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- India bid to censor Internet draws flak
- Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 09, 2011 10:36 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Regulating Sexist Online Harassment as a Form of Censorship
- This paper is part of a series under IT for Change’s project, Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Combating Sexist Hate Speech Online. The series, titled Rethinking ... by Amber Sinha — last modified May 31, 2021 09:56 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- World Narrow Web
- Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM — Filed under: Google, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Twitter, Internet Governance, Featured, Censorship
- Freedom debate takes a new course
- The focus is now on the dubious roles played by private entities on what goes online, says Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on July 1, 2012. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 22, 2012 04:34 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Speak Easy: Citizenship, Freedom of Expression and Online Governance
- The event organised by the YP Foundation, Youth Ki Awaaz, Change.Org and RTI Anonymous was held at the American Centre in Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 01, 2012 04:56 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- India internet: clean-up or censorship?
- Is India going the way of China? Not when it comes to development indicators. Or enhanced infrastructure. Or economic power. But in another category at which ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 16, 2012 11:17 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- Janhit Manch & Ors. v. The Union of India
- The petition sought a blanket ban on pornographic websites. The NGO had argued that websites displaying sexually explicit content had an adverse influence, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 18, 2012 11:57 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- Spy in the Web
- The government’s proposed pre-censorship rules undermine the intelligence of an online user and endanger democracy. by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 26, 2012 06:38 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 2
- The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A ... by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jan 28, 2016 01:51 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Telecom, Event, Internet Governance
- Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 3
- The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A ... by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jan 28, 2016 01:53 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Telecom, Event, Internet Governance
- Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
- Who could possibly be against free internet access? This is the question that Mark Zuckerberg asks in a piece for the Times of India in which he claims ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2016 11:32 AM — Filed under: Free Basics, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Facebook, Internet Governance
- Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
- Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM — Filed under: Free Basics, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Social Media
- Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India
- Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:33 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Free Basics, Net Neutrality, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Internet Freedom
- The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom. by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:51 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Free Basics, TRAI, Net Neutrality, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Free Speech and the Law on Sedition
- Siddharth Narrain explains how the law in India has addressed sedition. by Siddharth Narrain — last modified Feb 17, 2016 09:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression
- 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
- India's Techies Angered Over Internet Censorship Plan
- India has the world's largest democracy, and one of the most rambunctious. Millions of its young people are cutting edge when it comes to high-tech. Yet the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 22, 2011 05:30 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- Karthikeyan R v Union of India
- The court refused to direct the government to take proactive steps to curb access to Internet pornography stating that such matters require case-by-case ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 18, 2012 11:51 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- Facebook, Google face censorship in India
- Religious leaders in India are on a collision course with social media websites including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Two Indian courts recently asked these ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 09, 2012 05:10 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Is India Ignoring its own Internet Protections?
- India’s information technology law of 2008 limits the liability of Internet companies for material posted on their Web sites by users, including anything ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 17, 2012 05:33 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance
- Internet Freedom Fellows Program Emphasizes Defense of Fundamental Freedoms Online
- At the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United States has consistently placed special emphasis on the protection and promotion of the freedoms of expression, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2012 06:47 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Global Networks, Individual Freedoms: A Peer Forum on Internet Freedom and Human Rights
- In Connection with the 2012 Internet Freedom Fellows Program, the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is pleased to invite Pranesh Prakash to ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 28, 2012 09:12 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Clear and Present Danger: Attempts to Change Internet Governance and Implications for Press Freedom
- The event was organised by National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2012. Emma Llansó, Rebecca MacKinnon, Emin Milli, Susan Morgan and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 29, 2012 03:59 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Parliament panel blasts govt over ambiguous internet laws
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation has come out with a report in which it has lambasted the government and asked it to make ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 28, 2013 08:37 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, compressed version)
- On December 17, 2014, the Dept. of Telecommunications blocked 32 URLs (as it was ordered to do so by the by Dept. of Electronics & IT — specifically the ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 31, 2014 02:48 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Censorship
- Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, plaintext version)
- by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 31, 2014 03:21 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, IT Act, Censorship
- Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites
- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 02, 2015 01:46 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Centre blocks 32 websites for security reasons, restores some later
- The Centre on Wednesday asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to block 32 websites citing national security concerns, especially from terror group ISIS. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 02, 2015 02:13 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- DoT Reportedly Orders Blocking of 32 Websites Including GitHub, Archive.org, SourceForge
- Many users on Twitter are claiming that several websites, including many software development resources such as GitHub and SourceForge, along with research ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 02, 2015 02:51 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin Among Sites Blocked In India For 'Anti-India' Content From ISIS
- The Indian government has convinced ISPs to block dozens of popular websites accused of hosting “anti-India” content posted by members of the Islamic State ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 02, 2015 04:43 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
