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Access Now 10 March 2021 | 10:30 pm
Ten international non-profit organizations Access Now, ARTICLE 19, the Association for Progressive Communications, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Derechos Digitales, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Mnemonic, Reporters Without Borders, and WITNESS are jointly
calling on government authorities and web firms operating in India to cease a crusade of censorship and surveillance across the nation targeting critics speaking online in response to the ongoing #FarmersProtests.
Tech companies hold immense power, and must defend privacy, and ensure free speech by pushing back on government orders that infringe on rights. They should:
In line with international standards, “engage in prevention and risk mitigation strategies that respect principles of internationally recognized human rights to the greatest extent possible when faced with
The regulatory mechanisms prescribed for digital news portals in the IT Intermediary Rules 2021, notified last month, are dealing with matters that are nowhere mentioned in the parent act the Information Technology Act, 2000, said The Foundation for Independent Journalism and others in their petition challenging the new rules. Hence the Rules are ultra […]