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Policy

IFF raises concerns over proposed plan to further integrate Facial Recognition Cameras in Major Indian Airports

IFF has sent representations to the MHA, CISF, AAI, and the DGCA urging that the roll out and operation of the Proposed Plan be ceased immediately at the six major airports.
06 July, 2026
5 min read
Avanti DeshpandeAvanti Deshpande
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Statement

Statement on the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s piracy notice to Telegram

We call on the Union Government to publish the notice, state the provision of law under which it was issued, and explain by what authority it directs a messaging intermediary.
04 July, 2026
2 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
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Statement

Statement on MeitY's notices widen an unconstitutional dragnet over privacy features

We call on MeitY to withdraw the notices to WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal, to publish them, and to state the provision of law under which it claims to act.
02 July, 2026
3 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
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Statement

Statement on MeitY's notice to WhatsApp over the "Usernames" feature

We ask MeitY to state the exact provision of law under which this notice, and the direction to halt the roll-out, has been issued, and to withdraw that direction.
01 July, 2026
3 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
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Opinion Piece

India’s Telegram Ban Was Temporary. The Power Behind It Is Not.

The conspiracy theory going around is that the real winner in this series of events is Meta, on the premise that WhatsApp will gain users due to the service disruption of Telegram for a week.
25 June, 2026
10 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta
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Policy

Expanding Biometric Surveillance Through Mobile Fingerprint Identification

IFF writes to the MHA and the NCRB to roll back the Abhigyan mobile application
25 June, 2026
6 min read
Jhanvi AnamJhanvi Anam
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Litigation

The Delhi High Court upholds the temporary ban on Telegram App

Today, the Delhi High Court upheld the temporary ban on the Telegram App on account of NEET-UG 2026 exam
19 June, 2026
8 min read
Indumugi C.Indumugi C. Naman KumarNaman Kumar
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Statement

Statement on the Hon'ble Delhi High Court's dismissal of Telegram's Petition impugning the blocking direction issued by the Union Government

We offer a preliminary analysis on the law of blocking and how it has been applied given the widespread impact not only on the 150 million users of Telegram in India but also of any other digital communication platforms.
19 June, 2026
3 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
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Statement

Shutting down Telegram is a band aid solution and is a disproportionate answer to exam fraud

IFF emphasise that the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination is worth protecting and it concerns the future of lakhs of aspirants.
16 June, 2026
4 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
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Opinion Piece

After Test Data Scandal, India’s Youth Stake Their Claim on the Digital Square

Justice Surya Kant called unemployed youth “cockroaches” and “parasites.” Within days, young Indians reclaimed the insult and launched the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical digital movement that soon gained more Instagram followers than major political parties
11 June, 2026
11 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta

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Campaigns & Projects

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The Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic provides pro bono legal assistance to all journalists in India who face legal threats related to their reporting.

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IFF’s Project Panoptic aims to bring transparency and accountability to the relevant government stakeholders involved in the deployment and implementation of facial recognition technology (FRT) projects in India.

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#SaveOurPrivacy is an online collective launched in May, 2018 to safeguard your privacy and ensure a citizen centric data protection law.

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The ‘Zombie Tracker’ is a platform which monitors cases which include a charge under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000 which was deemed unconstitutional by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Shreya Singhal v Union of India.

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