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SFLC.in files a Representation Regarding Mandate to Provide Aadhaar Details to Approach the GAC
Mar 13, 2023
SFLC.in files a Representation Regarding Mandate to Provide Aadhaar Details to Approach the GAC
CIC orders MEITY to publish information regarding VideoLAN blocking.
Feb 28, 2023
SFLC.in regularly files applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Act”) with respect to blocking of websites and content take down. Pursuant to the research for the Finding 404…
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Error 404 : Website Cannot be Found
Jan 09, 2023
SFLC.in is launching a “Website Blocking” report which has sought to conduct a thorough review of the techno-legal ecosystem for Website Blocking which is required to assess the grounds on which…
Recommendations by SFLC.in on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
Jan 06, 2023
Recommendations by SFLC.in on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in) welcomes the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 published by the…
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DOT orders blockage of porn websites
Aug 04, 2015
A leaked order from the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) has revealed that Indian Internet Service Providers (ISP) have been directed to block access to a list of 857 porn websites as they "…
SC refuses to issue interim order blocking pornographic content on the Internet; says it would violate Article 21
Jul 10, 2015
A writ petition filed by an Indore-based lawyer - Kamlesh Vaswani - seeking to prohibit and criminalize the viewing of Internet porn was taken up for hearing by a three-judge bench of the Supreme…
Subramaniam Swamy v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl) 184 of 2014]
Jul 08, 2015
Subramaniam Swamy, petitioner, is a politician from the State of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has challenged provisions of the Indian Penal Code that criminalize defamation in India, namely Section 499…
Roundtable on "FOSS for Public Use : Free and Open Source Software for Digital India" on May 29, 2015
May 28, 2015
SFLC.in, in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS), is organizing a roundtable on "FOSS for Public…
