Weakened encryption and its impact on federated FOSS and SaaS services vis-a-vis right to trade and profession
Weakened encryption and its impact on federated FOSS and SaaS services vis-a-vis right to trade and profession This blog post is second in series of…
SFLC.in wrote to Rajasthan Government against imposing Internet shutdowns to prevent cheating in Exams
A newspaper article dated 25.09.2021 published in Times of India titled ‘REET exam: Mobile internet services to remain suspended from 6AM to 6PM in Rajasthan…
Letter to Kurukshetra University against Students being forced to write physical exams due to internet suspension.
SFLC.in has written to the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of Kurukshetra University to reconsider conducting online exams during the period of state-imposed internet shutdown and postpone/reschedule…
Letter to the Haryana Government to reconsider suspension of Internet in 5 districts
SFLC.in wrote a letter to Haryana Government requesting them to reconsider shutting down the Internet in 5 districts in Haryana. According to an order…
SFLC.IN’s Submission before the Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation on The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
SFLC.in has sent its submissions to the Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021,…
Impact of the traceability provision on the privacy of Indian citizens
Impact of the traceability provision on the privacy of Indian citizens This blog post is first in series of “Encryption and human rights” series by…
SFLC.in’s letter to Shri Shashi Tharoor, containing Suggestions for the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT meeting with the representatives of MeitY, MHA and the Ministry of Communications (DoT) on “Citizens’ data security and privacy on July 28, 2021
SFLC.in has written a letter to Shri Shashi Tharoor, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, containing suggestions for the Parliamentary Standing Committee on…
AN ANATOMY OF THE PEGASUS SPYWARE
The story so far In a series of startling revelations by The Wire, Pegasus, the Israeli Spyware was found to have been used to…
SFLC.in writes to CERT.In and Government of Tamil Nadu on Public Distribution System Data Breach
SFLC.in writes to CERT.In and Government of Tamil Nadu on Public Distribution System Data Breach Recently, it was reported that the Tamil Nadu’s Public…
India’s IT Rules, Twitter MD, & UP Police: Actions & Options Ahead
The article analyzes the impact of the IT Rules, 2021 upon the case involving Twitter’s MD, the criminal law angle of it and the scope…
RTI Response from MEITY over Twitter’s Manipulated Media Tag
Earlier in May, there were a series of tweets posted by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra that the Congress Party had developed a tool kit to…
TWITTER, THE INTERMEDIARY GUIDELINES RULES AND THE SAFE HARBOUR PROTECTION
Background The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (Hereinafter “IT Rules”) were notified by the Central Government on 25.02.2021. The…