Hearing Update:
Today, the IT Rules 2021 batch of petitions was listed before the Delhi High Court for hearing. On mentioning, the court took up the matter. Parties have been directed to file their written submissions.
The matter will be taken up next on 17th July 2025.
Our latest victory was a BIG win for free speech! The 2023 fact-checking amendments to the #ITRules were struck down!
Big or small, the fight for digital rights should march on without setbacks and only YOU can ensure that. Become a member of IFF and do your bit ;) 4/5
In a Big Win for Free Speech, Bombay HC struck down the fact-checking amendment to the #ITRules as “unconstitutional”! IFF provided legal assistance to one of the Petitioners in the matter.
We hope this is one of many Ws for our digital rights! 🧵1/10
https://internetfreedom.in/it-amendment-rules-2023-struck-down/
ContentBlocking
X has #blocked the account of @KhaledBeydoun on its platform in India.
Software Freedom Law Centre, India (SFLC.in) has been reporting on the blocking of social media accounts and #websites. Please #report any blocking cases you may have seen to us.
Send us an email at mail@sflc.in or mention @sflcin on social media platforms.
#SFLCin #Blocking #ITrules #TechPolicy #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechMatters #India #Reports #Internet #digitalrights #X #twitter
WhatsApp to Delhi HC: Will exit India if told to break encryption
WhatsApp has more than 400 million users in India, making it the largest market for the platform.
#whatsapp #DelhiHC #privacy #encryption #ITRules #StateSurveillance #meta #BigTech #india
Supreme Court Stays Union Government's Notification on PIB Fact-Check Unit
On March 20, the Union electronics and IT ministry had notified the Press Information Bureau's Fact Check Unit as a statutory body with powers to flag what it believes is false information related to the Central government and its agencies on social media sites.
#FactChecking #PIB #UnionGovt #ITRules #FreeSpeech #PressFreedom #SupremeCourt #india
https://thewire.in/law/supreme-court-stays-union-governments-notification-on-pib-fact-check-unit
Union Govt Notifies PIB Arm as Designated Fact-Checking Unit Under IT Rules, SC Hearing Today
The notification comes a month before the Lok Sabha elections, in what the Internet Freedom Foundation foresees is a move that 'could vastly affect the nature of free speech.'
#FactChecking #PIB #UnionGovt #ITRules #FreeSpeech #PressFreedom #SupremeCourt #IFF #india
https://thewire.in/media/pib-fact-check-unit-it-rules-amendment
'Violated Principles of Natural Justice': Caravan Files Petition Against Govt Order On Army Story
In its petition, The Caravan has underlined that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's order asking the magazine to take down its article on allegations of torture and murder against the Indian Army also violated the fundamental right to free speech and expression and the freedom of the press.
#TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #IBMinistry #PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
Press Club of India, rights groups criticise I&B ministry’s article take down order to ‘The Caravan’
The article was about civilian deaths in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly in Army custody.
#PressClubOfIndia #TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #IBMinistry #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
Under Rule 14(2), the IDC is tasked with periodically meeting and hearing complaints regarding violations or contraventions of the Code of Ethics.
But, wait - isn’t this Code of Ethics not operational as of now? 5/10
#ITRules
Union Govt Uses IT Act to Attack Press Freedom, Asks Caravan to Take Down Report
The magazine was told that if it fails to take down an article on the Poonch killings from its website within 24 hours, the entire website would be taken down. Caravan has said it will be challenging the order.
#TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
How India tamed Twitter and set a global standard for online censorship
In more than 50 interviews, current and former technology executives and Indian officials detailed how the Indian government broke Twitter’s resistance through a raft of new regulations, a streamlined censorship process — and the coercive muscle of law enforcement agencies.
#twitter #x #censorship #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #BJP #UnionGovt #BigTech #hindutva #FarmersProtests #dissent #covid19 #CovidMismanagement #OppositionParties #ITRules #india
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/08/india-twitter-online-censorship/
Latest Amendments to IT Rules Will Have Chilling Effect, Say A Host of Rights Orgs
The statement, issued on World Press Freedom Day, is signed by human rights organisation, media and tech right groups like Access Now, Amnesty International, Committee To Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch and Internet Freedom Foundation.
#ITRules #PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #journalism #CivilRights #media #BJP #amnesty #AccessNow #HRW #IFF #CPJ #india
https://thewire.in/rights/it-amendments-world-press-freedom-day
These amendments will have alarming consequences for the right to freedom of expression by making the Union Government the final arbiter of free speech.
Get a detailed look into the #ITRules with our easy explainer 👇🏽(3/)
https://internetfreedom.in/public-brief-it-amendment-rules-2023/
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The Union Government in a petition filed by @kunalkamra88, has given an undertaking that it will not constitute the fact check unit under Rule 3(i)(II)(A) and (C) of the IT Amendment Rules 2023, until July 5, 2023. 🧵 👇🏽(1/)
The New IT Rules Herald India's 'Single Source of Truth' Governance
The Minister of State for Information Technology and Electronics has made it clear, the government is the only body with access to factual data to certify any online speech as fake or otherwise.
#ITRules #UnionGovt #PressFreedom #censorship #democracy #FactChecking #FakeNews #aadhaar #technology #authoritarianism #india
https://thewire.in/tech/it-rules-single-source-of-truth-governance
Explained: How the Centre’s amendments to IT Rules will throttle press freedom
The Centre has notified new rules giving itself the power to order websites to take down news flagged as ‘fake’ by a government-appointed fact checking body.
#ITRules #law #PressFreedom #PIB #censorship #UnionGovt #FactChecking #media #india
RTI Exposes Government’s Fraudulent Fact-Check Mechanism
The PIB once branded one of my stories "fake" – but the only "fact-check" it had done was to read a tweet from the women and child ministry, writes Tapasya.
#PIB #FactChecking #ITRules #PressFreedom #RTI #aadhar #misinformation #UnionGovt #media #india #BJP
https://thewire.in/media/rti-exposes-governments-fraudulent-fact-check-mechanism
Content that has been “fact checked” and identified as fake by the Centre’s fact-checking unit must be taken down, the draft amendment to the IT Rules, 2021 said
#ITRules
https://www.boomlive.in/news/draft-it-rules-2021-fake-news-pib-fact-check-meity-20784?utm_medium=Social__TW_Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1674045844
