Internet Freedom

Like-minded nations must address safe Internet challenges together: MoS IT

For a country that will have more than 1.3 billion Indians connected to Internet by 2025, making Web safe from user harm, online criminality, disinformation and misinformation has to be a joint goal

Internet Freedom in India improves after 4 years of decline: Freedom House

India's internet freedom score improved by two points to 51 in the global ranking following efforts to bridge the digital divide in the country, the US government-funded NGO Freedom House said on Tuesday. The improvement in the score is also based on reduced frequency and intensity of internet shutdowns in the country. "Internet freedom in India marginally improved over the last year, following four years of decline, as efforts to bridge the country's digital divides expanded access to the internet. While the government continues to impose internet shutdowns, they have reduced in their frequency and intensity," Freedom on The Net 2022 said. India's score was 49 in Internet Freedom in 2021. According to report, legal challenges to laws enabling the government to censor online content, including against the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, have seen limits imposed on some powers. "However, the state continues to block online

Digital Emergency: Rajasthan govt suspended Internet 85 times in 10 yrs

Rajasthan is second after Jammu and Kashmir when it comes to suspending net service over law and order issues

Twitter blocks over 80 posts and accounts in India after Union govt orders

Twitter India has blocked over 80 links, including tweets and some accounts, after receiving legal notices from the central government sent through 2021

60 countries join hands for open, free and secure global internet

US, all the EU members and 32 non-EU countries have signed a declaration that represents 'political commitment among partners to advance a positive vision for the internet and digital technologies'

Internet, mobile services unaffected as J&K celebrates Independence Day

For the first time in three years, Internet and mobile services remained unaffected in J&K on Independence Day which is being celebrated in the Valley in a relaxed atmosphere, officials said

Hard knocks for soft power

The state is tightening its control over what we read, watch, hear or laugh at, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Why not facilitate our soft power instead of clamping down on its strengths?

India single largest source of govt requests for account info: Twitter

India also ranked second in terms of volume of legal demands for content removal after Japan, Twitter said in a blog that provided an update to its transparency report

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China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers: Report

"As an international affairs researcher and a columnist, it looks like I can only go the route of entertainment, food and beverage now," the international relations professor wrote on Jan. 31

Internet companies urge FCC to reject Trump bid to impose new regulations

The Consumer Technology Association, which represents companies like IBM, Microsoft and Sony, also blasted the effort, saying it would "make compliance all but impossible"

Facebook's privacy checkup tool gets 4 new security features: Details here

The Privacy Checkup tool has been live since 2014 and the new version is rolling out globally this week

Chinese-style 'digital authoritarianism' rises, internet freedom declines

One of the greatest threats, Freedom House said, is efforts by China to remake the digital world in its "techno-dystopian" image