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Internet Intermediaries Law and Innovation Panel
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 14, 2015 02:47 PMThe Hazards of a Non-neutral Internet
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified May 27, 2015 04:07 PMSpurred by recent events, India’s policy circles are dancing to the complex tunes of net neutrality. Airtel came under fire for pricing calls made over the Internet differentially; it has since withdrawn this plan. Airtel and Reliance Communications are caught in the storm as Airtel Zero and Internet.org, the Facebook-spearheaded product for low-cost Internet access, face stiff criticism for violating net neutrality. Companies like Flipkart, which earlier supported these products, have stepped back and are throwing their weight behind net neutrality. The Department of Telecommunications has set up a six-member panel to consult on net neutrality.
Don't Do Nothing. Take a Stand on Net Neutrality.
— by T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified May 08, 2015 02:11 PMAre you wondering what Net Neutrality is, and why the term has suddenly got so much attention in India among the Netizens? Do you need to be concerned about Net Neutrality? We will try to address these in this short post on Net Neutrality.
Response from DeitY Clarifying Procedures for Blocking
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 29, 2015 02:36 PMDeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 30, 2015 07:37 AMAcross India on 30 December 2014, following an order issued by the Department of Telecom (DOT), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocked 32 websites including Vimeo, Dailymotion, GitHub and Pastebin.
Shreya Singhal and 66A
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 19, 2015 08:09 AMMost software code has dependencies. Simple and reproducible methods exist for mapping and understanding the impact of these dependencies. Legal code also has dependencies --across court orders and within a single court order. And since court orders are not produced using a structured mark-up language, experts are required to understand the precedential value of a court order.
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 17, 2015 01:44 AMMuch confusion has resulted from the Section 66A verdict. Some people are convinced that online speech is now without any reasonable restrictions under Article 19 (2) of the Constitution. This is completely false.
Multiple Aspects Need to be Addressed as the Clamour Grows for Network Neutrality
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 16, 2015 01:33 PMIn the global debate there are four violations of Network Neutrality that are considered particularly egregious.
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