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Indian mobiles go quiet amid SMS curbs
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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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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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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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Criticism mounts over India censorship
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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
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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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'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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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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Delhi defends Internet blocking
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ethnic tensions.
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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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India threatens action against Twitter for ethnic violence 'rumors'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
India threatened to take action on Thursday against Twitter over content alleged to have inflamed ethnic tensions, as leaked documents revealed the government scrambling to censor online material.
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Some ISPs block Wordpress domain across India
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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,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Latest reports confirm that Tata Photon has blocked access to the Wordpress.com domain across India, following a government order to block web pages containing offensive content.
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