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year in review

2023 year in review

2023 Year in Review: Community, Fundraising and Operations

We're no strangers to love You know the rules, and so do I (do I)
30 December, 2023
12 min read
Purvai DwivediPurvai Dwivedi & Ashlesh BiradarAshlesh Biradar
2023 year in review

2023 Year in Review: Legal Initiatives Propel Progress in Digital Rights

IFF’s Litigation Team has been working tirelessly to address important digital rights issues, such as internet shutdowns, mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu, illegal website blocking, search and seizure of digital devices, unlawful surveillance and spying, and use of facial recognition technology.
29 December, 2023
10 min read
Radhika RoyRadhika Roy
year in review

2023 Year in Review: Digital Transparency keeps public institutions accountable

In 2023, IFF's transparency vertical filed 295 RTI applications, 66 first appeals, and 2 second appeals this year in order to open vital information up for public view and discussion.
28 December, 2023
16 min read
Disha VermaDisha Verma
year in review

2023 Year in Review: Policy interventions for impact

In 2023, the policy team at IFF participated in 9 consultations, sent 61 letters, authored 16 statements and public briefs, organised several briefing calls and events, launched new projects and expanded existing ones, and continued tracking digital rights developments in the Parliament.
27 December, 2023
18 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Disha VermaDisha Verma
2022 Year In Review

Wrapped 2022, Unwrapped 2023

As the year comes to a close, we here at IFF wanted to take a moment to thank you for your amazing support. Thanks to you, in 2022 we were able to accomplish some impressive feats, including: * PolicyGPT for drafting public consultation responses (Every sentence starts with, “We appreciate the chance to submit our views, but…”) * A crypto exchange called "Doglapan" for funding digital rights (It's still in stealth and we are trying to secure IPL advertising rights) * A social media network f
24 December, 2022
3 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta
year in review

2022 Year In Review: Digital transparency provides tangible victories

IFF's transparency vertical filed 218 RTI applications, 47 first appeals, and 3 second appeals this year in order to bring vital information into the public forum.
23 December, 2022
7 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain & Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi
year in review

2022 Year in Review: Sustaining Community and Building Diversity

One of IFF’s core areas of work is civic literacy and public advocacy—in what seems like a constant barrage of content, how do we engage with and educate our community? We do so through a combination of events, memes, infographics, and explainers.
23 December, 2022
8 min read
Shilpa Mariam JosephShilpa Mariam Joseph
2022

2022 Year in Review: Policy advocacy is the long game

The policy team at IFF participated in 13 consultations with Union and State governmental bodies as well as non-governmental bodies, sent 103 letters and tracked 126 Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) systems.
21 December, 2022
11 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar
year in review

2022 Year In Review: Sustained legal efforts advanced digital rights

The legal team at IFF has been working hard to address important digital rights issues, such as internet shutdowns, mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu, illegal website blocking, unlawful spying and use of facial recognition technology.
20 December, 2022
10 min read
Krishnesh BapatKrishnesh Bapat
digital security

2021: New beginnings in digital security

2021 was an important year for us because we did a lot of new things. Over this short year end catch up on digital security, we’ll walk you through what we did, our achievements and disappointments, and more importantly what we learned and our path ahead in 2022.
30 December, 2021
4 min read
Shivani SinghShivani Singh

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