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internet shutdowns

Manipur has ordered an internet shutdown for five days. IFF wrote to its Chief Secretary urging scrutiny of orders #KeepItOn

We have written to the Chairperson of the Review Committee, i.e. the Chief Secretary of Manipur to review the order and consider on a day-to-day basis, whether the internet suspension needs to continue.
28 April, 2023
3 min read
Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra
transparency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for November 2022

For the month of November 2022, IFF filed 5 Right to Information applications. We are publishing responses received in public consultations held by C-DAC and DoT.
05 December, 2022
2 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
transparency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for September 2022

For the month of September 2022, IFF has filed 09 RTI applications, 02 first appeals and appeared in 02 second appeals hearings before the Central Information Commission.
14 October, 2022
4 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
Censorship

In proceedings before CIC, IFF obtains website censorship orders from DoT and MTNL

We appealed to the Central Information Commission (‘CIC’), which held hearings on both the RTIs on 20.09.2022. Before the hearing, MTNL reconsidered its stance and informed us that they had blocked 4700 websites in 2020-21. CIC directed DoT to provide copies of the banning orders from 2020-21.
03 October, 2022
4 min read
Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh & Krishnesh BapatKrishnesh Bapat
transparency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for August 2022

For August 2022, IFF has filed 45 Right to Information (“RTI”) applications, 3 first appeals and appeared in 1 second appeal before the Central Information Commission.
01 September, 2022
6 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
Access to Information

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for July 2022

For the month of July 2022, IFF has filed 9 Right to Information applications.
01 August, 2022
3 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
FRT
Featured

CIC directs Delhi Police to respond afresh to IFF's RTIs seeking information on use of FRT in policing

Second Appeals before CIC in three RTIs before Delhi Police seeking information on their use of FRT were heard on 29.06.22. Delhi Police were directed by CIC to respond afresh to the RTIs, in compliance with the RTI Act.
06 July, 2022
5 min read
Amala DasarathiAmala Dasarathi
Access to Information

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for June 2022

For the month of June 2022, IFF has filed 21 Right to Information applications and 14 first appeals.
04 July, 2022
5 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
RTI

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for May 2022

For the month of May 2022, IFF has filed 7 Right to Information (“RTI”) applications and 4 first appeals.
02 June, 2022
3 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
Censorship

DoT starts publishing court orders for online censorship #WhatTheBlock

We wrote to the DoT to appreciate their proactiveness in publishing the blocking notifications under court orders and urged them to ensure that executive blocking orders are made publicly available.
01 June, 2022
4 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi & Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh

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