Jeff Paine, Managing Director of Asia Internet Coalition, has released an open statement (pdf) regarding India’s current proposed intermediary liability guidelines, expressing deep concern regarding users’ privacy and free speech. From Medianama.
It has been over ten years since China irrevocably changed the nature of the internet. It did this by coercing major American internet platforms to either enable Chinese government censorship and surveillance or leave China. From Scroll.in.
NEW RULES PROPOSED by the Indian government to rein in tech giants and combat fake news could have a profoundly chilling effect on free speech and privacy online. From Wired.
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), which owns the Amul brand has issued a legal notice to Google India and Godaddy.com for fraudulent practices on their platform by individuals and organizations. From Medianama.
This paper revisits current debates on the liability of internet intermediaries in India, in the context of violence against women online. Internet intermediaries can be described as entities that facilitate access to the internet or services on the internet (Association Progressive Communications...
Last week, the Indian government proposed sweeping changes to the legal protections for “intermediaries”, which affect every internet company today. Intermediary liability protections have been fundamental to the growth of the internet as an open and secure medium of communication and commerce. From...
Last week, the Indian government proposed sweeping changes to the legal protections for “intermediaries”, which affect every internet company today. From CIOL.
Rather than just addressing particular political pain points of fake news or cybercrime, the government should look to bolster the security of India's digital economy overall. From The Wire.
Supreme Court of India has issued notice in a public interest litigation petition filed by Pallav Mongia, an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court which seeks a direction “to prohibit transfer of data pertaining to citizens of Union of India outside the territory of Union of India other than when...
Recently, the Supreme Court of India issued a landmark decision regarding the constitutionality of several provisions included in the Indian Information Technology Act ("IT Act"). The provisions dealt with content removal online and blocking orders. According to the Supreme Court, vague standards...