News “Foreign Body Corporate” Twitter Not Entitled to Free Speech Protections: Indian Govt At Karnataka HC The govt also argued that as a significant social media intermediary, Twitter has to undertake additional due diligence to comply with the law Aarathi GanesanMarch 17, 2023
News Here’s why Namecheap and four other domain registrars are blocked in India The court was hearing a bunch of pleas on fraudulent domain names and blocked the domain registrars for not following the IT Rules, 2021 Sarvesh MathiMarch 14, 2023
News Indian Govt Does Not Target Chinese Apps For Bans: IT Minister in Parliament IT Ministry clarifies stance in Rajya Sabha on its recent blocking orders against betting and lending apps Akshit ChawlaFebruary 13, 2023
News Why Does the Indian Govt Think Twitter’s Challenge to its Blocking Orders Lacks Bite? As a foreign company, Twitter can't avail fundamental rights, Indian govt said at the Karnataka HC hearing. Here's a breakdown of the issues at... Aarathi GanesanFebruary 8, 2023
News India blocks 138 betting apps, 94 lending apps with Chinese links; some non-Chinese apps also targeted This is the first time a large scale action to block lending and gaming apps has been ordered by the government Sarvesh MathiFebruary 7, 2023
News Delhi HC seeks government’s response on blocking of satirical dowry calculator website The website, which was launched in May 2011 to highlight the evils of dowry, was blocked by the government in July 2018 Sarvesh MathiJanuary 23, 2023
News Report: A closer look at India’s website blocking practices, and everything that’s wrong with it Section 69A of IT Act,2000, court orders, and obscenity were the 3 major grounds for blocking of websites in India, SFLC report states Vallari SanzgiriJanuary 13, 2023
News Court Watch: The Biggest Indian Tech Policy Cases to Keep An Eye On In 2023 We round up the year's most important tech policy cases you should keep an eye on, and, more importantly, the people and principles they... Aarathi GanesanJanuary 3, 2023
News Karnataka HC Adjourns Hearing in Twitter-Government Standoff, Next date January 9 Hearing adjourned after Central Government's request for more time to argue its case on Twitter’s challenging of Section 69A blocking orders Aarathi GanesanDecember 12, 2022
News VideoLAN’s Website Is Up and Running Again: Here’s What We Know About the Unblocking MeitY had blocked VideoLAN's website without any official explanation and has now restored it, showing how opaque Section 69A blocking orders can be Aarathi GanesanNovember 15, 2022