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Breaking: New insight into the Secret Operating Procedures of State Governments for Surveillance

To understand how states have been conducting surveillance, we filed RTIs with various state governments on what standard operating procedures are at play.

25 September, 2019

3 min read

Joanne DCunha

DigitalJustice

Featured

Action-Packed Hearing in Facebook's Transfer Petition before the Supreme Court

In today's hearing, the Supreme Court emphasized that technical and complex issues such as encryption are best addressed by the executive branch and it directed the Central Government to file an affidavit about the status of the Draft Intermediaries Guidelines Rules.

24 September, 2019

4 min read

Devdutta Mukhopadhyay

Parliament

We are excited and look forward to working closely with the Standing Committee on Information Technology!

Parliamentary Committees are incredibly vital our parliamentary and legislative processes. As a new Committee has been formed, we write to them with a few suggestions.

21 September, 2019

2 min read

Joanne DCunha

Filings

Foundation for Media Professionals approaches Supreme Court to support journalistic freedom in Kashmir

In today's hearing, the SC wondered if the 40 day long suspension of telecom and internet services in Kashmir was a shutdown or breakdown. It finally directed the Govt. to file its response to the writ petition and intervention applications and urged selective restoration of communication channels.

16 September, 2019

2 min read

Devdutta Mukhopadhyay

Net Neutrality

BSNL's CODE of Misconduct. We write to the DOT on the need for immediate action.

We write to the DOT with the help of reports by our communitry members on the need for investigative action on persisting practice of code injections by BSNL.

11 September, 2019

2 min read

Joanne DCunha

Section66A

No more Section 66A Cases? We are building a "Zombie Tracker" with Civic Data Labs! #AgamiChallenge

Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India in March, 2015. This section was vague and lead to arbitrary arrests of young college students, a cartoonist and many other social media users. Hence, the judgement came as a huge relief. It meant that the unconstitutional Section 66A would not be able to used in future and even pending cases would be closed. But, this did not happen to our horror. The problem is the implementation I

09 September, 2019

3 min read

Apar Gupta

Censorship

A 'Certifiable' Dampener: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting wants certification of online viewing content.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting brings back into the discussion certification of online viewing content. We write on the need for a transparent and public consultation and highlight concerns with certification.

06 September, 2019

2 min read

Joanne DCunha

Filings

Kashmiri student based in Bangalore files petition before the Karnataka HC against communication shutdown.

The Petition argues that the communication shutdown violates Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution. The legal basis for the communication shutdown still remains unknown and the interim prayer seeks transparency.

04 September, 2019

2 min read

Devdutta Mukhopadhyay

Privacy

#PrivacySupreme: Two years of the Right to Privacy.

24 August 2019 marks the second anniversary of the Indian Supreme Court’s landmark judgement in KS Puttaswamy v. Union of India. We celebrate and critically appraise this moment as we discuss our next steps in protecting the Right to Privacy.

24 August, 2019

2 min read

Joanne DCunha

Filings

IFF files independent expert's submission before Madras HC on PIL relating to encryption and traceability

IFF has filed an expert submission by Dr. Manoj Prabhakaran (Professor, IIT Bombay) which highlights the risks and long term ineffectiveness of Dr. Kamakoti's proposal to introduce traceability on encrypted platforms.

23 August, 2019

3 min read

Devdutta Mukhopadhyay

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