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Indian Court Strikes Down Section of Law Punishing Offensive Posts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a section of a law that allowed the authorities to jail people for offensive online posts, in a judgment that was regarded as a landmark ruling on free speech in India.
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What the experts said on live chat: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Three eminent panellists shared their views and answered questions from readers on the Supreme Court verdict striking down Section 66 A of the IT Act that allowed the arrest of people posting “offensive content” on the Internet, in a live chat hosted by The Hindu.
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Historic day for freedom of speech and expression in India: by Vidushi Marda — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
In a petition that finds its origin in a simple status message on Facebook, Shreya Singhal vs Union of India marks a historic reinforcement of the freedom of speech and expression in India.
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Internet censorship will continue in opaque fashion: by Sunil Abraham — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
A division bench of the Supreme Court has ruled on three sections of the Information Technology Act 2000 - Section 66A, Section 79 and Section 69A. The draconian Section 66A was originally meant to tackle spam and cyber-stalking but was used by the powerful elite to crack down on online dissent and criticism.
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India’s Supreme Court strikes down law that led to arrests over Facebook posts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Judge rules that section of the information technology law was unconstitutional, had wrongly swept up innocent people and had a ‘chilling’ effect on free speech.
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India High Court: No Takedown Requests On Social Sites Without Court, Gov't Order: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 25, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 06:18 AM — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Indian police will no longer be able to threaten Internet users and online intermediaries with jail merely on the basis of a complaint that they have posted “offensive” posts online.
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Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, plaintext version): by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 31, 2014 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Censorship
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Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, compressed version): by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 31, 2014 — last modified Dec 31, 2014 02:48 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Censorship
On December 17, 2014, the Dept. of Telecommunications blocked 32 URLs (as it was ordered to do so by the by Dept. of Electronics & IT — specifically the Designated Officer under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under the Information Technology (Procedures and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009), those being: 01) https://justpaste.it/ 02) http://hastebin.com 03) http://codepad.org 04) http://pastie.org 05) https://pasteeorg 06) http://paste2.org 07) http://slexy.org 08) http://paste4btc.com/ 09) http://0bin.net 10) http://www.heypasteit.com 11) http://sourceforge.net/projects/phorkie 12) http://atnsoft.com/textpaster 13) https://archive.org 14) http://www.hpage.com 15) http://www.ipage.com/ 16) http://www.webs.com/ 17) http://www.weebly.com/ 18) http://www.000webhost.com/ 19) https://www.freehosting.com 20) https://vimeo.com/ 21) http://www.dailymotion.com/ 22) http://pastebin.com 23) https://gist.github.com 24) http://www.ipaste.eu 25) https://thesnippetapp.com 26) https://snipt.net 27) http://tny.ct (Tinypaste) 28) https://github.com (gist-it) 29) http://snipplr.com/ 30) http://termbin.com 31) http://www.snippetsource.net 32) https://cryptbin.com
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Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 31, 2014 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Censorship
On December 17, 2014, the Dept. of Telecommunications blocked 32 URLs (as it was ordered to do so by the by Dept. of Electronics & IT — specifically the Designated Officer under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under the Information Technology (Procedures and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009), those being: 01) https://justpaste.it/ 02) http://hastebin.com 03) http://codepad.org 04) http://pastie.org 05) https://pasteeorg 06) http://paste2.org 07) http://slexy.org 08) http://paste4btc.com/ 09) http://0bin.net 10) http://www.heypasteit.com 11) http://sourceforge.net/projects/phorkie 12) http://atnsoft.com/textpaster 13) https://archive.org 14) http://www.hpage.com 15) http://www.ipage.com/ 16) http://www.webs.com/ 17) http://www.weebly.com/ 18) http://www.000webhost.com/ 19) https://www.freehosting.com 20) https://vimeo.com/ 21) http://www.dailymotion.com/ 22) http://pastebin.com 23) https://gist.github.com 24) http://www.ipaste.eu 25) https://thesnippetapp.com 26) https://snipt.net 27) http://tny.ct (Tinypaste) 28) https://github.com (gist-it) 29) http://snipplr.com/ 30) http://termbin.com 31) http://www.snippetsource.net 32) https://cryptbin.com
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Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 15, 2014 — last modified Dec 19, 2014 09:01 AM — filed under: IT Act, Court Case, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intermediary Liability, Constitutional Law, Censorship, Section 66A, Article 19(1)(a), Blocking
There are currently ten cases before the Supreme Court challenging various provisions of the Information Technology Act, the rules made under that, and other laws, that are being heard jointly. Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who's arguing Anoop M.K. v. Union of India has put together this chart that helps you track what's being challenged in each case.
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