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Born out of the SaveTheInternet.in movement for net neutrality, IFF works on a range of issues including net neutrality, free expression, privacy and innovation.

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This Republic Day, help us fight for your rights online

2016 was a year of impact. Thanks to over a million voices of Indians like you, net neutrality was front and centre in government offices, newsrooms, and the floor of our Parliament, resulting in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announcing the first set of rules to safeguard an open internet and prevent discrimination from corporate lobbies. The overwhelming support we received on the Save The Internet campaign led to us launching the Internet Freedom Foundation -- a volunteer d
26 January, 2017
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Delhi High Court Whatsapp case calls for urgent government action to protect user privacy

Today (September 23, 2016) the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi passed orders in the case of Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India [W.P. (C) 7663/2016]. The case related to a prayer by the petitioners regarding a threat to their privacy due to product changes in the popular messaging application WhatsApp. These changes related to its integration with the social media platform Facebook and the protections under the privacy policy of WhatsApp. We await the order of the court at this time. K
23 September, 2016
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Intervention in the High Court of Delhi on the "Right to be Forgotten" Case

Yesterday (19.09.2016), the Internet Freedom Foundation (www.internetfreedom.in), an organization born from the SaveTheInternet.in movement for Net Neutrality, moved to join proceedings in a case related to the creation of the “Right to be Forgotten” in India. Notice was issued by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi on IFF's application and arguments on the intervention will be heard after pleadings are filed. As per public reports the case specifically titled, Laksh Vir Singh Yadav v. Union of Ind
20 September, 2016
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IFF Supports SpeechBill.in

IFF was launched from the roots of savetheinternet.in with an objective to support and preserve the charachter of the Internet. This includes making sure it remains open and free. The TRAI’s explanatory memorandum on the Discriminatory Pricing Regulation expressly acknowledges it by linking network neutrality to our fundamental right to speech and expression. One of the steps to broaden our work has been by supporting the Office of Tathagata Satpathy with the www.speechbill.in effort. The Speec
13 September, 2016
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Policy

Troubleshooting India’s WiFi

A recently-closed consultation paper [http://trai.gov.in/Content/ConDis/20782_0.aspx] by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) explored how public WiFi could bring high-speed Internet to a large number of unconnected Indians. The Internet Freedom Foundation regards this as a very important issue and we have formally submitted our inputs to this consultation; this post explains our position. In the consultation paper, TRAI pointed out that our country has woefully few public WiFi hots
07 September, 2016
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Hello world - and happy Independence Day!

A lot of you already know about us having supported and being a part of the SaveTheInternet.in movement. Millions of Internet users speaking up for net neutrality and calling for the protection of our open Internet was a significant point for digital activism and policy-making in India. It showed that a large number of Indians care about the Internet and making their voice heard! The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) hopes to carry on this work organisationally. But how? Read on. * At present
15 August, 2016
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IFF Submission to the TRAI on the Net Neutrality Pre-consultation

July 5, 2016 The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) made its submissions on the TRAI's pre-consultation on Net Neutrality. We specifically requested the TRAI to approach any future consultation on net neutrality in the following manner: * A clear roadmap should be prescribed for network neutrality rulemaking in India. All existing consultations should be closed with specific recommendations. The reasons for conducting future consultations should be flagged and reasoned expressly, so
05 July, 2016
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IFF Submission to TRAI on the Free Data Consultation

June 29, 2016 IFF has consistently advocated for an equal rated model in which there is no restriction or incentives to restrict user choice. This needs to be implemented urgently without violating net neutrality to bring a large number of Indians online who get a full chance at engaging with the diversity of the open internet. The submission which can be accessed here (link [http://trai.gov.in/Comments_FreeData/Companies_n_Organizations/Internet_Freedom_Foundation.pdf] ) was based on the foll
29 June, 2016
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Geospatial Bill

IFF Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Government of India put out a draft bill for comment - the Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016 [http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/draft/Draft%20Geospatial%20Bill,%202016.pdf] . As an organisation, one of IFF's core areas is promoting an Internet which preserves freedom for users, designers, scholars and entrepreneurs. Such freedom today is being exercised by most users to generate and contribute geospatial information. Every In
05 June, 2016
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Response to Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s detailed comments to TRAI on the regulation on differential pricing

Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Honourable Member of Parliament from Bangalore, has been a vocal proponent of Net Neutrality and has shared common cause with the SaveTheInternet.in Coalition for some time. We are deeply appreciative of his support for our cause. Subsequent to TRAI’s regulation on differential pricing [http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/WhatsNew/Documents/Regulation_Data_Service.pdf] on 8 February 2016, Mr Chandrasekhar submitted detailed comments to the regulator [http://rajeev.in/
26 February, 2016
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The Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic provides pro bono legal assistance to all journalists in India who face legal threats related to their reporting.

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IFF’s Project Panoptic aims to bring transparency and accountability to the relevant government stakeholders involved in the deployment and implementation of facial recognition technology (FRT) projects in India.

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#SaveOurPrivacy is an online collective launched in May, 2018 to safeguard your privacy and ensure a citizen centric data protection law.

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The ‘Zombie Tracker’ is a platform which monitors cases which include a charge under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000 which was deemed unconstitutional by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Shreya Singhal v Union of India.

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