In India, a Clash of Digital Innovation and Internet Censorship

According to a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) along with IMRB International, the two organizations forecast that Internet users in India are expected to reach 302 million by the end of the year. The forecast is a 32 percent increase from the 213 million Indian Internet users at the end of 2013. Currently, the ranking puts China in the first place with 600 million Internet users, with the United States at 279 million Internet users and India following closely behind and battling for second place. Reported by The Hindu news source, upon release of the report....

In 2015, the reality of blocked or ‘censored’ websites continues to be a major phenomenon regardless of geographical location. Differences between individual countries remain huge, however, so CoinTelegraph took a look at five major world economies to compare their position on Internet censorship, both for Bitcoin and other areas. We used information from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), whose research is presented in terms of ‘evidence’ of censorship taking place in a given country, and elsewhere in compiling the list below. The evidence is divided into five categories of severity:....

India has expanded their draconian internet copyright and media enforcement policies from DNS filtering banned IPs, to enforcing those bans with up to 3 years jail time and up to a $4500 USD fine for attempting to visit a blocked site. Said enforcement is facilitated with assistance from Indian ISPs India Lets John Doe Go Too Far. Many sites are blocked in India at the request of the Bollywood media industry and other legal entities. They do so via a legal avenue known as a ‘John Doe order:’ an injunction that recommends action as a prophylactic against the possibility of a crime taking....

Several new developments are pointing to India as being the next point of interest for the key digital currency Bitcoin. They are building on the untapped opportunities available to the country’s billion people. Surge in Internet use. India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest Internet market, with 333 million users, behind China’s 721 million. Even though this is a positive development, the new report by the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development also confirms that just six nations – including China and India – together account for 55% of the....

The Panama Papers will have political and social fallout for months and years to come, much like the Libor scandal or the Edward Snowden leaks. A vote of no confidence for Iceland’s prime minister and Internet censorship in China are likely but the beginning. With top Chinese leaders cited in the leaks, the nation is reportedly turning to Internet censorship to censor the topic. Süddeutsche Zeitung, in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, reported that family members had connections . Censors were compromising the integrity of searches containing....