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WhatTheBlock

Supreme Court issues notice in Sushant Singh's transfer petition challenging website blocking

Sushant Singh has sought transfer of his writ petition from the Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court, challenging Rules 8 and 16 of the IT Blocking Rules, 2009. On 02.05.2025, the Supreme Court issued notice and tagged it with SFLC’s pending petition raising similar issues.
02 May, 2025
6 min read
Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka & Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi

Section 44(3) and the Systematic Dismantling of the RTI Act: A Fact Check to Ashwini Vaishnaw

Section 3 has no relevance to the RTI amendment, and Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw's response fails to address the core concern: Section 44(3) weakens citizens’ right to information and transparency in governance. IFF does a fact check. 
11 April, 2025
6 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
Parliament

Budget Session 2025: A Digital Rights Review

The Budget Session of Parliament, held from January 21 to April 4, 2025, included a recess from February 13 to March 10 for Standing Committee reviews. Key discussions covered various national issues, including digital rights and freedoms.
10 April, 2025
12 min read
Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem & Medha GargMedha Garg
transaprency

Quarterly Transparency Report for January-March, 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, IFF's transparency vertical filed 15 RTI applications to seek accountability from public institutions on digital rights issues and received some significant information with a mix of some omissions and evasions.
03 April, 2025
6 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg & Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem
AI

Parliamentary Standing Committee pushes for AI in Broadcasting and a Unified Media Regulation

On March 21, 2025, a parliamentary panel urged AI to curb misinformation and sought stakeholder input on the proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill in its report on I&B Ministry grants.
28 March, 2025
7 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg
internet shutdowns

J&K’s Partial Disclosure of Internet Shutdown Orders Undermines Transparency

In our opinion, the FAA has misread the Supreme Court’s ruling and overlooked the broader transparency mandate in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India, which clearly requires publishing all orders, including those by review committees.
27 March, 2025
8 min read
Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi
WhatTheBlock

Twitter/X Corp 's legal challenge before the Karnataka High Court spotlights illegal take down orders being used as parallel process and a censorship portal

X Corp. (formerly Twitter) is challenging the government’s misuse of Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act to issue takedown orders, bypassing Section 69A safeguards. It also exposed ‘Sahyog,’ an illegal censorship portal.
21 March, 2025
8 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta, Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra & Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem
aadhaar

IFF’s Statement on EPIC-Aadhaar Linking

Read our statement on EPIC-Aadhaar Linking.
20 March, 2025
5 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
Parliament

Action Taken Reports reveal the revival of the Broadcasting Bill and dismiss claims of an Aadhaar data breach

On March 11, 2025, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology released two reports on media regulation and digital security.
17 March, 2025
6 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg & Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi
Income Tax Bill

IFF writes to the Select Committee to review the digital search and seizure powers under the Income Tax Bill, 2025

IFF calls for a review of the Income Tax Bill, 2025, highlighting concerns over digital search powers, privacy, and the need for stronger constitutional safeguards.
10 March, 2025
6 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta & Medha GargMedha Garg

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