| Mid-Day

Proceedings on Sec 377 live tweeted from Supreme Court

 In an article reporting on developments from Supreme Court's 5-person bench hearing petitions filed against Section 377, SFLC.in was mentioned for live tweeting the proceedings through the @SFLCin twitter handle.

| The Hindu

Social media platforms must stop abuse: poll

In an article discussing the spread of hate speech and misinformation via social media platforms, Mishi Choudhary was quoted as saying, “Malicious actors can use this feature in highly abusive ways, most notably by creating troll-groups to subject their victims to large-scale harassment. Blocking such actors is ineffective as blocked contacts can still communicate with their blockers over group chats.”

| The Hindu

Community libraries open up the world of books

The Hindu published an article on community libraries, mentioning the Ambedkar Community Computing Centre in Karnataka that we have been supporting and funding. The article explores how such initiatives provide vulnerable sections of the society with access knowledge and learning opportunities.

| India Today

Allow admins to add users to online group chats only after permission: SFLC.in

Multiple national and regional news outlets wrote about the open letter that we issued along with other stakeholders, urging online messaging apps to make urgent changes to group chat implementations to protect users.

| Business Today

Law Matters

In this article about the importance of privacy and data protection laws, Prasanth Sugathan was quoted stressing on the need for meaningful consent and the need to limit use of data to only those purposes for which consent was taken.

Why Stricter Regulations Are Needed For Service Providers Who Consume Large User Data

Prasanth Sugathan wrote an article on the need for India to update its privacy and data protection laws in light of the recognition of the Right to Privacy by the Supreme Court and the coming into force of EU’s GDPR.
| Financial Express

I&B Ministry mulling to embed chips in TV set-top boxes, experts say it’s infringement on viewers’ privacy

Prasanth Sugathan was quoted speaking about privacy implications of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s plan to install chips in set-top boxes to gather data about channels watched and their duration.

| The Week

India needs to adopt a data protection regime for free and fair election

Currently India doesn’t have a strong data protection law. Prasanth Sugathan wrote about the necessity of a robust law.