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Content takedown and users' rights
- February 14, 2020
After Shreya Singhal v Union of India, commentators have continued to question the constitutionality of the content takedown regime under Section 69A of the IT Act (and the Blocking Rules issued under it). There has also been considerable debate around how the judgement has changed this regime: specifically about (i) whether originators of content are entitled to a hearing, (ii) whether Rule 16 of the Blocking Rules, which mandates confidentiality of content takedown requests received by intermediaries from the Government, continues to be operative, and (iii) the effect of Rule 16 on the rights of the originator and the public to challenge executive action. In this opinion piece, we attempt to answer some of these questions.
Read more →Law and Politics of Global Governance Course Outline
- February 13, 2020
Arindrajit Basu taught a course on various prospects and challenges of global governance at NUJS, including the geo-politics of emerging technologies.
Read more →Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
- February 12, 2020
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
Read more →How India Censors The Web
- January 17, 2020
An empirical study of web censorship in India
Read more →Comments to National Security Council on National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020
- January 13, 2020
CIS submitted brief comments to the National Security Council on the National Cybersecurity Strategy within the 5000 character limit provided. CIS will continue producing outputs building on these ideas.
Read more →How safe is your harbour? Discussions on intermediary liability and user rights
- January 06, 2020
The Centre for Internet and Society is holding discussions on 10 January 2020 to discuss research on automated content filtering, content takedown, traceability and the future of intermediary liability in India
Read more →Pegasus snoopgate, an opportune moment to revisit legal framework governing state surveillance framework
- January 02, 2020
Revelations of hacking call for a relook at India’s surveillance regime
Read more →ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitments
- December 17, 2019
Akriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights at ICANN and Ephraim works on Human Rights and Business for Article 19, leading their ICANN engagement.
Read more →In Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public Space
- December 12, 2019
A discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
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