Content regulation on the Internet is at the forefront of discussion in India due to a build up of events over the past 12 months. Last August the Department of Telecommunications to prevent telecommunication providers from allowing their customers to access 857 pornographic websites. This mandate was immediately appealed and subsequently overturned by the Supreme…
The Internet Advertising Bureau UK Ad Blocking report, conducted by YouGov, indicates that over one in five (22%) admitted having downloaded the software at some point. Key findings: • More prevalent among men and 18-34 year olds • Only half of ad blockers do so primarily to block all ads • Main motivation is to…
Following the ugly incidences whereby ex-partners vengefully post porn videos or other sexually explicit images of their partners online, Google is rising up to the occasion by considering blocking such content from appearing in search results. Google will not only prevent such images and videos from showing up on search results, but victims of revenge…
Facebook has been sued in California by a Sikh non-profit organization for blocking their page in India, reflecting the challenges U.S. social networking companies face in their expansion into countries with different laws on free speech and expression. India, which has a history of communal conflicts, has been particularly sensitive about online content that could…
In late ‘90s and ‘00s most ‘dot-coms’ lacked a revenue model (past an IPO). But they were making a lot of money for cable/phone companies. People around the world were signing up for internet connections to consume all that ‘free’ online content. And as long as they made the lion’s share of internet industry profits,…