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- Right to Exclusion, Government Spaces, and Speech
- The conclusion of the litigation surrounding Trump blocking its critiques on Twitter brings to forefront two less-discussed aspects of intermediary liability: ... by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jul 02, 2021 12:05 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
- Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011
- Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions ... by Rishabh Dara — last modified Apr 21, 2012 06:05 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- An Evidence based Intermediary Liability Policy Framework: Workshop at IGF
- CIS is organising a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum 2014. The workshop will be an opportunity to present and discuss ongoing research on the changing ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:41 AM — Filed under: human rights, Digital Governance, internet governance, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance Forum, Human Rights Online, Intermediary Liability, Policies, Multi-stakeholder
- On the legality and constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
- This note examines the legality and constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The ... by Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover, Raghav Ahooja, Pallavi Bedi and Divyank Katira — last modified Jun 21, 2021 11:52 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Internet Freedom, Information Technology
- Intermediary Liability Resources
- We bring you a list of intermediary resources as part of research on internet governance. This blog post will be updated on an ongoing basis. by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 03, 2014 06:45 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Privacy
- European Court of Justice rules Internet Search Engine Operator responsible for Processing Personal Data Published by Third Parties
- The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that an "an internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified May 14, 2014 02:18 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- Centre for Internet and Society joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the multistakeholder cooperative engagement amidst stakeholders towards creating Due Diligence ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Oct 07, 2014 10:54 AM — Filed under: Human Rights, Privacy, Internet Governance Forum, Data Protection, Terms of Service, Internet Governance, Platform Responsibility, Intermediary Liability
- MPs oppose curbs on internet; Sibal promises discussions
- With MPs raising concerns over open-ended interpretations of restrictive terms in the rules seeking to regulate social media and internet, the government ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2012 10:25 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- Donald Trump is attacking the social media giants; here’s what India should do differently
- For a robust and rights-respecting public sphere, India needs to ensure that large social media platforms receive adequate protections, and are made more ... by Anna Liz Thomas and Gurshabad Grover — last modified Jun 25, 2020 09:07 AM — Filed under: Content takedown, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intermediary Liability
- 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
- 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
- Intermediary liability law needs updating
- The time has come for India to exert its foreign policy muscle. There is a less charitable name for intermediary liability regimes like Sec 79 of the IT Act — ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 13, 2019 12:05 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- Webinar on counter-comments to the draft Intermediary Guidelines
- CCAOI and the ISOC Delhi Chapter organised a webinar on February 11 to discuss the comments submitted to the Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines ... by Admin — last modified Feb 22, 2019 01:51 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
- Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights
- This year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:31 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Consumer Rights, Google, internet and society, Privacy, Transparency and Accountability, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Facebook, Data Protection, Policies, Safety
- Minimising Legal Risks of Online Intermediaries while Protecting User Rights
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in partnership with Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC.in) is organizing a workshop during the APrIGF event to be held ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 29, 2014 07:50 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Event, Intermediary Liability
- Constitutional Analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules, 2011
- Ujwala Uppaluri provides a constitutional analysis of the Information Technology (Intermediaries' Guidelines) Rules notified in April 2011, and examines its ... by Ujwala Uppaluri — last modified Oct 31, 2012 08:44 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Information Technology
- Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015
- Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Big Data, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Internet Governance Forum, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Cyber Security, Digital Governance, Anonymity, Civil Society, Blocking
- How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
- Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM — Filed under: Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- A Deep Dive into Content Takedown Timeframes
- Since the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. ... by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jun 26, 2020 11:59 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- 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
- Rethinking the intermediary liability regime in India
- The article consolidates some of our broad thematic concerns with the draft amendments to the intermediary liability rules, published by MeitY last December. ... by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Aug 16, 2019 01:49 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Artificial Intelligence
- The Take Down of Free Speech Online
- As part of a study to access rate of compliance, in 2011, the Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore sent frivolous “take down” requests to seven prominent ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 06, 2014 05:19 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- A trust deficit between advertisers and publishers is leading to fake news
- Transparency regulations is need of the hour. And urgently for election and political advertising. What do the ads look like? Who paid for them? Who was the ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:44 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues
- In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari gives us an overview of some of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the copyright issues identified ... by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:47 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Accessibility, Intermediary Liability, Technological Protection Measures
- Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
- 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 ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Google, Access to Knowledge, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Featured, Internet Governance, Censorship
- No more 66A!
- In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A. Today was a great day for freedom of speech on the Internet! When Section 66A was in ... by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 26, 2015 02:01 AM — Filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Homepage, Intermediary Liability, Featured, Chilling Effect, Section 66A, Article 19(1)(a), Blocking
- The Supreme Court Judgment in Shreya Singhal and What It Does for Intermediary Liability in India?
- Even as free speech advocates and users celebrate the Supreme Court of India's landmark judgment striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act of ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 17, 2015 11:59 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Chilling Effect
- Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 24, 2012 03:38 PM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Telecom, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Openness
- Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules
- Rajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 03, 2012 09:35 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Parliament, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism
- Cyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 26, 2012 01:45 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Intermediary Liability, Facebook, Internet Governance, Censorship
