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18 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
❌ Did you know that 99.99% of the content removed by Google is related to copyright & trademark violations? ❌

We've written to @GoogleIndia about recent instances of @YouTubeIndia copyright strikes against independent news media + content creators! 1/5

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#Copyrightlaw as a weapon against political dissent and fair critique in India? 🇮🇳

Seems like it! Big media houses have found that “complaint bombing” a particular video or channel that is critical of their work prompts @YouTubeIndia to actually take that video down! 2/5
What YouTube fails to consider: The content creator’s right to fair use under Indian and US #copyright law — it’s even mentioned in its own policies❗️

Legitimate reportage & journalism is removed, and channels are frozen by #YouTube at the requests of large media houses. 3/5
©️ Copyright jurisprudence was developed to protect the rights & interests of authors, artists and creators — *not* to intimidate and harass them.

This doesn’t just affect the free speech rights of small media companies, but also YOUR right to access information. Speak up! 4/5
Free speech and press freedom are important to us! We will continue to raise these issues and the gross misuse of law before social media platforms.

But we need your support. IFF needs your help now more than ever! Make a one-time donation today ⚖️ 5/5

internetfreedom.in/donate/

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20 Oct
🚨 FUNDRAISER ALERT 🚨

The new RBI regulations have led to a steep drop of almost 70% in the IFF memberships base. We need your help!

This is not good news — for us or your digital rights. We need your help — help us get through this tough time

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To reach our estd. costs (salaries, equipment, infrastructure), we need 30 lakhs INR. It is a large amount so we need all the support we can get — through one-time donations.

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Revealed: IFF has its hands on 4 MoUs by the Department of Agriculture with private companies (including @Cisco, @ITCCorpCom, #Ninjakart & @reliancejio) on implementing pilot projects re: 'Digital Agriculture'.

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18 Oct
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COWIN has been under scrutiny since it was launched.

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