On 11th April 2011, the Government
notified the new Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines)
Rules, 2011 prescribing various guiding principles to be observed by all
Internet related companies.
The Government has exceeded the
mandate given to it by the Parliament in formulating these rules. These
rules give the Government a free pass to censor Facebook posts, listen
to every Skype conversation, monitor tweets or blogs or access private
photographs and documents stored online, track location using mobile
phones or track any online activity. This will lead to a clamp down on
the freedom of speech and expression, adversely affect the right to
privacy of citizens and hamper the growth of Internet and the related
industries in India.
Mr. P. Rajeeve, Member of Parliament
has moved an annulment motion to get these rules abolished. This motion
has been admitted and will be coming up for discussion before the Rajya
Sabha soon.
So Dear Users,
For the petition 1,00,000 signatures online is needed.
Go througu the following link and sign in.
Also inform ur friends on facebook,Twitter & google+ etc.
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