Sunday, Dec 04, 2022
Journalism of Courage
Apar Gupta
The writer is an advocate practising in Delhi.
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Apar Gupta writes: Digital Data Protection Bill uses brevity and vagueness to empower government, undermine privacy
November 20,2022 16:00:22 PM
The proposed legislation sacrifices legal rigour in favour of a concerning expansion of state power that tilts the law against the interests of individual privacy.
Fri, Nov 25, 2022
Apar Gupta writes: As Elon Musk takes over Twitter, a note of caution
October 28,2022 17:23:28 PM
His stated vision for the platform includes advancing free speech, reducing political tribalism. But it will require patience for nuance and experienced staff to apply the principles of free expression which, in many instances, are complex determinations.
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Slowing justice, the committee way
August 27,2022 04:04:04 AM
Apar Gupta writes | The Pegasus case frames CJI Ramana’s legacy: Great expectations only to be met with greater disappointment
Sat, Aug 27, 2022
Withdrawal of Personal Data Protection Bill: Who benefits from the delay?
August 04,2022 19:00:04 PM
Apar Gupta and Tejasi Panjiar write: The reasons provided to justify the withdrawal of the bill are not convincing. Status quo in the unregulated collection and exploitation of personal data of millions of Indians is disturbing
Fri, Aug 05, 2022
Twitter’s legal challenge to Centre’s takedown orders flags issues of free speech
July 07,2022 03:35:54 AM
Apar Gupta writes: While Twitter’s case may be painted as a Silicon Valley platform’s defiance of the GoI, at the core of the legal issue is the right to freedom of expression and the future of Digital India
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
Why draft data accessibility policy is dangerous
March 05,2022 04:00:26 AM
Apar Gupta writes: It will allow government to enrich and sell data to private sector, will risk prioritising commercial interests over privacy
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
National security, at the cost of citizens’ privacy
December 20,2021 03:13:34 AM
🔴 Apar Gupta, Vrinda Bhandari writes: The JPC report and the Data Protection Bill, 2021 protect the government instead of the personal data of Indian citizens
Mon, Dec 20, 2021
How do we read the Supreme Court’s Pegasus order
October 28,2021 04:20:07 AM
Apar Gupta writes: The Supreme Court's move for independent probe is an important step towards fixing accountability.
Fri, Oct 29, 2021
The IT Rules fail the test of constitutionality
September 30,2021 03:00:16 AM
Apar Gupta writes: There is judicial consensus that they lack statutory backing and harm freedom of speech and expression.
Fri, Oct 01, 2021
Delhi government shouldn’t congratulate itself on CCTV coverage
September 04,2021 04:05:25 AM
Apar Gupta and Anushka Jain write: Rather than deterring crime, surveillance project compromises women’s safety and liberties of all citizens, is fiscally imprudent.
Sun, Sep 05, 2021
Task for new IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
July 14,2021 03:25:51 AM
Apar Gupta, Rohin Garg write: Ashwini Vaishnaw must implement broader digital governance framework. Process of updating IT Act must be made public.
Wed, Jul 14, 2021
India’s technocratic approach to vaccination is excluding the digitally-deprived
May 15,2021 04:00:01 AM
In the absence of the internet and without knowledge of how CoWin functions, the majority of India’s rural population is being left out of Covid inoculation effort
Sat, May 15, 2021
Centre’s IT Rules bring answerability in digital ecosystem. But they also increase political control
February 26,2021 03:00:48 AM
Apar Gupta writes: The substance of many of the requirements were never put to public consultation or deliberation by experts. This is particularly the case for the regulations for online news portals and video streaming platforms.
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
In the Twitter-govt faceoff, an undemocratic provision of law is being applied to its maximum threshold
February 12,2021 03:00:14 AM
It leaves a sense of confusion and wonder about why our own government formed under the Constitution may be failing to fulfil its obligations when strangers who trade in our data for profit are seemingly more eager.
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
When privacy was made supreme
August 24,2019 01:56:23 AM
Two years after historic SC judgment, its promise has not been fully realised.
Sat, Aug 24, 2019
Someone’s Always Watching
June 01,2019 11:11:55 AM
A linguistic framework to articulate the alarm that comes from a rapidly changing ecology of a digitised society.
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
On the ground, SC ruling on Section 66A is frequently violated
February 25,2019 03:42:08 AM
In refusing to keep the application alive even when a majority of states/UTs had not yet furnished replies, the Court has again made the afterlife of 66-A a non-transparent affair.
Mon, Feb 25, 2019
Message from a verdict
September 28,2018 00:22:52 AM
Amending of Aadhaar Act should not be a restoration of state’s power.
Fri, Sep 28, 2018
The Caravan Rolls On
May 12,2018 00:28:08 AM
The outlines of a progressive movement for greater government accountability emerge from the narration of Aruna Roy and the MKSS Collectives in The RTI Story: Power to the People.
Sat, May 12, 2018
Dubious concern
May 04,2018 00:55:10 AM
Consensus among parties against fake news is born from an instinct to censor dissent, not protect democratic values
Fri, May 04, 2018
Partly free
December 11,2017 00:09:02 AM
That’s the rating of India by a report on internet freedom. It’s troubling
Mon, Dec 11, 2017
Dialling The Wrong Number
September 25,2017 00:15:51 AM
The DOT circulars seeking Aadhaar-Mobile linking have no legal force
Mon, Sep 25, 2017
Privacy, dignity, sexual autonomy
August 25,2017 00:21:06 AM
The right to privacy was a constitutionally accepted and applied right recognised by an interpretative device of the Supreme Court since 1975. Over the decades, more than 30 decisions of the apex court applied privacy as a bundle of rights that permitted liberty of thought and action.
Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Project Of Defiance
January 13,2017 00:02:50 AM
Governments are making Aadhaar mandatory in contravention of court orders
Fri, Jan 13, 2017
Can justice be done?
November 05,2016 02:12:36 AM
Despite the design, reality can be different. Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who lost their teenage children, Unnati and Ujjwal, in the Uphaar theatre tragedy narrate such an incident in Trial by Fire.
Sat, Nov 05, 2016