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- So Much to Lose
- Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you have been a witness to the maelstrom of events that accompanied the death of the political leader Bal Thackeray. by Nishant Shah — last modified Dec 07, 2012 04:39 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Girl's arrest draws flak on social media
- The arrest of a 21-year-old girl by Mumbai police for criticizing the shutting down of the city following the death of Bal Thackeray come under fire from ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2012 11:04 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Internet users flay Mumbai girls' arrest over Facebook post
- The arrest of two girls over their Facebook post on shutdown in Mumbai for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Monday again opened a can of worms with netizens calling ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2012 11:35 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Arrests over Facebook posts: Why we’re on a dangerous slide
- The most bizarre thing about the arrest of Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan on Monday over a Facebook post that questioned the wisdom of a bandh to mark Shiv ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2012 11:47 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- The Last Word: Is there a need to review Information Technology Act?
- Does the high-handed arrest of two young girls mean it's time to review and revise the IT Act? by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 21, 2012 12:10 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Video, Censorship
- Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act
- Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 30, 2012 06:33 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
- Ayodhya trending on Twitter sparks censorship concerns
- On the 20th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the ShauryaDiwas, Ayodhya and Babri Masjid hashtags were trending on Twitter all day, with almost 2,500 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2012 10:38 AM — Filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Social Media
- Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism and Rioting Edition) Part II
- Snehashish Ghosh does a further analysis of the leaked list of the websites blocked by the Indian Government from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 (“leaked ... by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Sep 27, 2012 10:42 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Social Networking
- Govt plans inter-ministerial panel on Internet policy
- The government may set up an inter-ministerial panel to improve coordination among the various arms of the government on Internet-related issues such as ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 25, 2012 10:28 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- 'Anonymous' hackers to protest Indian Internet laws
- Global hacking movement Anonymous has called for protesters to take to the streets in 16 cities around India on Saturday over what it considers growing ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 18, 2012 04:55 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
- The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, YouTube, Social media, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Social Networking
- Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill"
- On January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in ... by Natasha Vaz — last modified Feb 15, 2012 04:27 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured
- Hacktivists deface BSNL website
- The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website, www.bsnl.co.in, was hacked and defaced on Thursday afternoon. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 14, 2012 05:20 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Censorship
- Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector
- The Transparency & Accountability Initiative has published a book called “Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM — Filed under: Digital Governance, Open Data, Public Accountability, Openness, e-governance
- Pitroda seeks to put govt information in public domain
- In the first-ever Indian government press conference on Twitter, Sam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on public information infrastructure and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2012 05:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Social media
- Google to change privacy policy to use personal info of users
- It is a warning for users of Google and other Social Networking sites. Who are using these sites for searching anything they want to know and sharing their ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2012 05:03 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Censoring the Internet: A brief manual
- Blocking websites on the Internet should be proportionate to harm they intend. However, the government of India's approach is against the principles of natural ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 24, 2012 09:39 AM — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- To regulate Net intermediaries or not is the question
- Given the disruption to public order caused by the mass exodus of North-Eastern Indians from several cities, the government has had for the first time in many ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 26, 2012 06:12 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, 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
- Indian government 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 28, 2012 10:07 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- India Blocks Facebook, Twitter, Mass Texts in Response to Unrest
- The Indian government has gone on the offensive against Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, demanding hundreds of pages be removed or blocked ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 03, 2012 02:46 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Women Arrested in Mumbai for Complaining on Facebook
- For over 30 hours following the death of the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray on Saturday, stores throughout Mumbai closed their shutters and taxis and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 21, 2012 11:32 AM — Filed under: Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Thousands go online against 66A
- An online petition aimed at amending section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act and re-examining internet laws has garnered 3,000 signatures since it ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 30, 2012 06:40 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
- Haphazard censorship? Leaked list of blocked websites in India
- An analysis of a leaked list of the websites blocked by Indian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on directions from the Department of Telecom bring to light ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2012 06:18 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
