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Lok Sabha committee tells Kapil Sibal to re-examine the Information Technology Rules 20113 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 2 months ago: SFLC.in has a quick summary: The Thirty-first Report of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (20 … more →

Tags: Centre watch, Debates, Government, Law, IT Rules 2011

Arindam Chaudhuri promises to get Kafila page unblocked 11 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 4 months ago: The webpage http://kafila.org/2011/06/22/arindam-chaudhuri-silchar has been blocked by Internet Serv … more →

Tags: Law, Media & Politics, technology, IIPM, Arindam Chaudhuri, IIPM URLs blocked

Freedom of speech in India is for the rich and the powerful11 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 4 months ago: While freedom of speech and expression in India is under attack from all sides, have you noticed how … more →

Tags: bad ideas, Law, Empire, Barkha Dutt, Lalit Modi, Radia Tapes, freedom of speech and expression, Arun Jaitley

This Troll Has a Very Long Nose1 comment

Shivam Vij wrote 5 months ago: Ironically, the random arrest of people for tweets or Facebook postings made some of us happy—happy … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, Centre watch, bad ideas, Law, Government, Kapil Sibal, Section 66A Information Technology Act, Freeedom of Speech and Expression

A dangerous idea15 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 7 months ago: For easy sharing, you can find this image on Twitter and Facebook. … more →

Tags: Right watch, Law, Government, Bal Thackeray, Freedomof speech and expression, mumbai, Shaheen Dhada, Shiv Sena

Social Media Regulation vs. Suppression of Freedom of Speech: Pranesh Prakash11 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 7 months ago: Guest post by PRANESH PRAKASH This morning, there was a short report in the Mumbai Mirror about two … more →

Tags: Right watch, Centre watch, bad ideas, Debates, Law, Government, mumbai, freedom of speech and expression, Bal Thackeray

Indian PM warns of dangers of social media2 comments

AFP wrote 9 months ago: People walk to board a special train to transport them back to Bangalore, from where they had fled l … more →

Tags: Home Highlights, Sci-tech > Top Stories, World top stories, assam, Manmohan Singh, indian migrant, Indian migrant workers, Indian migrant students, social media in india

Quietly censors the nanny state: Mishi Choudhary2 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 9 months ago:   Guest post by MISHI CHOUDHARY New Delhi’s Sanchar Bhawan, which houses the office of th … more →

Tags: Centre watch, bad ideas, Law, Government, social media in india, freedom of speech and expression, India Internet regulation, India internet national security

Why is the Indian media building a case for internet censorship rather than against it?3 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 9 months ago: Hundreds of webpages now stand blocked in India, the government has openly been appealing to interne … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, bad ideas, Debates, technology, language, Movements, Indian Media, freedom of speech and expression, Hate speech India

Full text: The Indian government's recent orders to Internet Service Providers to block websites, webpages and Twitter accounts6 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 9 months ago: Joji Thomas Philip has put out these documents in The Economic Times. 18 August: View this document … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, Right watch, Law, technology, Government, BLOCKING OF WEBSITES IN INDIA, Burma fake images, Hate speech in India

An Analysis of the Latest Round of Internet Censorship in India (Communalism and Rioting Edition): Pranesh Prakash4 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 9 months ago: Guest post by PRANESH PRAKASH How many items have been blocked? There are a total of 309 specific it … more →

Tags: Right watch, Centre watch, bad ideas, Debates, Violence & Conflict, technology, Government, Freedomof speech and expression, Social media and violence

Open Letter from Anonymous to the Government of India7 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 year ago: Dear Government of India, We are Anonymous. It has come to our attention that you have blocked files … more →

Tags: Centre watch, technology, Government, Empire, Freedom of speech and expression in India, Anonymous India

"The more they censor the internet the bigger we become" - An interview of Anonymous India8 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 year ago: In which I interview “Anonymous India” who have organised a massive protest against inte … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, Centre watch, Law, technology, Government, Empire, Movements, freedom of speech and expression, Anonymous India

Net Loss: Sajan Venniyoor4 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 year ago: Guest post by SAJAN VENNIYOOR Image via dailygalaxy.com Net: noun, verb. 1. a contrivance of strong  … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, Centre watch, bad ideas, Law, technology, Government, censorship, freedom of speech and expression, Free speech India

India asks Google to remove 2 items every 3 days2 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 year ago: Google’s just released fourth biannual Transparency Report says that between January and June … more →

Tags: Centre watch, bad ideas, excavation, Law, technology, Government, Google Transparency Report India, freedom of speech and expression, Google and India

(Updated) List of websites blocked in India10 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 year ago: Given below is a list of websites blocked in India by one or more Internet Service Providers. This l … more →

Tags: bad ideas, Centre watch, excavation, Government, Law, Blocked websites in India, Freedom of speech and expression in India

Meet Ashok Kumar the John Doe of India; or The Pirate Autobiography of an Unknown Indian8 comments

Lawrence Liang wrote 1 year ago: The internet has been abuzz with  news of all the major ISPs in India blocking popular websites incl … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, bad ideas, Law, technology, Copyright, kolaveri di, John Doe, Piratebay, Ashok Kumar

Popular Public Torrent Sites Blocked In India

Nischay Singh Rathore wrote 1 year ago: ISP’s Blocking popular public p2p aka torrent (file sharing) web sites in India Starting 3 May … more →

Tags: computer&Internet, Websites Blocked In india, p2p sites blocked in india, popular public torrent sites blocked in india

Unpacking India's Internet Censorship Debate7 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 year ago: Recent debates on Internet censorship in India have focused to the allegedly free-for-all nature of … more →

Tags: Media & Politics, Centre watch, Debates, Law, Government, Chilling effects India, freedom of speech and expression, Kapil Sibal


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