Internet Freedom Foundation

TikTok and PUBG ban in India: Is it even constitutional? Strong regulations needed over arbitrary measures to address issue

PUBG and TikTok are just examples of new, immersive and disruptive activities in a rapidly evolving technological age. There are a variety of others on the horizon, such as virtual reality, augmented reality and driverless cars.

Rajkot Police seek end to PUBG downloads from Play Store, write to Google

Rajkot police's letter seeks to be a comprehensive measure to refrain people from playing PUBG.

Govt in talks to make amendments to Sec 79 of IT Act to include breaking end to end encryption

The more alarming amendment is the requirement to break end-to-end encryption so that origin of messages can be traced.

SC agrees to hear privacy case against Social Media Communication Hub

The IB Ministry is aiming to monitor, collect and analyse data across major social media platforms.

Supreme Court said govt must ensure that WhatsApp users are not 'entrapped'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to ensure that 160 million Indian subscribers are not "entrapped" in any manner by service providers like WhatsApp, which is providing free services to its users.

Social media posts relating to demonetisation banned in Indore

A District Magistrate in Indore recently passed an order prohibiting the publishing of rumours, including commenting and sharing, on social media websites, in relation to the exchange of old currency notes and demonetisation.

The Internet Freedom Foundation raises concerns over the public Wi-Fi model proposed by TRAI

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has responded to the consultation note by TRAI on the roll out of Wi-Fi hotspots across the country.