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Social Media
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27 Aug 2012
News
India Bans Mass SMS to Counter PanicLast year social networking was credited with helping to organize revolutions across the Middle East and with getting normally apathetic middle-class Indians onto the streets to protest corruption.
27 Aug 2012
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Criticism mounts over India censorshipIndia’s government is facing fierce criticism from privacy groups, political opponents and irate internet users accusing it of an excessive and poorly targeted censorship drive as it seeks to contain social alarm triggered by communal …
27 Aug 2012
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Blocked websites: Where India flawedApart from not giving 48 hours response time, the Indian government has blocked some websites which don't exist or don't have web addresses, says an analyst.
26 Aug 2012
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Some ISPs block Wordpress domain across IndiaLatest reports confirm that Tata Photon has blocked access to the Wordpress.com domain across India, following a government order to block web pages containing offensive content.
26 Aug 2012
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After Violence in India, a Crackdown OnlineThe recent panic that led tens of thousands of Indians to flee their homes has largely subsided, leaving in its wake an uneven government crackdown on the Internet and text-messaging services that top officials blame for circulating the …
25 Aug 2012
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Internet expert criticizes Indian cyber blockadesThe 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 Friday.
23 Aug 2012
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Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?The government has passed the blame buck on social media and blocked hundreds of websites, which it claims, hosted hate speech and inflammatory content, enough to incite violence. But is it feasible to pre-screen objectionable or …
23 Aug 2012
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India limits social media after civil unrestIndian officials have gone too far in limiting text messages and pressuring local Internet firms as well as Twitter and others to block accounts, critics say.
23 Aug 2012
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India Debates Misuse of Social MediaIndia has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to flee Indian cities. The crackdown has sparked a debate about how the country will …
23 Aug 2012
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Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respondA standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on India's requests to block some of the fake 'PMO India' accounts.
22 Aug 2012
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Internet Analysts Question India’s Efforts to Stem PanicThe Indian government’s efforts to stem a weeklong panic among some ethnic minorities has again put it at odds with Internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
22 Aug 2012
Blog post
Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
15 Dec 2011
Blog post
Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being SeenThe Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the …
7 Dec 2011
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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and ImpracticalThe 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 …
15 Sep 2011
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Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society have consolidated their three year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth, technology and change in a four book collective “Digital AlterNatives with a cause?”. This collaboratively produced …
11 Feb 2011
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Diving Into the DigitalPrevious posts in the ‘Beyond the Digital’ series have discussed the non-virtual aspects and presence of Blank Noise. However, to understand the activism of digital natives also require a look into their online presence and activities. This …
8 Jun 2010
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Survey : Digital Natives with a cause?This survey seeks to consolidate information about how young people who have grown up with networked technologies use and experience online platforms and tools. It is also one of the first steps we have taken to interact with Digital …
1 Mar 2010
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India Game Developer Summit Bangalore 2010The India Game Developer Conference held at Nimhans Convention Centre on the 27th of February, 2010 was attended by Arun Menon who is working on The Gaming and Gold Project at The Centre for Internet and Society. The Developer forum brought …
15 Jan 2010
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Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital NativesMore often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled against the Digital Natives. Educators, policy makers, scholars, and parents have …
13 Jan 2010
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Inquilab 2.0? Reflections on Online Activism in India*Research and activism on the Internet in India remain fledgling in spite the media hype, says Anja Kovacs in her blog post that charts online activism in India as it has emerged.
21 Sep 2009
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China's Generation Y : Youth and Technology in ShanghaiWithin the context of internet technologies in China, Nishant Shah, drawing from his seven month research in Shanghai, looks at the first embodiment of these technologies in the urbanising city. In this post, he gives a brief overview of …
24 Jun 2009
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Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Initiatives: A ReportZainab Bawa reports on the Round Table on Assessing the Efficacy of Information and Communication Technologies for Public Initiatives, hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, on 17 June 2009, in collaboration with the …
22 Jun 2009
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Using Social Media for Mobilisation: Discussion with Dina Mehta and Peter GriffinZainab Bawa reports on the discussion with Peter Griffin and Dina Mehta, hosted at CIS on 19 June 2009, on 'Using Social Media for Mobilisation'.