In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 19th January 2020 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. The beginnings of the Great Firewall of India? The unintended consequence of the Supreme Court’s order on Internet Shutdowns in Kashmir — where it put down accountability norms for Internet shutdowns, and said that some essential websites should be accessible, is that it has given rise to the creation of the Great Indian Firewall: filters that control what users can and cannot access online. Read it here Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019: Protecting children's data online Decades after the first data protection laws were implemented, we still continue to struggle with some of the basics of personal data protection — how should personal data be defined? Corollary to this, is the question of whether some personal data matters more than others. Read it here 'Nearly 75% of AGR dues would have served India's digital mission': Airtel on SC dismissing telcos' review plea After the Supreme Court dismissed review petitions filed by telcos including Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, which sought relief from the apex court’s earlier judgement on the payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR), Bharti Airtel told MediaNama that the money now required to pay “punitive interest, penalty and interest on penalty which forms nearly 75% of AGR dues would have better served the digital mission of the country”. Read it here Bombay HC orders removal of YouTube video reviewing Parachute…
