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RTI

CIC directs MIB to provide the list of news publishers who have submitted their details under the IT Rules, 2021.

tl;dr IFF filed an RTI application with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) to obtain information on notices sent to publishers of news media under Rule 18 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). While the MIB stated that 2100 publishers have provided their details under the IT Rules, it refused to provide any other information under the RTI application, such as the number of notices sent,
16 March, 2023
4 min read
Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra
transaprency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for January 2023

For the month of January 2022, IFF has filed 7 Right to Information (“RTI”) applications and 02 First Appeals. We received 5 responses including 1 from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and 4 from the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.
17 February, 2023
3 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
InDEA

Summary of stakeholder comments sent for InDEA 2.0

We summarised the comments submitted by other stakeholders during the public consultation for InDEA 2.0, based on the RTI response we received from C-DAC. We summarised responses from industry bodies and civil society organisations.
15 December, 2022
8 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre
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 October 2022

For the month of October 2022, IFF has filed 03 Right to Information (“RTI”) applications, 01 first appeal.
18 November, 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
facial recognition

Delhi Police's claims that FRT is accurate with a 80% match are 100% scary

RTI responses reveal that the Delhi Police is treating 80% accurate FRT matches as positive results. Read our analysis on how this will lead to severe rights violations.
17 August, 2022
3 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
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

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