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PTI
SC Stays Further Proceedings Before HCs in Matters Involving Challenges to IT Rules
09 May 2022
Hearing on May 19, said the bench, adding that pleas raising the issue of hate speeches and hate crimes would be listed separately on May 19.
Indira Jaising
Supreme Court’s Mixed Record in 2021 Brings its Counter-Majoritarian Role Under Scrutiny
27 Dec 2021
While the CJI N.V. Ramana’s tenure so far has been promising, the potential of the Supreme Court to stand up to the challenges of majoritarianism in politics and civil society will continue to be…
Newsclick Report
IT Rules: Madras HC Issues Notice to Centre over Plea Challenging Consitutional Validity
24 Jun 2021
They submitted the new IT Rules seek to regulate the conduct of entities that do not even come under the ambit of the Information Technology Act.
PTI/NewsClick Report
Twitter Loses 'Safe Harbour' Shield in India over Non-Compliance to IT Rules
16 Jun 2021
A source told the news agency that Twitter's intermediary status and the legal shield it had ended automatically on May 26 given its non-compliance with new guidelines.
PTI
WhatsApp Moves Delhi HC Against Centre on New Social Media Intermediary Rules
26 May 2021
'... requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally…
PTI
IT Rules: FB, Google Working on Complying with Social Media Rules, Twitter Mum
26 May 2021
Non-compliance with rules would result in these social media companies losing their intermediary status that provides them exemptions and specified immunity from liabilities for any third-party…
Newsclick Report
Colour-Code Some, ‘Nurture’ Others: Government Plans to Set Media Narrative 'Using' Journalists
05 Mar 2021
News of the report comes at a time when the government has put in place the IT Rules, 2021, which have come in for much criticism with journalists’ unions saying they “appear to go against the…
Newsclick
Wishing Kapil Sibal a Happy 1st of April
01 Apr 2012
Newsclick is joining other activists and websites in wishing Kapil Sibal a happy April Fool’s Day. Not because he is being foolish in trying to censor the net, but because he is being too clever by…
Prabir Purkayastha
Waging War against the Internet and Democracy
26 Mar 2012
The recent protests by major websites and online organisations on the threat to Internet from certain proposals of US lawmakers has drawn worldwide attention. Though the US lawmakers talked about of…