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…
Rightscon Southeast Asia conference
Mr. Prasanth Sugathan, Counsel, SFLC.in will be speaking at RighstCon Southeast Asia conference from March 24-25, 2015 at Manila, Philippines. RightsCon is the premier summit…
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…
CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action
Ms. Mishi Choudhary will be speaking at an international multistakeholder conference on Internet-related issues organized by UNESCO in France, Paris from March 3-4, 2015. This…
FOSS News – February 2015
Mark Webbink Named New Chairman of SFLC Board https://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2015/feb/05/webbink/ The Software Freedom Law Center announced in early February that Mark Webbink has been elected the…
India’s surveillance state: Other provisions of law that enable collection of user information
While Section 5(2) of the Telegraph Act and Sections 69 and 69B of the Information Technology Act (IT Act) collectively set the stage for direct…
SFLC.in’s comments on the First Draft of the National IP Policy
In December 2014, the Government of India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) invited stakeholder comments on the First Draft of the National IP…