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Freedom of Expression in Digital Age
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 12, 2015 03:51 AMThe Supreme Court Judgment in Shreya Singhal and What It Does for Intermediary Liability in India?
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 17, 2015 11:59 PMEven as free speech advocates and users celebrate the Supreme Court of India's landmark judgment striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act of 2000, news that the Central government has begun work on drafting a new provision to replace the said section of the Act has been trickling in.
What Does Facebook's Transparency Report Tell Us About the Indian Government's Record on Free Expression & Privacy?
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 05, 2015 05:08 AMGiven India's online population, the number of user data requests made by the Indian government aren't very high, but the number of content restriction requests are not only high on an absolute number, but even on a per-user basis.
Security, Governments and Data: Technology and Policy
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Apr 04, 2015 05:59 AMOn January 8, 2015, the Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with the Observer research foundation, hosted the day long conference "Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy" The conference discussed a range of topics including internet governance, surveillance, privacy, and cyber security.
Security, Governments and Data: Technology and Policy
— by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Apr 04, 2015 05:49 AMThree reasons why 66A verdict is momentous
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 29, 2015 04:22 PMEarlier this week, the fundamental right to freedom of expression posted a momentous victory. The nation's top court struck down the much-reviled Section 66A of the IT Act — which criminalized communications that are "grossly offensive", cause "annoyance", etc — as "unconstitutionally vague", "arbitrarily, excessively, and disproportionately" encumbering freedom of speech, and likely to have a "chilling effect" on legitimate speech.
Big win for freedom of speech. Really?
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 29, 2015 01:20 AMThe 66A ruling was historic, but what about the provisions regulating speech online and offline that still exist within the ITA, the IPC and other laws.
What 66A Judgment Means For Free Speech Online
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 27, 2015 04:50 PMThis week India's Supreme Court redefined the boundaries of freedom of speech on the internet. With the Court's decision in Shreya Singhal & Ors. v. Union of India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has been struck down in entirety and is no longer good law.
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