Tejasi Panjiar - Internet Freedom Foundation

IT Rules, 2021

We fact check the PIB fact checking amendments

Our response to the proposed amendment in relation to PIB's fact checking powers highlights the concerns pertaining, but not limited to executive overreach, ambiguity in definitions, violation of the Supreme Court’s Shreya Singhal judgement and barriers in the consultation process.

06 February, 2023

8 min read

Budget 2023

Previously under-utilised budgets make us wary of the increased allocation in the 2023-2024 Budget

This blog post includes the analyse of the 2023-24 Budget as well as its comparison with the 2022-2023 budget and revised estimates. While Increased allocations in the 2023-24 Budget is a positive sign, there are some disappointing lows as well.

03 February, 2023

11 min read

Legislative Brief

Legislative Brief on Digital Rights for Budget Session 2023

Our legislative brief on digital rights for the Budget Session 2023 highlights some of the focus areas within the larger issues of digital rights, online content regulation, platform governance and free speech, data protection, etc. that call for extensive deliberation in the Houses of Parliament.

01 February, 2023

4 min read

online gaming

Gamers, have you been Pwned? We send our comments on the proposed amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 in relation to Online gaming

On January 02, 2023, MeitY proposed amendments to the IT Rules, 2021, in relation to online gaming. We sent our detailed comments to MeitY on January 13, 2023, listing our various concerns.

16 January, 2023

3 min read

aadhaar

We wrote to the Tamil Nadu government on mandatory submission of Aadhaar: Voicing our fears of exclusion and privacy violation

We have written to the Finance Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Government highlighting our concerns of exclusion and privacy around the notification mandating linkage of Aadhaar to avail benefits under all State government schemes.

11 January, 2023

4 min read

IT Rules, 2021

First Read: Draft amendments proposed to the IT Rules, 2021 in relation to online gaming

On January 2, 2023, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology [“MeitY”] proposed further amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 in relation to online gaming [“draft amendments, 2023”]. Read our first read and analysis of the draft amendments here.

03 January, 2023

11 min read

Winter Session 2022: Parliament in Review

The Winter session of Parliament was held from December 07, 2022 to December 23, 2022. Parliament adjourned sine die four working days ahead of schedule, having sat for 13 working days. Read more about our review of the Winter session.

24 December, 2022

6 min read

2022

2022 Year in Review: Policy advocacy is the long game

The policy team at IFF participated in 13 consultations with Union and State governmental bodies as well as non-governmental bodies, sent 103 letters and tracked 126 Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) systems.

21 December, 2022

11 min read

connectivitytracker

IFF releases the third edition of the Connectivity Tracker #MapTheDigitalDivide

IFF releases its 3rd edition of the Connectivity Tracker. We analyse data on telecom and broadband connectivity, the digital divide in the context of the Mobile Gender Gap Report, 2022, and the progress of government schemes aimed at improving internet access.

19 December, 2022

5 min read