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The US and 23 other countries enacted laws to try and control content on the internet, study finds
Internet freedom has declined for the past 11 years globally, according to the report from Freedom …
Emily Walsh
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Digital rights advocacy group IFF notices 70% drop in donors as banks unable to keep up with RBI’s recurring payments regulation
Apar Gupta, executive director of IFF, told Business Insider, “A lot of our sign-ups were throug…
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India is ramping up the use of facial recognition to track down individuals without any laws to keep track of how this technology is being used
The Indian government is using facial recognition technology to track down the protestors who were …
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Twitter's decision to 'proactively' remove Prashant Bhushan's tweets opposed by internet rights body
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), an internet rights body, has written to Twitter questioni…
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Reasi terror attack: Why is the hashtag #UninstallInstagram trending on social media?
Many netizens have been claiming that they were unable to use the Reasi hashtag because Instagram h…
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India’s online freedom is threatened by political parties using 'armies' to spread misinformation
Internet freedom around the world is declining, and India is no exception. Digital authoritarianism…
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A tiny island nation is clashing with ICANN to own its space on the web
A tiny island microstate has today launched proceedings that could have profound repercussions f…
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As 2G returns to Kashmir after 5 months, these are some strong arguments against internet shutdowns in the future
If you're in a crowd that has a demonstration and you're worried that something might happen to som…
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Jio launches internet-enabled Jio Bharat phone at Rs 999
While India is leading the 5G revolution on one side with the transformational Jio True 5G netw…
PTI
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Internet access in Jammu and Kashmir isn’t about the ‘right to freedom’ — it’s about the ‘right to life’, according to lawyers
Access to 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir was shot down by the Supreme Court on Monday. Instead, t…
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OPINION: Regulating digital news is important but freedom of press is precious
Digital news portals have now been brought under the ambit of the rules governing print and televis…
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Twitter faces a political disaster in India, where it's taking heat from both the government and protesters over the suspension of accounts
Twitter said it has suspended 500 accounts in India for "engaging in clear examples of platform man…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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India, EU and 27 nations sign world's 1st pact to mitigate AI threats
As concerns grow about the disruption that artificial intelligence (AI) might bring, India, along w…
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INTERVIEW: Google and Facebook ahoy! India’s Principal Economic Advisor says the real monopoly to be worried about is in search, internet and social media
In what could be seen as a warning to the likes Google, Facebook and WhatsApp, an influential advis…
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Content providers and telcos back net neutrality, support unbiased web access
It added that only TMPs that are application-agnostic may be allowed, adding that a mult…
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India's dirt-cheap data plans are no good when smartphones still cost a fortune for the poor
India is lauded around the world for having the cheapest data in the world. But in a country where …
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When Measuring Internet Freedom, India Ranks Better Than China, Pakistan
Do Indians enjoy extensive freedom
online? As per the annual Web Index ranking, where countries
are…
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Indian data laws have an uncanny resemblance to Russia’s 'new' internet and China’s 'Great Firewall'
Many Asian countries are moving to limit the many unlimited freedoms that Internet offers. The late…
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Threat to press freedom in India as vice president wants a 'code of conduct'
Naidu warned the country's press against becoming become captive receivers of biased and parti…
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Internet shutdowns in India have skyrocketed — but now the Indian government wants that to stop
The Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a notice to its state gov…