Last week, in the small town of Palghar, Maharastra, a 21-year-old was arrested for a Facebook post questioning a citywide shutdown to mark the...
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Why are India’s politicians scared of social media?
A war over free expression between Indian citizens and their government is raging, with social media serving as the battlefield. Two girls were...
India changes its internet governance position — backs away from UN proposal
Following outrage from India's civil society and media, it appears the country's government has backed away from its proposal to create a UN body to...
Sedition laws: India’s colonial-era threat to free expression
Aseem Trivedi’s arrest for his anti-establishment cartoons shocked and outraged India. Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code, under which Trivedi was...
India’s telecoms revolution must be extended to all
Across the world, debates around freedom of expression have intensified, in part due to people’s increased participation because of the many avenues...
India’s face-off with internet freedom
Although only 10 per cent of India's population is online, a divisive national debate over internet freedom has implications for the country's...