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Social Media
233 items.
14 Dec 2012
News
Hacktivists deface BSNL websiteThe Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website, www.bsnl.co.in, was hacked and defaced on Thursday afternoon.
12 Dec 2012
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Ayodhya trending on Twitter sparks censorship concernsOn 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 messages sent over 48 hours.
5 Dec 2012
Blog post
Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of SpeechWhy is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
2 Dec 2012
Blog post
So Much to LoseUnless 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.
30 Nov 2012
News
Thousands go online against 66AAn 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 began on Tuesday — two days before Kapil Sibal, telecom and IT minister, chairs a …
30 Nov 2012
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Interview with Pranesh PrakashPranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society talks to Mint’s Surabhi Agarwal about the controversial Section 66A of the IT Act and the government’s decision to tweak it.
30 Nov 2012
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Govt tweaks enforcement of IT Act after spate of arrestsThe government on Thursday tweaked the law to make it tougher for citizens to be arrested for online comments that are deemed offensive after recent arrests came in for heavy criticism by Internet activists, the media and other groups.
24 Nov 2012
Blog post
Draft nonsenseSeriously flawed and dodgily drafted provisions in the IT Act provide the state a stick to beat its citizens with.
21 Nov 2012
News
Women Arrested in Mumbai for Complaining on FacebookFor over 30 hours following the death of the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray on Saturday, stores throughout Mumbai closed their shutters and taxis and autorickshaws stayed off the streets.
2 Nov 2012
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On social media, Modi goes soft“Truth stands on its own; it doesn’t need a prop.” Is this Mahatma Gandhi? No, it’s Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. Gujarat’s elections are near, but in the arena of social media, Modi has already won. From over a million …
27 Sep 2012
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Pitroda seeks to put govt information in public domainIn the first-ever Indian government press conference on Twitter, Sam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on public information infrastructure and innovations, championed the cause of putting government information in the …
27 Sep 2012
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Censorship makes India fall two places on global internet freedom chartA recently released global report on the internet freedom rated India 39th in 2012, a slip from two places last year.
25 Sep 2012
Blog post
Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism and Rioting Edition) Part IISnehashish 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 list”).
5 Sep 2012
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Political war on the webTwitter is not only the ‘people’s voice’. It is also a forum for orchestrated propaganda.Kunal Majumder tracks the BJP-Congress online duel.
5 Sep 2012
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Need a standard strategy to deal with Web issues: ChandrasekharThe government has been facing allegations of Internet censorship for over a year now.
4 Sep 2012
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Is the govt caught in the 'censorship' web?NDTV aired a one-hour debate on censorship in "We the People" episode hosted by Barkha Dutt on August 26, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in the discussions as a speaker.
4 Sep 2012
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Government to hold talks with stakeholders on Internet censorshipIn an unprecedented move, the government, through the Department of Telecommunications and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, has agreed to initiate dialogue on Internet censorship with mega Internet companies, social …
3 Sep 2012
News
The state. And the rage of the cyber demonThe Internet might be a Pandora’s box. But should the government be wasting time regulating the cacophony?
3 Sep 2012
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Tata Photon unblocks Wordpress.comAs of yesterday, the Tata Photon service of the Internet service provider (ISP) Tata Teleservices seems to have lifted the block it had put on the Wordpress.com domain for over a week.
3 Sep 2012
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India Blocks Facebook, Twitter, Mass Texts in Response to UnrestThe Indian government has gone on the offensive against Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, demanding hundreds of pages be removed or blocked after political unrest erupted in various parts of the country.
3 Sep 2012
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Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On CensorshipAt the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when then PM Indira Gandhi determined democracy an inconvenience.
2 Sep 2012
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Watch out for fettered speechThe constant attempts at censorship in the name of national security should give all right-thinking Indians pause.
28 Aug 2012
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Indian government defends Internet blockingIndia on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ethnic tensions.
28 Aug 2012
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Details emerge on government blockade of websitesFacebook pages, Twitter handles among 300 unique web addresses blocked by ISPs.
27 Aug 2012
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Internet clamp outrageThe Indian government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top Internet expert said yesterday.
27 Aug 2012
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Indian mobiles go quiet amid SMS curbsIndia’s 900m-plus mobile telephones have fallen unusually quiet since Saturday, when the government curbed text and multimedia messages for 15 days in an attempt to dispel panic among north-easterners fearing attacks from angry Muslims.
27 Aug 2012
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India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?This is the second post in the 2-part series about the perceived role of social media in the wake of the Assam clashes that spilled across the country and threatened to upset the nation's peace.
27 Aug 2012
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India threatens action against Twitter for ethnic violence 'rumors'India threatened to take action on Thursday against Twitter over content alleged to have inflamed ethnic tensions, as leaked documents revealed the government scrambling to censor online material.
27 Aug 2012
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India faces Twitter backlash over Internet clampdownThe Indian government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said had spread scare-mongering material that threatened national security.
27 Aug 2012
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India Blocks News Website Pages for 'Spreading Fear' over Assam ViolenceAccess to more than 300 internet web pages including some published by Telegraph, Times of India and Al-Jazeera blocked.