Thanks Welkin for confirming the talk. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alagunambi Welkin <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:05 PM Subject: Fwd: Talk for this month meet To: Shrinivasan T <[email protected]>
Topic: Discussion on India's IT Rules and threat to Internet Description: The recent rules notified by the Government under the Information Technology Act, 2000 regarding intermediaries affect bloggers, online media and intermediaries by placing stringent controls on content that can be posted online. The rules have the potential to be used as a means to censor the internet through the back door and could have chilling effects on free speech and dissemination of information. The rules also go far beyond the IT Act, under which the rules have been framed, and have provisions that affect the fundamental rights of citizens including the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as the right to privacy. Duration: 30 Minutes Links to Read: [1] http://fsmi.in/waging-war-against-internet-and-democracy [2] http://sflc.in/back-door-censorship-alias-intermediary-pre-screening/ About Speaker: Core Team, Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu Thanks. -- Alagunambi Welkin On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Alagunambi Welkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Topic: Discussion on India's IT Rules and threat to Internet > Description: The recent rules notified by the Government under the > Information Technology Act, 2000 regarding > intermediaries affect bloggers, online media and intermediaries by placing > stringent controls on > content that can be posted online. The rules have the potential to be used > as a means to censor the > internet through the back door and could have chilling effects on free > speech and dissemination of > information. The rules also go far beyond the IT Act, under which the > rules have been framed, and > have provisions that affect the fundamental rights of citizens including > the right to freedom of > speech and expression as well as the right to privacy. > > Duration: 30 Minutes > Links to Read: > > [1] http://fsmi.in/waging-war-against-internet-and-democracy > > [2] http://sflc.in/back-door-censorship-alias-intermediary-pre-screening/ > > About Speaker: Core Team, Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu > > Thanks. > > > -- > Alagunambi Welkin -- Alagunambi Welkin -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
