Internet Freedom

Kerala, the most literate state in India, has made a very sensible, and practical decision regarding access of Internet; something which can be described as a watershed moment for India’s digital policy. Kerala has just declared…

In August last year, Govt. ordered ISPs to block 857 porn website, which was described as ‘Talibanization’ of Internet, and a desperate move to cull the freedom of Internet users in India. In 2014, 2341 URLs were blocked by…

In a landmark decision by TRAI, every type of discriminatory data pricing has been banned in India. In fact, defaulters who wish to offer such differential pricing would be fined anywhere from Rs 50,000  to Rs. 50,00,00 per day. In…

Most mainstream media has reported that Government was quick to take the action after the backlash on their decision to over 850 porn sites in India – the reports stated that websites that do not have Child pornography will be…

At a time when global restrictions and control over Internet freedom is declining, India has witnessed biggest improvement as restrictions on access and content has been relaxed since last year. However, much remains to be desired as…

Netra or NEtwork TRAffic Analysis has been developed by India’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), a sub-division of DRDO with the purpose of internet surveillance.

Before I talk about India’s internet freedom being bad, please keep in mind it is quite relative. We are better than most countries in the world, where there is absolutely no internet freedom from citizens. We, the Indians, should count…

Indian Government is planning to setup a Joint Working Group which will include Information Sharing & Analysis centers, training law enforcement agencies in cyber crime investigation, making the general public aware of cyber security.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), in its 20th session, has unanimously passed a resolution confirming Internet access being a fundamental human right. The resolution states that people should be able to express themselves…