
This post was first published in Global Voices Online
In April 2011, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of India quietly issued
‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’
restricting web content that are designated as “disparaging,”
“harassing,” “blasphemous” or “hateful.” Rishabh Dara at The Center for Internet And Society cites the rule's chilling effects on free expression on the Internet.
Moreover,...