SCOOP🚨

2 senior Legal advisers, sensing the large scope of misuse of new IT Rules, cautioned the govt to "act fairly", "ensure rule of law" to "avoid embarrassment in future".

Concern- New Rules have a serious impact on Freedom of Speech.

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article-14.com/post/2-modi-go…
Legal Advisers of Law Ministry advised Modi govt to seek parliamentary approval before notifying the #ITRules2021 to justify its legality. A Joint Secretary wrote a long list of objections, including that the rules suffer “from the vice of excessive delegation”,

But...

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But everything was overruled by Law Secretary Anoop Mendiratta, without noting any reasons, except saying "it appears to be within the scope of IT Act".

Later, the same officers who objected, approved the Rules, in "greater public interest", without giving any reasons.

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IT Rules fundamentally changes how internet functions in India, breaks "encryption" of our messages, fear of over-censorship by social media cos to ensure govt is not upset and seeks to regulate digital news media by giving unprecedented powers to centre to take down posts.

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8 Apr
#NewsTHREAD

For months the Centre has rejected to reply to imp RTI queries like EVERYTHING related to d powerful COVID-19 Expert Committee, Vaccines, & more. Documenting it in this thread.

A cut-copy-paste reply to all- "threat to strategic, scientific, economic interests"

1/8
In this reply, @MoHFW_INDIA refuses to reveal any minutes, any agendas, even members of the Committee until recently, any file noting, what work it is undertaking, etc. The same cut, copy, paste answer

D Committee is steering the country's fight against COVID, & vaccination

2/8
On how the vaccines were cleared, based on what data it was cleared, minutes of the Expert committee meetings, and also on what basis @DGCAIndia claimed "110% safe vaccines", the CDSCO under MoHFW too, rejected the RTIs.
@drharshvardhan @MoHFW_INDIA
3/8
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30 Mar
The harm it does is mentioned here by @internetfreedom.

Further, why does the Police Department need to have our health data? And if it does need to have our data, why wasn't this disclosed to the people? Was their consent obtained? NO. @SetuAarogya

The Reply has come after 4 months since NIC, which is responsible to handle Aarogya Setu and also maintain a list of such agencies/entities with whom data was shared (has not complied with this rule), transferred my RTI to Govt of J&K.

Privacy?

4/4
Perhaps data has been shared with law enforcement agencies by Govt authorities elsewhere in India... cannot be ruled out. At least now, we have 1 Dept admitting to this.

The RTI reply has come after months of perseverance.
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Read 5 tweets
19 Mar
*NEWS*

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For months now, I've been trying very hard for full disclosure of the making of Personal Data Protection Bill and the Justice Srikrishna Committee's work. All of this has been denied under RTI.

I had filed 3 Cases at the Central Info Commission.

Read on...

1/12
I moved the Madras HC seeking an urgent hearing in the matter bcuz if the Bill is passed in parliament, the cases at CIC would turn infructuous after 2 years. Court was pleased to direct so.

Now, this is what happened during the hearing at CIC and after-

2/12
@GoI_MeitY's officers raised new grounds for denying info. A copy of their written submissions was provided to me only 30 mins before hearing, after I hounded them for it.

I requested the CIC to allow me a day's time to file my counter to their new grounds for denial.

3/12
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23 Oct 20
*ANNOUNCEMENT*

Get ready for a string of #SorrySavarkar moments from our national media. The NBSA has asked prominent news channels to apologise to the nation as per this schedule-

1. First goes our favourite @ZeeNews @sudhirchaudhary and @indiatvnews on 27 Oct 9 PM Prime Time
2. Then goes @aajtak ... to apologise to the nation on 28 Oct at 9 PM prime time.

@SaketGokhale
3. Then again goes "sabse tez" @aajtak and @news24tvchannel on 29 Oct at 9 PM Prime Time.
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21 Oct 20
Some great news to share with fellow activists & people.

The Govt of India has now decided to include a separate section, within the online RTI portal, for filing of RTIs under "threat to life and liberty", for which info must be provided within 48 hours. @SaketGokhale

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The CIC, in April 2020 had advised the DoPT to device such a mechanism due to lack of proper implementation of this provision. As usual, nothing happened.

I moved the Madras HC seeking to effectuate this order. The first pic above reveals that the file moved after this.

2/4
I also filed an RTI seeking to know what happened to this CIC order. Proper info was not provided. The CPIO is a habitual offender & has time & again, either rejected or furnished unsatisfactory reply to many of my RTIs.

I wrote to Union Secretary, DoPT for his removal as CPIO.
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7 Oct 20
Karma has its way❗️

Aaj Tak has been fined 1 Lakh rupees by the NBSA for attributing fake tweets to #SushantSinghRajput.

Further, @aajtak @ZeeNews @News24 @indiatvnews have been asked to air unconditional apologies on its channels for running objectionable content

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NBSA has also warned @ABPNews @NewsNationTV @abpmajhatv for its violations of the code of ethics and broadcasting standards. News Nation had aired the picture of SSR's dead body but had sincerely apologised during the hearing at NBSA.

Today, #RheaChakraborthy also got bail.
The order notes my objection to the sensational news coverage of SSR's death in which I described it as "abhorrent, shameful, insensitive, anti-human rights, unprofessional and sensational". @SaketGokhale @MnshaP @Tweet2Rhea @rohini_sgh

Truth must win. Hate must stop.
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