Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for April 2023
For the month of April, 2023, we have filed 16 Right to Information (“RTI”) requests and 03 First Appeals.
Statement on internet shutdowns in Manipur in response to ongoing violence
Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) calls on the authorities in Manipur to review its decision to suspend mobile internet in the state and to comply with Supreme Court of India’s guidelines on internet shutdowns.
Delhi HC issues directions to search engines and other authorities for dealing with the dissemination of Non-Consensual Intimate Images (NCII)
Delhi HC issued directions to search engines, MeitY, and Delhi Police in cases of Non-Consensual Intimate Images dissemination.
The status of CCTV policing in India: 2023
Read our analysis of Chapter 5 of Common Cause & CDSD's Status of Policing in India Report 2023 which focuses specifically on CCTV cameras.
Manipur has ordered an internet shutdown for five days. IFF wrote to its Chief Secretary urging scrutiny of orders #KeepItOn
We have written to the Chairperson of the Review Committee, i.e. the Chief Secretary of Manipur to review the order and consider on a day-to-day basis, whether the internet suspension needs to continue.
Top Secret: One year on, CERT-In refuses to reveal information about compliance notices issued under its 2022 Directions on cybersecurity
To mark the first anniversary of the notification of the 2022 CERT-In Directions, we filed two Right to Information (“RTI”) applications with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, seeking details on the issuance of compliance notices under this new regulatory mandate.
In Kunal Kamra’s Petition in the Bombay High Court, the Government undertakes not to constitute its Fact Check Unit
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has undertaken not to notify its Fact Check Unit until July 5, 2023.
@PIBFCU, check your inbox, you got mail.
The Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) online Fact Check Unit (FCU) account claimed that an article published by The Wire, and authored by two IFF staffers, is misleading. We wrote to them seeking clarification on these claims.
IT Amendment Rules, 2023 are a nightmare, dressed like a fact checking daydream
The notified IT Amendment Rules, 2023 regulate online gaming and misinformation. They provide for the establishment of a fact check unit (“FCU”), by the Union government, to fact check online information related to the Union government. In this Public Brief, we analyse the hits and misses.
Budget Session 2023: A Digital Rights Review
The Budget Session was adjourned sine die on April 06, 2023 in both Houses of Parliament amidst protests from the Opposition and treasury benches. In this post, we take a look at the disruptions during the Session, and analyse how the Parliament fared with respect to digital rights.