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May 30 • 7 tweets • 7 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
In April, @newslaundry & IFF brought together journalists & lawyers for our 2nd edition of @FoE_Con to discuss all things, uhm, "impolite". 🤭

Read our blog for a recap of FoE Con, our takeaways, & what lies ahead! 1/7
internetfreedom.in/continuing-imp…
The response was overwhelming. We are so grateful to our #digitalrights community who came together for us! ❤️

@FoE_Con is an annual event, commemorating the historic Shreya Singhal v. Union of India judgement that upheld primacy of free speech & expression. 2/7
Watch our first session on journalism and online censorship where we had a panel consisting of social commentator and YouTuber @TheDeshBhakt, journalist @sakshijoshii, and lawyer Shahrukh Alam. The panel was moderated by @AbhinandanSekhr. 3/7

Our second session was on reporting on the Indian legal system. For this session, moderated by @apar1984, we had @LiveLawIndia's @manuvichar, lawyer @gautambhatia88, and @ThePrintIndia's @MandhaniApoorva.

You can watch the session here. 👇 4/7
We followed up with an explosive third session on courts and its portrayal in cinema. To discuss this, we had @newslaundry's @BeechBazar as the moderator and a panel of Director @shefalibhushan and lawyer @kaushikmoitra. Watch it here! 👇 5/7

We concluded @FoE_Con with a session on how social media companies must combat disinformation. For this, we had @newslaundry's @MnshaP as moderator, Sr. Advs. Meenakshi Arora & Huzefa Ahmadi, & @Lyric_Jain of @LogicallyAI as panelists. Watch here! 👇 6/7
Next year, we hope to come back bigger & better, but until then, you can catch up on all things "impolite". Feel free to browse through all the video recordings of the enlightening sessions here! 👇 7/7

youtube.com/playlist?list=…

@newslaundry

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In its 279th Report on the "Usage of the Law of Sedition (April, 2023), the Law Commission of India (LCI) has recommended RETAINING Section 124A of IPC, increased the punishment, and has proposed additional safeguards to avoid its misuse. 1/10
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In May 2023, IFF filed 28 RTI requests & 3 First Appeals.

A response we received from @GoI_MeitY revealed that from 2018 to February 2023, 29,884 URLs were blocked under Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000.

Read all about it in our transparency report 👇1/5

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In May 2023, it was reported that he was named in an FIR in connection with the deaths of two alleged cow smugglers. 3/6

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