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The Problems With Policing Sexism on Twitter: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 22, 2012
In mid-April this year, Indian writer and activist Meena Kandasamy attended a beef-eating festival. Then she tweeted about it. In two hours, she got over 800 abusive tweets. Kandasamy, who lives in the southern Indian city of Chennai, was threatened with rape, acid attacks, and being burnt alive. She was called a whore, slut, and terrorist.
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Google's 'Transparency Report' sketchy, inconclusive: Government: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 22, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
Google calls it the 'Transparency Report', but as far as Indian authorities are concerned, it is anything but. The world's largest Internet company this week published its latest half-yearly findings on government requests for access to personal information, showing that both the number of requests and the rate of denials have risen. The data, according to the world's largest democracy, are too sketchy for any clear conclusions to be drawn.
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Indian government at second position after U.S.A for demanding user data from Google: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
The Indian government has secured 2nd position in the list of the governments demanding for Web user information. It is behind only from the United States government.
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