Why India’s censorship of news media online without stating reasons is unlawful

Vineet Bhalla

· May 11, 2025 · 09:00 am

Centre directs YouTube to take down ‘National Dastak’ from its platform

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· Apr 09, 2024 · 01:28 pm

Centre bans 18 OTT platforms, 19 websites for ‘obscene’ content

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· Mar 14, 2024 · 03:06 pm

Safe harbour rules will not apply if deepfakes are not removed, Centre warns social media firms

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· Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm

Centre blocks 14 messaging apps allegedly used by J&K terror groups, say reports

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· May 01, 2023 · 02:13 pm

Centre is reviewing ‘safe harbour’ protections under Digital India Bill, says Union minister

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· Mar 10, 2023 · 12:21 pm

Not just social media, the new IT Act amendment will also affect news websites. Here’s how

Karnika Kohli

· Nov 03, 2022 · 09:00 am

Pending cases under scrapped IT Act provision are matter of serious concern, says Supreme Court

Scroll Staff

· Sep 06, 2022 · 09:17 pm

Twitter tells High Court that Centre asked it to take down over 1,400 accounts in a year

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· Jul 08, 2022 · 04:48 pm

Kerala: Activist Rehana Fathima surrenders before Ernakulum Police in body art video case

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· Aug 09, 2020 · 02:23 pm

Is India’s ban on Tiktok and 58 other Chinese apps consistent with the provisions of IT Act?

Anupriya Dhonchak Nikhil Purohit

· Jul 01, 2020 · 07:30 am

How India is using its Information Technology Act to arbitrarily take down online content

Torsha Sakar Gurshabad Grover

· Feb 15, 2020 · 01:30 pm

The ‘Purdah’ amendment: Proposed changes to the IT Act could draw a veil over the Indian internet

Chinmayi Arun

· Jan 24, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘Unlawful’ online content: Centre says it has started consulting stakeholders on draft rules

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· Dec 25, 2018 · 03:23 pm

Three experts on IT Act panel say they were not consulted on new rules for snooping on content

Abhishek Dey Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 24, 2018 · 07:23 pm

Draft rules want web platforms to help government trace, remove ‘unlawful’ content: Indian Express

Scroll Staff

· Dec 24, 2018 · 11:53 am

Centre’s order on computer surveillance is backed by law – but the law lacks adequate safeguards

Nehaa Chaudhari Tuhina Joshi

· Dec 24, 2018 · 08:00 am

The big news: Naseeruddin Shah’s event at Ajmer festival cancelled, and nine other top stories

Scroll Staff

· Dec 22, 2018 · 08:47 am

‘Issued under rules made in 2009’: Centre clarifies its order allowing agencies to monitor computers

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· Dec 21, 2018 · 06:26 pm

Home Ministry order on computer surveillance is not new – UPA introduced provisions in 2008

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 21, 2018 · 04:39 pm