Nigeria Immigration Service and the Burden of Data Protection
On June 17, 2019 a Nigerian man identified as Jeffrey Ewohime allegedly destroyed seven cars and property at the Nigerian High Commission in London over a…
Guide to ECHR Article 8: Right to Respect for Private and Family Life
This guide was originally published by the European Court of Human Rights and can also be found here. Note to Readers This Guide is part…
Russia’s Double Standard on Dealing with “Fake” News
Russia’s efforts to flood the media landscape in both the United States and the European Union with hacked emails and fake news have been well…
Oman: Freedom of expression continues to be targeted
This report was originally published by The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and is re-posted here with permission and thanks. Freedom of expression remains…
IBAHRI Enforcement Report: Report on the Use of Targeted Sanctions to Protect Journalists
Executive Summary Abuses of media freedom around the world are stifling speech and shredding the very fabric of democracies. As the publisher of The New…
#RighttoKnow: Partnership with Right2Info
On the occasion of International Right to Know Day, we are pleased to announce our new partnership with Right2Info, an initiative of the Open Society…
Flipkart Internet Private Limited v. State of NCT of Delhi and Anr
The Delhi High Court, in a petition filed by Flipkart seeking quashing of the first information report/FIR (information on the basis of which criminal proceedings are initiated), held that the ‘Safe Harbour Protection’ guaranteed to intermediaries under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is applicable to criminal cases as well. It further opined that it is not required for the intermediaries to take down content prohibited under the Indian Copyright Act or the Trademark Act only upon receipt of ‘actual knowledge’ pursuant to complaints received. Relying on the Supreme Court decision in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, 2015 (5) SCC 1, the Court propounded that it is imperative for a court order pursuant to which intermediaries will comply with take down requests in relation to any complaint.
The Digital Berlin Wall: How Germany (Accidentally) Created a Prototype for Global Online Censorship – Act Two
The following article was first published by EURACTIV. The German NetzDG law to counter illegal online speech has become a prototype for internet censorship in…
Guide to ECHR Article 10: Freedom of Expression
This document was originally published by the European Court of Human Rights and can be found here. Introduction A. Methodology Given the extensive case-law developed…