Publications
Report: Online Harassment – A Form of Censorship
We at SFLC.in have grown increasingly concerned of late by the appreciable spike in instances…
Info-graphic on Internet censorship in India (2012 – 2015)
A record of instances of Internet censorship in India between 2012 and 2015 is depicted…
“India’s Surveillance State” – Our Report On Communications Surveillance in India
The report delves into communications surveillance in India and takes an in-depth look at various…
TRAI Submissions
SFLC.in’s Comments on the TRAI Pre-Consultation Paper on Net Neutrality
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on May 30, 2016 published a Pre-Consultation Paper…
SFLC.in’s Comments on the TRAI Consultation Paper on Free Data
On 19 May, 2016 the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India floated a Consultation Paper on…
Free Basics Investigation
So while all of us were busy turning the consultation paper on differential pricing of…
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.