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Criticism mounts over India censorship
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 27, 2012
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Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India’s government is facing fierce criticism from privacy groups, political opponents and irate internet users accusing it of an excessive and poorly targeted censorship drive as it seeks to contain social alarm triggered by communal unrest.
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Internet clamp outrage
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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's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top Internet expert said yesterday.
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India Blocks News Website Pages for 'Spreading Fear' over Assam Violence
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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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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India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
This is the second post in the 2-part series about the perceived role of social media in the wake of the Assam clashes that spilled across the country and threatened to upset the nation's peace.
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Blocked websites: Where India flawed
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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last modified
Aug 27, 2012 03:00 AM
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IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Apart from not giving 48 hours response time, the Indian government has blocked some websites which don't exist or don't have web addresses, says an analyst.
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Regulating the Internet by fiat
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Union government’s move to ban or block 310 online entities is worrisome.
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To regulate Net intermediaries or not is the question
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Sunil Abraham
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Given the disruption to public order caused by the mass exodus of North-Eastern Indians from several cities, the government has had for the first time in many years, a legitimate case to crackdown on Internet intermediaries and their users.
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When #GOIBlocks, twitterati fly off their ‘handles’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Ever since the news broke mid-week that some genuine Twitter accounts and six spoof accounts were blocked, the social networking platform has been in a tizzy.
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India’s Internet Curbs Under Legal Cloud
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India’s crackdown on the Internet has caused much debate. But was it legal?
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India Dismisses Charges of Internet Censorship
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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last modified
Aug 26, 2012 05:29 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
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