Tag: India
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In Asia, parliaments must protect rights online — or lose democracy
As parliaments across Asia convene, governments continue pushing deeply flawed laws and policies, while relegating digital rights to the sidelines. Here’s what’s happening in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, and why members of parliament must take action to protect our rights before any more damage is done. …
26 July 2021
Access Now in the News
Twitter is a mess in India. Here’s how it got there
Diksha Madhok, CNN
12 July 2021
Press Releases
The Indian government’s torrent of digital censorship, intimidation must stop
Access Now is calling on the Government of India to end its wave of digital censorship and intimidation, including immediately withdrawing its new rules for governing content and communications online.…
10 June 2021
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Indian Government defence of Information Technology Rules places privacy and digital security at risk
On May 26, 2021, the Indian government issued a press release in response to a legal challenge filed by WhatsApp against the traceability mandate under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules. We appreciate the government’s…
26 May 2021
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In India, malware plants false “evidence” of crime on activist’s laptop
Technical analysis submitted in a court case against activists in India reveals a malware attack to plant key evidence used against the accused. Notably, several activists subject to persecution as well as those connected with the defendants had already been targeted for malware attacks using NSO Group technology. …
18 May 2021
