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- Delhi defends Internet blocking
- India on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 04:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 03:36 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Blocked websites: Where India flawed
- 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. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 03:00 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India threatens action against Twitter for ethnic violence 'rumors'
- India threatened to take action on Thursday against Twitter over content alleged to have inflamed ethnic tensions, as leaked documents revealed the government ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 27, 2012 02:52 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Some ISPs block Wordpress domain across India
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 03:16 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Twitter handles: How and why govt erred and what it can do to be smarter & more effective
- Here's a weekend reading recommendation for the mandarins who run the Government of India: it's a freely downloadable, a 145-page long document called "After ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 07, 2012 09:22 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Inde: la tentative de contrôler l'internet est "illégale"
- Des spécialistes de l'internet ont qualifié vendredi de "complètement illégale" la tentative du gouvernement indien de bloquer des messages et des vidéos ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 10:50 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- After Violence in India, a Crackdown Online
- The recent panic that led tens of thousands of Indians to flee their homes has largely subsided, leaving in its wake an uneven government crackdown on the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 10:35 AM — Filed under: Social media
- Regulating the Internet by fiat
- The Union government’s move to ban or block 310 online entities is worrisome. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 10:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- When #GOIBlocks, twitterati fly off their ‘handles’
- Ever since the news broke mid-week that some genuine Twitter accounts and six spoof accounts were blocked, the social networking platform has been in a tizzy. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:56 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India’s Internet Curbs Under Legal Cloud
- India’s crackdown on the Internet has caused much debate. But was it legal? by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:48 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India Dismisses Charges of Internet Censorship
- Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2012 05:29 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Tweets and twits
- The orders issued by the Ministry of Communication and IT to block more than 300 items on the Internet, including Twitter handles, Facebook pages, YouTube ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 07:45 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Blocking Twitter: How Internet Service Providers & telcos were caught between tweets and tall egos
- Long derided as 'dumb pipes' to the Web, Internet service providers (ISPs) are discovering these days that insult is being increasingly followed up by injury. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 07:36 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- How ISPs block websites and why it doesn’t help
- Banning websites is ineffective against malicious users as workarounds are easy and well known. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 06:56 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet expert criticizes Indian cyber blockades
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2012 10:11 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India's social media crackdown reveals clumsy govt machinery
- "High-handed" and "reckless" are some of the words used in the media to describe the government's online crackdown. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 06:11 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Govt in line of fire over web censorship
- Social media abuzz with allegations of government gagging free speech in the garb of curbing hate messages. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 03:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India seeks a tighter grip on social media
- India, with the world's third largest number of Facebook users, is clamping down on social media after recent posting of inflammatory videos on Web sites. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 03:02 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Twitter users hit back at government ban
- The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 02:51 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Govt cracks down on Twitter
- India’s crackdown on social media platforms for hosting “inflammatory” content — following the violence in Assam and the exodus of northeastern people from ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 25, 2012 02:09 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Views | India’s Net nannies run amok
- To combat hate on the website, India should use the Internet and counter the speech, which might seem hateful. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:50 PM
- NE exodus: List containing 309 blocked URLs leaks online
- Latest reports coming in have confirmed that a list containing 309 URLs, whose ban the government had sought in light of the Assam violence and the subsequent ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:37 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Govt orders blocking of 300 specific URLs including 16 Twitter accounts
- The government stepped up its efforts to stop what it feels is an online campaign of misinformation and rumour mongering in the wake of lower Assam riots and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:29 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- New Delhi Expands Curbs on Web Content
- India on Thursday broadened recent efforts to regulate the Internet with moves to block Twitter accounts of some prominent journalists and content from ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 01:16 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet expert Pranesh Prakash criticizes Indian cyber blockades
- The 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:58 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Govt vs Tweeple: Has clampdown hit free speech?
- Has the Government crossed the line by ordering the blocking of several Twitter accounts, many belonging to prominent journalists? The debate was featured in ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:46 PM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India limits social media after civil unrest
- Has the Indian government lost its sense of humour? That’s what some in India were asking as word spread that authorities had pressured Twitter into blocking ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:33 PM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India’s ethnic clashes intensify within social-media maelstrom
- It began in mid-July: First came a series of retaliatory killings between ethnic communities in the state of Assam in mid-July. Soon nearly 500,000 people had ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2012 12:25 PM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Sixth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah
- The sixth meeting of the two sub-groups on privacy issues will be held on August 31, 2012 at 10.00 a.m. in Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Sansad Marg, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2012 09:48 AM — Filed under: Meeting, Internet Governance, Privacy
