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The Omnishambles of UID, shrouded in its RTI opacity
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Feb 19, 2013
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last modified
Feb 19, 2013 11:04 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society sponsored Colonel Mathew Thomas to hold a workshop at the fourth National Right to Information (RTI) organized by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, held in Hyderabad from February 15 to 18, 2013.
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Freedom of Expression Gagged
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by
Chinmayi Arun
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published
Feb 18, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The use of law to bully people into silence, called ‘heckler’s veto’, is not unique to India, writes Chinmayi Arun in this op-ed published in Business Line on February 15, 2013.
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Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked URLs by Department of Telecommunications (IIPM Edition)
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Feb 16, 2013
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last modified
Feb 17, 2013 07:35 AM
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Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship,
Homepage
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in its order dated February 14, 2013 has issued directions to the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block seventy eight URLs. The block order has been issued as a result of a court order. Snehashish Ghosh does a preliminary analysis of the list of websites blocked as per the DoT order.
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Hate speech: ban or ignore?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Social Network discusses the hate speeches: whether they should be banned or ignored. Why does the state take action against some and not against some others. This on a day when Togadia and Owaisi were simultaneously trending on the social media.
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Anonymous joins protests against Internet shutdown in Kashmir
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2013
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last modified
Mar 01, 2013 04:46 AM
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Hacktivist group Anonymous joined thousands of others to protest the shutdown of internet services in Kashmir for the fourth consecutive day by authorities after the hanging of Afzal Guru, a key accused in the Parliament attack case.
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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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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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2012: Privacy Highlights in India
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Feb 12, 2013
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this blog post, Elonnai Hickok summarizes the top privacy moments of 2012 in India. In doing so she lists out the major ones like the Report of Group of Experts on Privacy, the RIM Standoff, the Nira Radia controversy, the Centralized Monitoring System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, NATGRID, CCTNS, the growth of CCTVs, the leaked DNA Profiling Bill, and the UID project.
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Online Abuse of Teen Girls in Kashmir Leads to Arrests
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 08, 2013
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last modified
Mar 06, 2013 03:51 AM
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Online abuse and a fatwa aimed at a rock band of Muslim teenage girls in Kashmir have led to arrests and a threat of a lawsuit.
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Censorship and sensibility in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 06, 2013
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last modified
Mar 06, 2013 04:09 AM
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Internet Governance,
Censorship
The past few weeks in India have seen films, an all-girl rock band, a fashion show, a Booker prize-winning novelist and a reputed academic become targets of harassment, legal action or threats of violence.
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A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Jan 31, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:40 PM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This blog post is a comparison of the relevant Indian legislations allowing governmental access to communications and the Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications. The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seeks to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights.
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