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Support parlimentary scrutiny against internet shutdowns #KeepUsOnline

Support advocacy actions against the growing problem of internet shutdowns across India by engaging parliamentarians. We have prepared a short brief to help you set out key facts, figures and arguments on the massive damage caused by shutting down the internet.

26 November, 2018

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Apar Gupta

Net Neutrality

Our Summary of the OTT Consultation Paper #SaveTheInternet #NetNeutrality

The OTT Consultation Paper released on November 12, 2018 by TRAI runs into close to 42 pages and to make the best use of your time and get you to read it we made a 5 page summary.

15 November, 2018

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Apar Gupta

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Section 66A and other legal zombies #IFFresearch #RightToMeme

Today marks Halloween, which is increasingly a day marked in urban India. It is a testament to our syncretic culture that a Halloween celebration gives occasion for people to express themselves with pageantry and costume. Timely as it may seem we take today not only with irreverence but also some seriousness when we call Section 66-A a legal zombie. Why ? You must have heard about Section 66-A. It was a criminal offence which was vague and was used to jail people for comments they made onlin

31 October, 2018

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Apar Gupta

We urge disclosure on how India's privacy law is being made #SaveOurPrivacy

This week IFF filed RTIs (Right to Information Requests) with the Ministry of Electronics and IT for the consultation on the Draft Data Protection Bill [http://meity.gov.in/content/feedback-draft-personal-data-protection-bill]. This was to support the ongoing community effort to ensure a strong, user centric privacy law in India. We were spurred into action noticing that newspaper reports indicated only 400 responses were submitted [https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/it-min-gets-over

Another step forward in India’s leadership on #NetNeutrality #SaveTheInternet

DOT makes important license amendments acting on TRAI recommendations. The landscape will now shift from rulemaking to enforcement.

18 October, 2018

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Apar Gupta

Submission to Law Commission to Scrap Sedition #RightToMeme

The law commission on August 30, 2018 invited public inputs on the law of sedition posing in its first query as whether this archaic law should be repealed. We agree unequivocally, sedition contained in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code needs to be struck off the statute books, completely. As we documented in our submission [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WNyOdbP7zErHBeOVcNuC9TtJhVrPoAP8/view?usp=sharing] to them this is a law which is not only abused against social media users, it causes

28 September, 2018

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Apar Gupta

Reactions to the Aadhaar Judgement

Yesterday the Supreme Court pronounced a historic judgement on the constitutionality of the Aadhaar, biometric programme. We urge people to read this statement [https://rethinkaadhaar.in/blog/2018/9/26/press-statement-on-supreme-court-5-judge-bench-ruling-on-aadhaar-challenges] by our friends at Rethink Aadhaar [https://twitter.com/no2uid/] that contains a considered public response to it. Rethink Aadhaar's statement clearly sets out that there is a need for sustained engagement on the issue o

27 September, 2018

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Apar Gupta

The legal disconnect: An analysis of India’s Internet Shutdown Laws #KeepUsOnline

As concerns increase in India about the increasing number of shutdowns, Nakul Nayak has authored a paper with a legal analysis of the legal regime on it ( click here [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3254857]). Nakul consults as a legal fellow at the Internet Freedom Foundation on online censorship concentrating on online shutdowns and his analysis confirms that the new rules on internet shutdowns issued in August, 2018 are secretive in their operation, lack sufficient safegua

25 September, 2018

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Apar Gupta

Complete Net Neutrality in India. One step closer to the finish line.

Complete Net Neutrality in India. One step closer to the finish line. Towards yesterday evening we heard news that the Telecom Commission had among other things approved TRAI’s recommendations on net neutrality. The Process Last November, the TRAI made recommendations to expressly prohibit discriminatory treatment of content (more information here) [https://static.internetfreedom.in/trais-recommendations-are-another-big-victory-for-net-neutrality-but-follow-up-action-is-needed/] . The Telecom

We demand disclosure on India's shutdown law #KeepUsOnline

Last week we made considerable progress in our mission to reform India’s Internet Shutdown laws. This work has been extensively covered by The Wire in an opinion piece titled, “The Worst Aspect of India’s Internet Shutdowns Is the Official Secrecy About It” [https://thewire.in/tech/secrecy-abounds-the-creation-of-of-indias-internet-shutdown-law-why] , and “Jan Gan Man Ki Baat, Episode No. 271” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtx4G36Ru]. A Short Recap * Noticing a growth in the frequency of

07 July, 2018

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