Not at all OT (unless the rules of this list say otherwise)

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com>wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:52
> Subject: [ilugb] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
>
>
> Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
>
>
>
> The Government notified on April 13, 2011 the Information Technology
> (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 prescribing guidelines to be
> observed by the intermediaries. The rules were issued in exercise of the
> powers conferred by clause (zg) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with
> sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act
> 21 of 2000). The provisions of the new rules are unconstitutional as they
> affect the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to
> privacy of citizens, are arbitrary being violative of Art. 14 of the
> Constitution of India and are ultra vires of the parent act. SFLC.in [1]
> has come out with an ebook, Legal analysis of IT(Intermediaries
> guidelines)Rules 2011 [2] explaining the impact of the guidelines which the
> government has come up with.
>
>
>
> FSMK[3] with support of other organizations is planning a national level
> campaign against this law which will be discussed in parliament on the
> second half of the budget session which starts from April 24th. Hence we
> have chosen 21st April for the nation wide campaign against the law.
> Content regarding the campaign and the issue is being updated, [4].
>
> Please let me know if the organizations that you are associated with can
> support us for this campaign. We are maintaining a list of all organization
> who are supporting us [5].
>
>
>
> Also please support this campaign by sharing the link of the website[4]
> and also by signing the petition [6].
>
>
>
> We are also looking for any creative posters/ideas related to this topic
> which will help us in spreading the word. Please feel free to share such
> content with us so that we can update it in the website.
>
>
>
> [1] - http://softwarefreedom.in/
>
> [2] - [pdf]
> http://softwarefreedom.in/attachments/article/125/LegalAnalysis_ItIntermediaryRules.pdf
>
> [3] - http://fsmk.org
>
> [4] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/
>
> [5] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/List+of+friends+of+internet
>
> [6] -
> http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-to-protect-internet-freedom-stopitrules
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Vignesh
> Software Engineer
>
> http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/
> http://fsmk.org
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Srikanth.L
>
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