In April 2016, two directives issued by two separate state governments in India made social media group administrators (‘administrators’) liable for content circulated by other members of the group. This came in the wake of a series of arrests in India for content posted on WhatsApp. This included arrests of administrators… Read More

Written by Siddharth Manohar The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ recent advisory contains detailed guidelines for internet-based taxi aggregators (also known as ride-hailing apps) and their continued operation in India. An interim order by the Delhi High Court in July had banned the operation of such… Read More

By Vasudev Devadasan PICTURE: https://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/shutterstock_157705385.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=640 The issue of whether web platforms, such as Facebook, Google or Reddit are liable for third party content posted by users and other third parties is one of the most significant issues confronting the freedom of expression in the digital era. This… Read More

Would photographs of Khajuraho be termed as porn? On 27th January, 2014 the Supreme Court heard the petition filed by Kamlesh Vaswani requesting the court to pass an order to block websites with pornographic content in the country. The petition seeks among other things, to make… Read More