"India's Surveillance State" - Our Report On Communications Surveillance in India

Sep 03, 2014
The report delves into communications surveillance in India and takes an in-depth look at various aspects of India's surveillance machinery, including enabling provisions of law, service provider…

Supreme Court directs anti-porn petition to be placed before Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee

Aug 30, 2014
A petition filed by Indore-based lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani seeking to restrict India's access to pornographic content on the Internet was heard by the Supreme Court of India on Friday, 29th August, 2014…

A Report On The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011

Aug 29, 2014
SFLC.in released the report, "Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 - An Analysis" on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The report was released jointly by Members of Parliament Sh.…

SFLC.in's Submission To The Consultation Paper on Media law

Aug 24, 2014
In May 2013, the Law Commission of India had issued a Consultation Paper on Media law, where the Commission invited comments from stakeholders and the general public on laws pertaining to governance…

Dan Geer on cyber-security policy

Aug 24, 2014
Black Hat is a global information security event series that provides attendees with the latest in information security research, development, and trends in a vendor-neutral environment. Black Hat (…

Internet Governance Forum Annual Meeting

Aug 23, 2014
The ninth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held from 2nd to 5th September, 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey. The overarching theme for the 2014 meeting is: "Connecting Continents…

International FOSS News - August 2014

Aug 23, 2014
ISEE-3 Reboot Project Revives 1970s-Era Satellite With FOSS Program GNU Radio http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/free-software-in-space-gnu-radio-and-the-isee-3-spacecraft

Poet & Writer arrested in Rampur For Criticising The Actions of State Government Following The Suspension Of A Young Civil Servant.

Aug 06, 2014
Kanwal Bharti, a writer based in Rampur was arrested, for posting a comment about Azam Khan on Facebook, on the basis of a complaint filed by the Minister’s media convener. Bharti in his post had…

Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF)

Aug 01, 2014
Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF), scheduled to be held from 3rdto 6thAugust 2014. We are organizing four workshops at this event.

IT (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011

Jul 29, 2014
Report On IT (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 SFLC.in released the report, "Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 - An Analysis" on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The report…

Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 - An Analysis

Jul 24, 2014
The Government notified the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules in April 2011 prescribing guidelines for the intermediaries. However these Rules raise serious concerns since…

Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 - An Analysis

Jul 24, 2014
The Government notified the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules in April 2011 prescribing guidelines for the intermediaries. However these Rules raise serious concerns since…