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Raman Jit Singh Chima serves as a Policy Director and Senior International Counsel at Access Now, working with the international non-profit organisation s team of global public policy staff in protec .
Raman Jit Singh Chima serves as a Policy Director and Senior International Counsel at Access Now, working with the international non-profit organisation s team of global public policy staff in protecting an open Internet and advancing the rights of users, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region. He was a founding volunteer with India s landmark SaveTheInternet.in campaign for net neutrality and co-founded the Internet Freedom Foundation - where he currently chairs the board of trustees. He assisted the legal team involved in the Supreme Court of India s landmark Shreya Singhal v. Union of India judgment on Internet free speech, and has been included in Forbes Magazine s 30-Under-30 list of leaders in India under the Law and Policy category.Read MoreRead Less
Update February 20, 2021: Facebook has restored access to Access Now’s page in Australia
and has reversed the news ban after governmental amendments to the media code. We will continue to monitor what will happen to the many other NGOs and organisations affected by Facebook’s ban.
Facebook has blocked an unknown number of civil society and news organisations’ accounts including Access Now’s page in Australia, a move the social media platform must rectify immediately.
Beginning early morning Australia time on
18 February, reports emerged from a range of organisations, institutions, and agencies in Australia including health and emergency services, trade unions, women’s legal services, women’s sport, and even the police that their pages and updates on Facebook had been restricted by the platform in protest to a controversial proposed new media legislation.
Update: February 17, 2020 Authorities in Myanmar have periodically plunged the nation into darkness by shutting down the internet between 01:00 and 09:00 local time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week (February 15 17).