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Indecent Proposals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 19, 2011
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last modified
Feb 14, 2012 06:13 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
If Kapil Sibal’s attempts to police net content fructify, it may even lead to a reversal of some of the forward-looking provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. The new proposal, for instance, will reverse Section 79 which protects intermediaries (websites and carriers) from being prosecuted or made liable for any objectionable content published. Says Pranesh Prakash, programme manager, Centre for Internet and Society: “Unfortunately, what Sibal says turns this upside down as they would now be held responsible for e-content.” Sibal wants to monitor content prior to publication.
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Censorship — A Death Knell for Freedom of Expression Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 19, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
On December 8, 2011, NDTV aired an interesting discussion on internet censorship. Shashi Tharoor, Soli Sorabjee, Shekhar Kapoor, Ken Ghosh and Sunil Abraham participated in this discussion with NDTV's Sonia Singh.
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News & Media
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Free Speech Online in India under Attack?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 17, 2011
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last modified
Mar 02, 2012 03:03 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Lecture,
Event Type
When the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal suggested pre-censorship for a range of popular online platforms and social networking sites, the suggestion was met by a barrage of criticism, which soon forced him to back down. Yet Sibal’s suggestion is not the only threat to free speech on the Internet in India today. Legislation such as the Intermediary Due Diligence Rules and Cyber Café Rules (also jointly known as the IT Rules) issued in April 2011 is equally dangerous for free speech online.
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Internet Governance
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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Internet Governance
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Technological beasts like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube & Google impossible to control
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 13, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
They were places that let you be: to chat with buddies, exchange photos and plan parties. The rules of engagement were loose, voyeurism passed off as curiosity, vanity as sharing and gibes as friendly banter.
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Caught in the Web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Do we need a cyber Big Brother watching us? A look at both sides of the coin.
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Much at stake for tech sector in UID project
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance raising a red flag against the National Identification Authority of India ( NIAI) Bill to grant the UID (or Aadhar) project legal status, the project looks set for a slowdown. That could have broad implications for the tech sector that had laid substantial hope on it, especially when global markets are slowing down.
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Online @ India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
I haven't yet heard of anybody in India going on a rampage because somebody in Pakistan started an 'India hate' page. However, I have seen people kill and destroy because they got incited to violence and hatred through offline religious propaganda, cinema and cricket.
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Online gag:Existing rules give little freedom
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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last modified
Dec 12, 2011 05:42 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Even as the controversy over Kapil Sibal's attempt to get internet giants such as Google and Facebook to prescreen user-generated content to weed out 'offensive' material rages, a yet-to-be-published study by Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society reveals that rules already in place can have "chilling effects on free expression on the internet".
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That’s the unkindest cut, Mr Sibal
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
There’s Kolaveri-di on the Internet over Kapil Sibal’s diktat to social media sites to prescreen users’ posts. That diktat goes far beyond the restrictions placed on our freedom of expression by the IT Act. But, says Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society, India is not going to be silenced online.
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