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Aditi Agrawal
@Aditi_muses
Journalist @ HT | tech policy, privacy, surveillance, cybersec, online speech, Indian Election Commission | Tips at aditi.muses@proton.me / @gmail.com | she/her
Mar 11 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
New: It is not known why EC Arun Goel resigned so abruptly but what is clear is that he and CEC Rajiv Kumar didn’t agree on many things. I found out about three issues:

1. In the Shiv Sena order, Goel wanted both organisational and

Full article: hindustantimes.com/india-news/a-d…

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Image legislative majority to be considered but in the final order, only legislative majority was.

2. EC filed a counter affidavit in the SLP filed by Uddhav Thackeray in SC. Goel and Pandey’s signatures were not sought despite protocol. Goel was angry and sought to see the file.
May 23, 2023 • 63 tweets • 14 min read
The second public consultation on the Digital India Act is about to begin. It is taking place in Mumbai. The consultation will, like its first edition in Bangalore, be chaired by MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

CDAC appears to be the host.
#DIA2023 Another consultation was supposed to have happened in Dlehi on May 3 but it was cancelled.

You can follow what happened in the first consultation in Bangalore on March 9 on this thread:
Mar 9, 2023 • 74 tweets • 18 min read
The first consultation on the Digital India Act has begun.

There are more than 200 people who have connected via Zoom. I could see at least 70-80 people in person via Zoom.

#DIA2023 Group Coordinator for Cyber Laws, Rakesh Maheshwari, mentioned that the Jan Vishwas Bill, currently before the Parliament, has also proposed amendments to the IT Act.

All screenshots until now are from the presentation being given by MoS IT Rajeev Chandasekhar.
#DIA2023
Oct 20, 2022 • 25 tweets • 9 min read
🧵There are multiple red flags in The Wire's reports.

I spoke to @debayan0, @alexstamos, @elegant_wallaby and @matthew_d_green to understand the biggest ones.

🚩1. Entire process relies on screenshots and videos that can be easily faked. 🚩2. XCheck does not work the way it was described
- multiple current and former employees were baffled by the sweeping powers described in article 1
- content moderation reports are NOT posted to
May 26, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Facebook and WhatsApp have both filed petitions in the Delhi High Court against the traceability requirement in the Intermediary Rules. Both ask for the traceability rule to be declared ultra vires and for no criminal liability to be imposed if intermediaries do not comply with the traceability requirement.

Protection of rights to privacy and free speech extensively cited as arguments.

In an expected move (as I had reported on it earlier), Facebook's petition is actually a preemptive move to save the Secret Conversations feature. Read on to know why
Aug 7, 2019 • 22 tweets • 11 min read
Hello humans! Settle down as I summarise for you the #WhatsApptraceability case that will potentially set a global precedent for how governments approach encrypted communication. I have been reporting on it for @medianama

bit.ly/2ZETpi5 It all started with @AntonyRubin's PIL to link Aadhaar and social media accounts. bit.ly/2LqkDpl

The latest: I spoke to IIT Madras's Dr Kamakoti about the submissions he has made to Madras HC. bit.ly/2KA4tqj