It thus become more important than ever before to document instances of free speech violations by the state and build a repository from all over the country. #RightSideBroadcasting#FakeNews#HumanRights
The #tracker entails publicly available data collected by volunteers with SFLC.in via various sources including news sources, court orders etc. as well as by crowd-sourcing information from the public at large and verifying it. sflc.in/free-speech-tr… #volunteer
The aim of this project is to ignite conversations & deepen understanding around the status of #FreeSpeech in India. Right to freedom of speech and expression is the spine of a #Democratic nation. A tracker like this is a mirror which shows us how deep the water is. #Constitution
We wrote to Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri @mlkhattar , and Principal Secy of Information Technology Department, Shri V. Umashankar against the mandatory imposition of Aadhaar in Parivar Pehchaan Patra and de-facto imposition of Parivar Pehchaan Patra.
The Government of Haryana has made #Aadhaar mandatory for Parivar Pehchaan Patra. This step by the Government of Haryana is in violation of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Justice Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2019 (1) SCC 1). sflc.in/letter-governm…
The reason for the said ban is stated to be “dissemination of unverified and misleading news from such platforms may disturb tranquillity in the society and may adversely affect the mental health of common man during the COVID-19 pandemic". #Covid_19#pandemic#FakeNews
Justice B.N. #Srikrishna believes that the #law has to declare an #objective. Whatever procedure is declared are non-arbitrary. It leads us to a state where you or the state can look at everything we do and have access to everything we have. #sflcin#data#pdpb
Justice B.N. #Srikrishna on whether the Government has neglected the work of the #SrikrishnaCommittee, "It is too complicated to answer; the right thing was to get a special committee to debate on the Bill, and thankfully the #JPC was made." #sflcin#data#pdp
@NetShutdowns Courtroom 2 is full house, with an excited crowd and lawyers discussing the matter. The Kashmir shutdown is the longest running media shutdown.
.@Shehla_Rashid people believe in fake news because of their inherent confirmation bias. Fake news is enmeshed in propaganda. #fakeisnotreal
.@ghanshyamtiwari the responsibility lies on us to see whether the communication in our community is toxic or not.
Breaking false negative stereotypes is upto us.
Catch us in Delhi this Friday (Jan 18) to discuss the impact of misinformation in the digital age and ways to counter the same.
Venue: India International Centre (Lecture Hall no.1)
Time: 12.30pm-5.30pm.