SFLC.in Statement on the Potential Removal of ‘Safe Harbour’ Protection from Intermediaries
According to a report by the Indian Express, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has begun discussions on reconsidering the safe harbour protection…
SFLC.in Statement Regarding the Takedown Requests Against its X Account and Posts
5th November 2026 SFLC.in has been constantly trying to verify the authenticity of the takedown requests targeting its X account and posts. Despite repeated attempts…
SFLC.in received supposed RSS Legal Notice and subsequent Takedown Requests
Background SFLC.in on October 29th received a legal notice from an individual purportedly acting on behalf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), raising objections to…
SFLC.in Statement Condemning Takedown Directions Affecting Digital Rights Organisations in India
On 3 November 2026, SFLC.in received notifications from X regarding takedown requests issued by the Delhi Police concerning 42 URLs, including the handle and posts…
Critical Government Websites Are Still Serving Revoked Certificates! A Tracker by SFLC.in
A number of Indian government websites have continued to use digital security certificates that were revoked more than 8 days ago by eMudhra, a licensed…
SFLC.in writes to MeitY, CERT-In, and eMudhra regarding critical government websites relying on revoked certificates
SFLC.in is alarmed by reports that several Indian government websites are reportedly still using security certificates that eMudhra revoked and marked as ’superseded’ on 19…
SFLC.in writes to SBI regarding the Data Breach on 21 October 2026
SFLC.in has written to the State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest public sector bank, raising our concerns over a recent incident involving the loss…
SFLC.in Assists NOCAP in challenging the Blocking Order of its Facebook Page before the Kerala High Court
Case Name: HYDER ALI K v. UNION OF INDIA WP(C) 36632/2026 NOCAP, an independent Malayalam digital news platform, had its Facebook Page restricted in…
SFLC.in Statement on the SBI Data Breach
On 21 October 2026, State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest public sector bank, disclosed to the stock exchanges that it had experienced an incident…
SFLC.in’s Statement on eMudhra Private Key vulnerability
SFLC.in is concerned about the wider cybersecurity consequences of the recently discovered security vulnerability relating to eight intermediate certificates issued by the Indian digital certification…
The Grievance Appellate Committee: Challenging Hate Speech
Over the past few months, SFLC.in has engaged in an empirical analysis backed by research driven data on the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC), an online…
Protect Your Pixels (Part I) — Why photo privacy is a must in the Age of AI
Today when Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is on the road to becoming omnipresent in the digital world, it is essential to protect your images from exposure…