Freedom of Expression

April 7, 2017August 19, 2022Uncategorized

RightsCon 2017, Brussels – An Overview

RightsCon 2017 is over, and we have lots to say about it. The Conference took place […]

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March 29, 2017Uncategorized

Joint letters to Chief Ministers raising concerns over Internet shutdowns

Concerned by the recurring Internet shutdowns imposed by states across India, we, along with a […]

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November 24, 2016Uncategorized

Report: Online Harassment – A Form of Censorship

We at SFLC.in have grown increasingly concerned of late by the appreciable spike in instances […]

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February 10, 2016August 19, 2022Uncategorized

Legality of Internet shutdowns under Section 144 CrPC

India has seen numerous Internet shutdowns for various reasons in this year, all under the […]

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July 10, 2015Uncategorized

SC refuses to issue interim order blocking pornographic content on the Internet; says it would violate Article 21

A writ petition filed by an Indore-based lawyer – Kamlesh Vaswani – seeking to prohibit […]

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July 8, 2015Uncategorized

Subramaniam Swamy v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl) 184 of 2014]

Subramaniam Swamy, petitioner, is a politician from the State of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has […]

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April 3, 2015Uncategorized

DEITY says 2341 URLs were blocked in 2014; refuses to reveal more

On March 9, 2015, SFLC.in requested the following information from the Department of Electronics and […]

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May 8, 2014Uncategorized

Marco Civil da Internet – the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights

President Dilma Rousseff signed into law Marco Civil da Internet, often dubbed as the Internet […]

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January 24, 2013Uncategorized

Freedom after expression…

Sflc.in participated in the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression […]

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March 28, 2012August 19, 2022Uncategorized

Dear Government, Please Go Back to the Drawing Board

Shri. P.Rajeeve, MP representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha has moved a statutory motion to […]

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Tag: Freedom of Expression