RightsCon 2017, Brussels – An Overview
Apr 07, 2017
RightsCon 2017 is over, and we have lots to say about it. The Conference took place over a three day period, i.e. 29-31 March 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. We would like to thank Access Now for organizing and managing a smoothly conducted conference with over a thousand people in attendance. Mishi Choudhary, Biju K. Nair and Sukarn S.
Joint letters to Chief Ministers raising concerns over Internet shutdowns
Mar 29, 2017
Concerned by the recurring Internet shutdowns imposed by states across India, we, along with a group of citizens and organizations, sent letters to the Chief Ministers of all states that have witnessed shutdowns in the past, requesting that immediate action be taken to curb this unjustifiable practice.
Report: Online Harassment - A Form of Censorship
Nov 24, 2016
We at SFLC.in have grown increasingly concerned of late by the appreciable spike in instances of online harassment across platforms.
Legality of Internet shutdowns under Section 144 CrPC
Feb 10, 2016
India has seen numerous Internet shutdowns for various reasons in this year, all under the same provision of law - Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC).
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 Court on Wednesday, 8th July.
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 (defines defamation1) and Section 500 (provides punishment for the offense2) before the Supreme Court of India.
DEITY says 2341 URLs were blocked in 2014; refuses to reveal more
Apr 03, 2015
On March 9, 2015, SFLC.in requested the following information from the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) under the Right to Information Act, 2005:
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Number of URL-blocking orders issued by DEITY in 2012, 2013 and 2014
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Number of URL-blocking orders issued by DEITY in 2012, 2013 and 2014 based on:
Marco Civil da Internet - the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights
May 08, 2014
President Dilma Rousseff signed into law Marco Civil da Internet, often dubbed as the Internet Bill of Rights, on April 23, 2014 at NETmundial, the Global Multistakeholder meeting on Internet Governance. The Bill was earlier passed by the Congress on March 25, 2014 and the Senate on April 22, 2014.
Freedom after expression...
Jan 25, 2013
Sflc.in participated in the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression which was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 14-15 January 2013 . The focus of the meeting was on the increasing instances of hate speech and the issue of cyber security and surveillance. There were participants from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal, India and the host country of Bangladesh.
Dear Government, Please Go Back to the Drawing Board
Mar 28, 2012
Shri. P.Rajeeve, MP representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha has moved a statutory motion to get the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) 2011 annulled.This motion has been admittedand will be coming up before the Rajya Sabha soon.
