Digital rights outfits call upon Indian govt to roll back IT Rules

Coalition of 14 such outfits is also asking corporations to step up against intrusion by Indian authorities into the rights of millions of people who use their services everyday

Digital rights organisation Access Now and 13 other outfits called upon the Government of India to "end its wave of digital censorship and intimidation, including immediately withdrawing its new rules for governing content and communications online".

The coalition, which includes Article 19, Association for Progressive Communications, Center for Democracy and Technology, Dangerous Speech Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Human Rights Watch, is also asking corporations to step up against the intrusion by Indian authorities into the rights of the millions of people who use their services everyday.

“The Government of India is seeking to seize control of online spaces,” said