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The new amendment bill would undo the Indian Supreme Court’s adopted principles for protecting privacy and data security in the Aadhaar digital ID programme. 

The government’s proposed amendments on intermediary liability in India won’t fix disinformation, but will harm digital security and human rights, the coalition warns.

It is now clear that the badly designed system will do more harm than good. But it cannot be fixed through patchwork changes.

The #KeepItOn coalition calls on government authorities in Bangladesh to keep the internet on during the election.

Regardless of the legal standards at play in this incident, it is imperative that users are notified of any security breach that may implicate our rights and interests. Google failed to do that.

On 15 data protection policy-making metrics, we found that the Srikrishna Committee output passed muster on four principles.

The Supreme Court of India has ruled on multiple challenges raised against the Aadhaar digital ID, making key restrictions.

Bangladesh’s Parliament passed the new Digital Security Act with the intention of ensuring national digital security and preventing and prosecuting digital offenses, but in practice it poses significant threats to free expression.

This law is part of a global trend that harms free expression and threatens democratic discourse. We’re urging Malaysia to re-table the legislation for repeal.

Students have taken to the streets in protest, and authorities have reportedly arrested a number of activists and journalists covering the protests online — a major breach of freedom of expression in the region.