
SFLC.in at IGF 2016
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-stakeholder public policy dialogue initiated by the United Nations Secretary-General, has been an annual affair for more than a…

Internet Shutdown Trends in India
Over the past few years, the number of instances in which Internet access was blocked for entire regions by the Indian Government has been steadily…

Digital Citizen Summit by Digital Empowerment Foundation
Our Counsel, Prasanth Sugathan was part of a panel on privacy at the Digital Citizen Summit organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in Bangalore on…

Report: Online Harassment – A Form of Censorship
We at SFLC.in have grown increasingly concerned of late by the appreciable spike in instances of online harassment across platforms. Whereas online speech platforms like…

Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship – Release of Report and Panel Discussion
SFLC.in is pleased to announce the release our report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship” on November 22, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 7:00…

Timeline for India’s MOOC platform – SWAYAM
2014: SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is announced by the Ministry of Human Rights Development (MHRD), as a national platform…

Cataloguing violations of Supreme Court’s orders on Aadhaar
The journey of the Aadhaar scheme can be traced back from its inception in 2006, following which it has undergone scrutiny by way of two Bills that…

SFLC.in at FSMK Camp 2016
Free Software Movement of Karantaka (FSMK) organizes annual week long technical camps for students, with a special emphasis on Free & Open Source Software (FOSS),…

Roundtable: Identifying and Limiting Hate Speech and Harassment Online
The advances made possible by the advent of the Internet have impacted the notion of free speech in a great many ways. Online intermediary platforms…

Kerala State IT Policy – A Stakeholder Consultation (16th July, 2016)
SFLC.in, Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom (DAKF) and InfoPark Ernakulam Public Library Branch are jointly organising a discussion session to gather inputs from various stakeholders…

Counter Comments to the Consultation Paper on Free Data
Following our initial comments on the Consultation Paper on Free Data, below are our set of counter comments that serve as responses to the comments…

Journey of Aadhaar – Graphical Illustration
The Aadhaar scheme has undergone scrutinies and challenges at various levels since its inception as the flagship program of the Unique Identification Authority of India…