The Shreya Singhal judgment of the Supreme Court of India in 2015 was a seminal case with respect to intermediary liability law in the country. The court ordered that online content from social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter can only be removed through a court order or upon government...
In a landmark ruling earlier this month, India’s Supreme Court held that citizens’ right to freedom of speech and rights to carry out business using the internet are constitutionally protected. From The Indian Express.
Security and encryption experts from around the world are joining a number of organizations to call on India to reconsider its proposed amendments to local intermediary liability rules. From TechCrunch.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indian government, in its first term, began by positioning India as a global technology hub. From The Diplomat.
The Indian government made 20,805 requests for user data – including 861 emergency requests – to Facebook between July and December 2018, the company’s revealed in its latest Transparency Report. From Medianama.
In what’s being criticised as a controversial and ambiguous law, Singapore’s Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation (Pofma) Law criminalising fake news and allowing the authorities to remove objectionable online content was passed recently. From Hindustan Times.
In a span of less than two weeks, the Madras High Court has imposed and lifted a ban on the TikTok mobile application, an increasingly popular video and social platform. While rescinding the ban is welcome, the events tell a worrying tale of how the courts can arbitrarily censor online expression...
The Asia Internet Coalition has accused the Nepali draft IT Bill of vague phrasing in its restrictions, empowering authorities indiscriminately, and of failing to understand the services it seeks to regulate. The submission has also made use of Indian law, including the Supreme Court’s striking down...
The Madras High Court on Wednesday lifted its ban on downloading the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, subject to a condition that pornographic videos would not be uploaded on it, NDTV reported. The court had imposed the temporary ban on April 3, on the ground that the app was responsible for...
Facebook recently said in a statement that the company had spent more than 18 months assessing “risk” across its platforms to help ensure that the Lok Sabha election was free from interference, both foreign and domestic. From The Hindu.