texts in Response to Unrest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 03, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government has gone on the offensive against Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, demanding hundreds of pages be removed or blocked after political unrest erupted in various parts of the country.
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News & Media
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India Blocks News Website Pages for 'Spreading Fear' over Assam Violence
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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
Access to more than 300 internet web pages including some published by Telegraph, Times of India and Al-Jazeera blocked.
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News & Media
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India Debates Misuse of Social Media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2012
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last modified
Sep 04, 2012 12:13 PM
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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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News & Media
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India faces Twitter backlash over Internet clampdown
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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
The Indian government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said had spread scare-mongering material that threatened national security.
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News & Media
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India Game Developer Summit Bangalore 2010
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by
Arun Menon
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published
Mar 01, 2010
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last modified
Mar 09, 2010 04:55 PM
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filed under:
Conference,
Gaming,
Social media,
IGDS,
RPG,
Game Developer Conference
The India Game Developer Conference held at Nimhans Convention Centre on the 27th of February, 2010 was attended by Arun Menon who is working on The Gaming and Gold Project at The Centre for Internet and Society. The Developer forum brought together game developers from different sectors of the Game Production Cycle, with hardware manufacturers like Nvidia demonstrating their latest 3d technology and Software developers like Crytek and Adobe demonstrating the latest in developer tools for creating and editing games on multiple platforms.
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Blogs
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Gaming and Gold
