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Amendment to IT Rules gives unfettered power to government, observes Bombay High Court

Scroll Staff
· Sep 27, 2023 · 12:39 pm
Centre asks social media platforms to remove video showing sexual assault of Manipur women

Scroll Staff
· Jul 20, 2023 · 02:51 pm
IT rules need to be removed if its effects are unconstitutional, says Bombay HC

Scroll Staff
· Jul 07, 2023 · 11:53 am
Rush Hour podcast: ‘India threatened to shut down Twitter if it didn’t block critical voices’

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 08:07 pm
The near-impossible task of restoring a blocked Twitter handle in India

Zafar Aafaq
· May 01, 2023 · 06:30 am
Centre says its fact-checking unit will not be notified till July 5

Scroll Staff
· Apr 27, 2023 · 04:08 pm
Amended IT Rules don’t seem to offer protection to satire, Bombay HC tells Centre

Scroll Staff
· Apr 24, 2023 · 01:22 pm
Explained: How the Centre’s amendments to IT Rules will throttle press freedom

Umang Poddar
· Apr 11, 2023 · 09:00 am
Modi government’s move to set up new fact-check body shows its ‘deepest insecurity’, says Opposition

Scroll Staff
· Apr 08, 2023 · 10:35 am
As social media platforms around the world surrender to state diktats, what can users do?

Mishi Choudhary Eben Moglen
· Mar 11, 2023 · 09:00 am
BBC documentary: Supreme Court to hear pleas against blocking order on February 6

Scroll Staff
· Jan 30, 2023 · 01:08 pm
Centre forms three panels to oversee social media content moderation

Scroll Staff
· Jan 28, 2023 · 07:49 am
Explained: What emergency powers has India used to block links of BBC’s Gujarat riots documentary?

Nachiket Deuskar
· Jan 23, 2023 · 06:30 am
How the Centre’s planned IT rule changes will empower it to censor unfavourable news

Umang Poddar
· Jan 21, 2023 · 09:00 am
Proposal to remove any content termed fake by government will muzzle free press, says Editors Guild

Scroll Staff
· Jan 19, 2023 · 08:32 am
Content termed fake by government agencies not to be allowed online, IT ministry proposes new rule

Scroll Staff
· Jan 18, 2023 · 10:55 am
Panels to oversee social media content moderation by November 30, says Union minister

Scroll Staff
· Nov 01, 2022 · 07:06 pm
The big news: Elon Musk takes over Twitter, and nine other top stories

Scroll Staff
· Oct 28, 2022 · 10:45 pm
Centre notifies setting up of panels to oversee social media content moderation

Scroll Staff
· Oct 28, 2022 · 09:47 pm
Indian agent placed at Twitter to understand talks on social media curbs, whistleblower alleges

Scroll Staff
· Sep 14, 2022 · 10:14 am