As India’s election approaches, politicians have been taking to social media to connect with voters, Mahima Kaul reports
India: Social media finally has its campaign in the sun
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India: “Even the Supreme Court thinks my ‘lifestyle’ is illegal”
By reinstating a law banning gay sex, the Indian state is entering citizens’ bedrooms and infringing on their integrity and bodily autonomy, writes Sayan Bhattacharya
India: Digital freedom under threat?
The rules India makes for its online users are highly significant – for not only will they apply to 1 in 6 people on earth in the near future as more Indians go online, but as the country emerges as a global power they will shape future debates over freedom of expression online.
India: Digital freedom under threat? Conclusion
This paper has shown that despite its lively democracy, strong tradition of press freedom and political debates, India is in many ways struggling to find the right balance between freedom of expression online and other concerns such as security.
India: Digital freedom under threat? India’s role in global internet debates
International summits and fora over the next two years will be critical in determining the internet’s future.
India: Digital freedom under threat? Access: Obstacles and opportunities
Key concerns in assessing online freedom of expression in India are the barriers to accessing the internet itself.
India: Digital freedom under threat? Surveillance, privacy and government’s access to individuals’ online data
Recent revelations in the Hindu have raised concerns over the extraordinary extent of domestic surveillance online, without any legal and procedural framework to protect privacy.
India: Digital freedom under threat? Criminalisation of online speech
The criminalisation of online speech in India is of concern as the authorities have prosecuted legitimate political comment online and personal views expressed on social media.
India: Digital freedom under threat? Online censorship
Since 2003, the institutional structure of internet censorship and filtering has centred on the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT), a department of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology that serves as a nodal agency for accepting and reviewing requests from a designated pool of government officials to block access to specific websites.
India challenges cyber governance and security
Just days before the United Nation’s led Internet Governance Forum in Indonesia, India, held its own – and first of its kind – conference on cyber governance and cyber security, Mahima Kaul writes