Blocking – The Centre for Internet & Society

List of Blocked Escort Service Websites

On April 20, 2016, DNA carried a report on a PIL seeking action against advertisements for prostitution in newspapers and...

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Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015

INTERNETGOVERNANCE I. TheMulti-stakeholder Advisory Group to the IGF organised a discussion onSustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) and Internet Economyatthe Main Meeting Hall...

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The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part I

In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in India states, for different...

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The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part II

As we saw earlier, the Gujarat High Court held that Section 144, CrPC empowers the State apparatus to order blocking...

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DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures

In February 2015, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) requested the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) under...

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No more 66A!

Section 66A hung like a sword in the middle: Shaheen Dhada was arrested in Maharashtra for observing that Bal Thackeray’s...

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Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act

PENDING MATTERS CASE NUMBER PROVISIONS CHALLENGED Shreya Singhal v. Union of India W.P.(CRL.) NO. 167/2012 66A Common Cause & Anr....

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Is India’s website-blocking law constitutional? – I. Law & procedure

Introduction: The Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) is no stranger to litigation or controversy. Since its enactment in 2000,...

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