Social Media and Cyber Laws
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Social Media Infused Hate Speech: A Judicial Paradox
Hate speech despite being a colonial concept and consistently used in the ‘legal circle’ has not yet been statutorily defined.
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Social Media and the IT Rules, 2021- Constitutional and Public Policy Quandry
The Intermediary Guidelines 2021 [hereinafter, "guidelines"] was released by the Ministry of Electronics & Information technology as Information Technology (Intermediary…
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An Umbrella Rule to Blocking Content: Is it time to overhaul Section 69A?
Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 allows the government to keep a check on online content. It states…
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Analysing Privacy Policies- WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal
A privacy policy is a binding legal agreement between a service provider and its users that the data provided by…
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Boycotting Chinese Apps: Can we afford it?
The following articles discusses the recent decision taken by the Government of India to ban 59 Chinese Applications.
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Forwarding fake news on WhatsApp can land you in jail. How to stay safe?
The article addresses the fake news menace. It specifically highlights the provisions of law and the methods to control the…
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Facebook’s Oversight Board: A new Chapter
After over a year of the initial announcement, Facebook officially introduced its Oversight Board yesterday. With a mandate to scrutinize…
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Feminist Internet
On the occasion of International Women's Day, Anahida writes on a the need of a feminist internet. She also advocates…
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Influencing the Influencers – Bombay High Court
The Hon'ble High Court of Bombay, stated the things to keep in mind when social media influencers make an appeal…
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Global Injunctions to Block Web Contents
Indian Courts can pass Global Injunctions with respect to blocking of web contents.
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