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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
YouTube,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship,
Social Networking
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if the government's heart is in the right place. Further, he points out that now is the time to take action on the draconian IT Rules which are before the Parliament.
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Internet Governance
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CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 01, 2011
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filed under:
Development,
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash intervened during the discussion of future work of the ACE with this comment.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 01, 2011
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last modified
Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Piracy,
Censorship,
WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash responded to a presentation by Prof. Pierre Sirinelli of the École de droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 on 'The French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting of December 16, 2009' with this comment.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCR
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 29, 2011
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last modified
Nov 30, 2011 06:55 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Broadcasting,
WIPO
The twenty-third session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from November 22, 2011 to December 2, 2011. Pranesh Prakash delivered this statement on a new proposal made by South Africa and Mexico (SCCR/23/6) on a treaty for broadcasters.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Sources of CIS Funding
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 09, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2018 01:19 AM
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filed under:
Meta
CIS's donors' names and the amount of the grants they've provided are being published in an effort to be absolutely transparent and to make it clear that our donors do not dictate the policy and research positions we espouse.
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Internet Governance
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CIS Comments on the Draft National Policy on Electronics
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 31, 2011
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last modified
Nov 01, 2011 12:05 AM
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filed under:
Government Feedback,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Internet Governance,
e-Governance,
Submissions,
Patents
These were the comments submitted by CIS to the request for comments put out by the Department of Information Technology on its draft 'National Policy on Electronics'.
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Internet Governance
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India's Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 31, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance
This is the statement made by India at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in which its proposal for the UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy was presented.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 27, 2011
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last modified
Dec 02, 2011 09:26 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In this blog post, Pranesh Prakash briefly analyses the DIT's response to an RTI request on website blocking alongside the most recent edition of Google's Transparency Report, and what it tells us about the online censorship regime in India.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 27, 2011
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last modified
Oct 28, 2011 02:37 PM
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filed under:
RTI,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
CIS had filed a request under the Right to Information Act with the government, asking a number of questions relating to blocking of content under the IT Act. We have reproduced below the response we got from the government.
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Internet Governance
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The Online Video Environment in India - A Survey Report
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 25, 2011
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last modified
Oct 03, 2011 09:31 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Content,
Publications,
Open Video
iCOMMONS, the OPEN VIDEO ALLIANCE, and the CENTRE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY have initiated a research project which seeks to survey the online video environment in India and the opportunities this new medium presents for creative expression and civic engagement. This report seeks to define key issues in the Indian context and begins to develop a short-term policy framework to address them.
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Openness
