SC agrees to hear plea challenging administrative internet shutdown ordersIn its plea challenging the internet shutdown orders issued by administrations of various cities and towns to avoid cheating during competi...
Twitter moves high court against govt ordersThe legal move follows the expiry of the July 4 deadline requiring the American microblogging platform to comply with directives issued by ...
MeitY to discuss new cybersecurity rules with VPN firms on FridayThe consultation is likely to be chaired by Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It has been ...
Tech policy groups push back against India's new cybersecurity rulesOn April 28, Cert-In had come out with a set of guidelines for all companies, intermediaries, data centres and government organisations und...
Cybersecurity experts question CERT-In inaction on rampant data breachesCybersecurity experts may drag India’s cybersecurity watchdog CERT-In to court for not taking actions against companies such as Air India, ...
Rural walk-ins may be allowed if Covid-19 vaccine supply meets demand: RS Sharma, vaccine panel chairpersonResponding to mounting criticism that the mandatory registration and appointment on the government's vaccine platform CoWin — for those in ...
Govt says it has alternatives to CoWin for rural vaccinationsThe CoWin platform has come under heavy criticism in the past few weeks, with citizens complaining that it is leading to vaccine divide in ...
Sweeping powers to government under data protection Bill a step backwards, say expertsThe Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, and the government proposed sending the Bill to a jo...
'India’s data protection bill is poorly worded; does not serve any stakeholder’s interests'SFLC conducted a series of roundtable discussions in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kochi ahead of submitting comments to MeiTY on the draf d...
The number of Internet shutdowns in India is startling: SFLCData shows 62 incidents of Internet shutdowns across various regions in 12 states in the country, with 30 being reported in 2016 itself
Net neutrality: US follows Indian counterpart Trai’s stepsThe FCC’s order on net neutrality also referred to as the open internet rules, came into force from June 12 after a federal US court reject...
All internet apps to fall under data pricing ruleTelcos and application makers will be able take advantage of the controversial exception to the new rules barring discriminatory pricing of...
Over 50,000 recommend full net neutrality on Government portalA huge surge in public response has pushed the number of comments on the net neutrality recommendations well past the 50,000 mark.
4 Indians among 32 Young Leaders named by Asia Society in New YorkFour Indians are among 32 young leaders named by a prestigious global non-profit organisation as its 2015 class of young leaders.
Why a clear-cut net neutrality policy is important for Digital India's successThe telecom department said in a background note that net neutrality is a must for the success of Digital India given the poor Internet cov...
App developers, tech startups slam Airtel's move to allow free access to certain websites, appsAirtel on Monday announced an open marketing platform, which it says will allow its customers to access ‘certain’ mobile applications for f...
Govt blocked 2,341 URLs in 2014, 73% more than that in 2013SFLC.in, which uploaded the RTI and the reply on its website, has said in an accompanying blog that the government needs to review its stan...