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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Vickram Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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