Our Statement on Delhi High Court’s Dismissal of the Public Interest Litigation Challenging Internet Shutdown in Delhi

Jan 03, 2020
Our Statement on Delhi High Court’s Dismissal of the Public Interest Litigation Challenging Internet Shutdown in Delhi On 24.12.2019, the Delhi High Court refused to exercise its powers under…

Report Launch: The Future of Intermediary Liability in India

Dec 24, 2019
Report Launch: The Future of Intermediary Liability in India SFLC.IN is releasing a report on Intermediary Liability titled “Future of Intermediary Liability in India” on January 17, 2020 at the…

Key Changes in the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 from the Srikrishna Committee Draft

Dec 11, 2019
Key Changes in the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 from the Srikrishna Committee Draft The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (“the PDP Bill, 2019)” was tabled in Parliament on December 11th,…

Round-Table Discussion on Intermediary Liability 2019

Dec 06, 2019
We are at the climax of a regime change on intermediary liability with the Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment) Rules, 2018 anticipated to be notified in mid-January, 2020. Having this as a backdrop…

Our Statement on the Cabinet Approval of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

Dec 04, 2019
Our Statement on the Cabinet Approval of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 Today the Union Cabinet approved the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. The Government has proposed to introduce…

Letter To The Standing Committee on Information Technology

Nov 21, 2019
Recommendations to The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology for Surveillance Reforms in lieu of WhatsApp-NSO Revelations Recommendations sent to Dr.

A Detailed Analysis of the Swami Ramdev v. Facebook Judgment

Nov 15, 2019
Statement: At SFLC.in we believe that ordering intermediary platforms to take down content globally, negatively impacts freedom of expression online, as different countries have different standards…

FAQ on surveillance in India.

Nov 07, 2019
What exactly is surveillance? The Merrian - Webster dictionary defines surveillance as “keeping a close watch kept on someone or something”. In the context of this FAQ we refer to the word ‘…

Our Statement on the WhatsApp Surveillance Issue

Oct 31, 2019
Our Statement on the WhatsApp Surveillance Issue The use of sophisticated surveillance technology by governments violates basic human rights of privacy and free speech on the Internet. Vulnerable…

Websites blocked in 2019

Oct 25, 2019
 Websites blocked by MeitY in 2019 In a reply to our latest RTI on blocked websites Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) revealed that the Ministry issued blocking orders for…

Del. HC Orders for Global Take Down of Content

Oct 24, 2019
Delhi High Court Approves Take Down of Content Globally Asks Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter to remove defamatory content from their global services Statement: At SFLC.in we believe that…

Distributed Decentralized Technology for empowering people is still a dream!

Oct 02, 2019
Distributed Decentralized Technology for empowering people is still a dream! By Dr. Nagarjuna G