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Striking Silence: How YouTube’s Broken Copyright System Threatens Free Speech

Free Speech · Delhi

Striking Silence: How YouTube’s Broken Copyright System Threatens Free Speech

Donate Nowtl;dr In May 2025, The Reporters’ Collective revealed that the news agency ANI was targeting YouTubers with copyright strikes. These incidents highlighted the inconsistencies in YouTube’s copyright enforcement and raised some valid concerns about the lack of transparency and adequate safeguards for creators.Why should you care?When copyright enforcement on platforms like YouTube lacks transparency and fails to reflect Indian legal prin…Read Article

India’s Content Moderation Regulation

Technology · India

India’s Content Moderation Regulation

India’s content moderation regulations systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies through threshold-based requirements that force American platforms to divert resources from innovation to compliance.See the Story

Your Internet, Their Rules: Airtel's AI-driven internet filter poses censorship risks

Internet · India

Your Internet, Their Rules: Airtel's AI-driven internet filter poses censorship risks

Donate Nowtl;dr Airtel’s new AI-based website blocking system designed to detect and block “fraudulent” websites goes beyond the licensing conditions under which ISPs operate in India. It raises serious concerns about net neutrality, privacy, and unchecked censorship.Why should you care?Because this affects your internet. Airtel is deciding, using AI, which websites you can and cannot visit without asking, informing, or allowing you to opt out. …Read Article

When KYC Becomes a Barrier: Supreme Court’s Stand for Digital Inclusion

Donate Nowtl;drIn a judgement dated April 30, 2025 delivered in the case of Pragya Prasun & Ors. vs. UOI & Ors., W.P.(C) No. 289 of 2024 along with Amar Jain vs. UOI & Ors., W.P.(C) No. 45 of 2025 the Supreme Court of India observed that the right to digital access is an intrinsic component of the right to life and liberty. This ruling and its accompanying observations serve as a strong foundation for future petitions advocating for greater digi…India · India Read Article

A RTI based investigation of Misinformation Control and Fact-Check Units

This post is the Part 1 of our investigation around fact check unites based on RTIs filed with states and Union Territories. The responses reveal distinct models of fact checking that give rise to concerns for free expression.India · India Read Article

How Ranveer Allahbadia’s Controversy on ‘India’s Got Latent’ could bring in more stringent OTT regulations

Donate Nowtl;drIn the Ranveer Allahbadia case, the Supreme Court has signaled its disapproval of the existing digital content and creator ecology. We look closely at the court proceedings that potentially paving the way for the revival of the shelved Broadcasting Bill.Background In early February 2025, video clips from comedian Samay Raina’s YouTube panel show India’s Got Latent — featuring Ranveer “BeerBiceps” Allahbadia, Ashish Chanchlani, Jas…Maharashtra · Maharashtra Read Article

India advises platforms to block all content from Pakistan

58% Left coverage: 12 sources

: Songs, social network vids threaten national security, apparentlyYouTube · India See the Story

Supreme Court issues notice in Sushant Singh's transfer petition challenging website blocking

Donate Nowtl;dr Sushant Singh, an actor and social activist with a verified account on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) under the handle @sushant_says is seeking the transfer of his Writ Petition from the Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court, challenging Rule 8 and Rule 16 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009 (“the 2009 Blocking Rules”). The petition was listed before the H…Twitter · Mumbai Read Article

Budget Session 2025: A Digital Rights Review

tl;drThe Budget Session of Parliament concluded on April 4, 2025, when both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die. The session commenced on January 21, 2025 with a recess between February 13, 2025 and March 10, 2025 to enable Department related Standing Committees to examine and report on the Demands for Grants relating to various Ministries/Departments. Discussions on the floor of the parliament spanned several issues, including those relevan…Delhi, India · Delhi Read Article

Parliamentary Standing Committee pushes for AI in Broadcasting and a Unified Media Regulation

tl;dr On March 21, 2025, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology presented its 11th Report on the Demands for Grants (2025-2026) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to the Lok Sabha. The report highlights using artificial intelligence to curb misinformation and urges incorporating stakeholder feedback into the proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill.BackgroundThe Parliamentary Standi…Artificial Intelligence · New Delhi See the Story

IFF: J&K govt diluted SC's internet shutdown transparency directive

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has said that it is filing a second appeal demanding the disclosure of all review committee orders regarding internet shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir since 2020. In a blog post discussing the situation, IFF explains that in May 2024 it had filed an RTI seeking details of all internet shutdowns in the state since 2020. While the Home Department of the state submitted said details, it did not provide informatio…Jammu and Kashmir · Jammu and Kashmir See the Story

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