Victory for team of young lawyers, activists
Tuesday’s verdict is a victory for a loose coalition of young lawyers, Internet activists and researchers who filed separate petitions but helped each other with…
Section 66A scrapped: Supreme Court adds muscle to social media
In a landmark judgment on Tuesday, the Supreme Court quashed Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, which clamped down on freedom of…
India’s Supreme Court strikes down law against offensive online content
India’s Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional an Internet law that provided for the arrest of people sending online messages considered offensive or menacing….
India Once Again Awakens To Freedom: A Watershed Moment
Indian Supreme Court has given India what it deserves — a chance to experience free and open Internet and protection against censorship. The court said…
Section 66A of IT Act: This week our heads are held high
March 25, 2015 – The verdict is rocking, with the times. Beautiful quotes (by) Shakespeare, Mark Antony’s speech in Julius Caesar to explain what incitement…
Section 66A: Why SC didn’t think government would act responsibly on censorship
On March 24, the Supreme Court took an unambiguous stand in favour of free speech on the internet by striking down the now infamous Section…
IT Act: Industry tight-lipped on Supreme Court upholding content blocking rules
Free-speech activists and social media experts applauded the Supreme Court’s order to scrap a law that allowed police to arrest anyone posting “offensive” messages online,…
Au revoir, Section 66A
On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of India took an unambiguous stand in favor of free speech on the Internet by striking down the…
The 66A Rigmarole
The recent arrest of a writer in Karnataka over alleged Facebook posts making sexist and derogatory comments about a social activist on Facebook, has once…
SFLC.in nominated for Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prize
SFLC.in was nominated and among a select few finalists for the inaugural Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Award in the Excellence in Legal Service….
Software Biggies Wary of Open Source Development
On March 5, 2015, the Economic Times carried a report on the rising levels of concern among proprietary software vendors over the Indian Government’s increasing…
Union Budget 2015-16 | Coverage & Analysis
SFLC.in board member Prof Rahul De talked about Union Budget 2015 at an expert panel hosted by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Link to the…