Publications
Content Take Downs on the World Wide Web – A Global Reality
This paper is a legal analysis of five key cases on global take downs from…
Intermediary Liability 2.0 – A Shifting Paradigm
This report looks at the current state of intermediary liability laws, notable litigations, present legal…
Living in Digital Darkness – A Handbook on Internet Shutdowns in India
A report on the state of Internet shutdowns in India, analyzing its emergence as a…
TRAI Submissions
SFLC.in’s comments on TRAI’s consultation paper on net neutrality
In January 2017, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India published what is expected to be the last…
TRAI Open House Discussion: Proliferation of Broadband through Public Wi-Fi Networks
On January 9, 2017, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India held an Open House Discussion…
Counter Comments to the Consultation Paper on Free Data
Following our initial comments on the Consultation Paper on Free Data, below are our set…
FAQs
Jan 08, 2019
The Central Government notified the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 in April, 2011. A draft amendment of these Rules has been issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), ostensibly for dealing with the fake news and misinformation problem. However, the Rules could result in weakening the security and privacy of apps and websites and erode the safe harbour protection available to intermediaries.
Jul 08, 2011
The Central Government notified the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 in April, 2011. The rules which seek to control the intermediaries end up controlling the actions of users. As these rules attempt to cover a wide range of activities through a duplicate, complicated structure, neither the industry nor the end users are able to understand the boundaries of their rights and duties. This FAQ aims at making these rules easy to understand and at sensitising the beneficiaries to the problems that the rules raise.