News SC Declines to Hear Congress’ Randeep Surjewala’s Challenge to Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had filed a plea challenging provisions of the Election Laws 2021 that enable linking Voter ID and Aadhar card Aarathi GanesanJuly 25, 2022
News SC disposes off petitions for regulating online content, schedules Centre’s petitions on IT Rules for later Petitions before the Supreme Court seek transfer of cases on IT Rules and a stay on orders by various High Courts on the same... Anushka JainJuly 21, 2022
News SC grants Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair interim bail in all UP FIRs Supreme Court steps in to grant bail to Zubair and quashes the SIT formed by UP Police numerous arrests over tweets and online speech... Vallari SanzgiriJuly 21, 2022
News Why ‘group privacy’ should be recognised, and how ‘non-personal’ data becomes a regulatory blindspot There is a need for reconceptualizing personal, non-personal data and the concept of privacy itself for regulators to effectively protect data Guest AuthorJuly 13, 2022
News How Will the Proposed Amendments to the IT Rules Affect Free Speech and Intermediaries? The MeitY's IT Rules can have a chilling effect on free speech online in India and risks the balkanization of the internet itself, say... Aarathi GanesanJune 22, 2022
News Tamil Nadu Government Convenes Committee For Emergency Law Against Online Gambling The Tamil Nadu government has announced a committee that will make recommendations towards an ordinance on online gambling after multiple suicide cases Aarathi GanesanJune 13, 2022
News ‘Grossly Offensive Speech’: IT Act’s Struck Down Section 66A Reappears in India’s Cybercrime Proposal at U.N. Despite section 66A being struck down by the Supreme Court, India is reintroducing it in its proposals for a cybersecurity convention at the United... Aarathi GanesanJune 10, 2022
News TLDR: Meta, Swiggy, Zomato, Byju’s, Twitter, Donald Trump, CCTV, location tracking Swiggy’s Genie service halted (for now) in major cities The Swiggy app feature that lets users request items to be picked up or dropped off... Karan HMMay 11, 2022
News Bhima Koregaon lawyer urges SC committee to examine his phone for Pegasus spyware Allegations of Pegasus surveillance and planting of evidence using NetWire continue to swirl around the case. MitakshJanuary 11, 2022
News Supreme Court stays proceedings of Justice Lokur-led commission investigating Pegasus Over 21 entities and persons were asked to appear before the commission in connection with the Pegasus controversy. MitakshDecember 21, 2021