Round-table on Intermediary Liability on the Internet
Across the world from Europe to the US, it has been an accepted policy that service providers on the Internet cannot be held liable for…
Report of Committee on Subordinate Legislation on Intermediaries Rules tabled
The Thirty-first Report of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2012-2013) was presented in the Lok Sabha today on 21 March , 2013 by Shri P….
Subordinate Committee Report suggests a fresh look at the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011
The Lok Sabha Committee on Subordinate Legislation in its report stated that the Committee expect the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to have a…
S.91 of CrPC – the Omnipotent provision?
A need for this blog post was felt as we at sflc.in have recently seen indiscriminate use of S.91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,…
DEITY issued a clarification on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 stating that the intermediaries should respond within 36 hours and they should redress such complaints within one month.
DEITY issued a clarification on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 which states : The Intermediary shall respond or acknowledge to the complainant within…
Resolution on S.66A of IT Act
Sri.P.Rajeeve, Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha moved a motion on the need to amend Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000…
Cryptoparty in Cochin
Software Freedom Law Center, India(sflc.in) in association with ILUG-COCHIN is holding a cryptoparty (www.cryptoparty.org) on Sunday, 24th February 2013. The aim of the event is…
Government Employee Arrested For Facebook Posts
On 6 February 2013, Sanjay Chaudhary, a Government employee in U.P was arrested from his residence with his laptop, sim card and data card being…
Writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging Rules 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) and 3(7) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 filed by Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an independent Member of Parliament
Writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging Rules 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) and 3(7) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 filed by Mr. Rajeev…
Freedom after expression…
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…
Cryptoparty
Sflc.in is organising a cyptoparty on January 12, 2013 at our office. The aim of the event is to introduce tools that help in protecting…
Cyber Rules Advisory Committee Meeting Held
Cyber Rules Advisory Committeemeeting held. A presentation was made which highlighted that the words used in section 66A and section 79 of the Information Technology…