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Understanding TRAI’s most recent “Over-The-Top” Consultation Paper #SaveTheInternet #NetNeutrality

UPDATE 08.12.2018 : TRAI extends the submission guideline [https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PRNo11807122018_0.pdf] by a month. New Date for submissions is now 07.01.2019. Counter comments is 21. Why have you created this public analysis? This is a public analysis for TRAI’s Consultation Paper on OTT [Over-The-Top] Consultation released on November 12, 2018. ‘OTT’ is an acronym that sounds dull, dry and technical -- we suspect just so that our eyes glaze over it -- and we stop pay

06 December, 2018

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An incremental victory in the Rajasthan HC against Internet Shutdowns #KeepUsOnline

While we can expect internet shutdowns in future, it will not be because of competitive examinations in Rajasthan. We thank the Petitioner, Dhirendra Rajpurohit.

04 December, 2018

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Help the TRAI set its digital priorities for 2019 #AskTRAI

We wrote a letter to the TRAI asking it to involve the public in determining its regulatory priorities for next year. Your voice matters. Reach out to us, let us know issues and problems you would like to be addressed in 2019.

30 November, 2018

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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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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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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

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

20 October, 2018

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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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

Looking towards the future

The Internet Freedom Foundation made its first public post [https://static.internetfreedom.in/hello-world/] on Independence Day, 2016 with the ideal of building an organisation that is an effective advocate for digital rights in India. Over the last two years we've campaigned against internet shutdowns [https://keepusonline.in], for implementation of net neutrality [https://static.internetfreedom.in/complete-net-neutrality-in-india-one-step-closer-to-the-finish-line/] and legal reforms to comba

27 September, 2018

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