Internet Democracy Project

Member of Parliament Shri P. Rajeeve has called for the annulment of the IT Rules in Parliament. But what exactly is the problem with these rules? And how could they affect you? Watch the video to know more. Take action by writing to or calling your MP, by signing …   More

At the Internet Democracy Project, we have been extremely pleased that Shri P Rajeeve, CPI(M) MP in the Rajya Sabha from Thrissur, Kerala, has filed a motion to call for the annulment of the Intermediary Guidelines Rules 2011 (or for short, the IT Rules). Since April 2011, when they were …   More

With both online censorship and surveillance dramatically on the rise worldwide, it is increasingly clear that we are witnessing a hollowing out not only of the empowering potential of the internet but also of democracy as a political system. To reverse these intertwined trends, they urgently require sustained and systematic attention. Feminists are uniquely placed to weigh in on these debates thanks to their rich insight in and long and intimate engagement with theories and practices of democracy. Feminists’ contributions to internet governance are essential if we are to prevent the empowering potential of the internet – which is real – from largely evaporating in mistaken policy choices over the next decade. This report was originally published in ​‘Critically Absent: Women’s Rights in Internet Governance‘ by the Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa, 2012.    More

On 25 February 2012, the Internet Democracy Project organised Make Blog Not War — A Freedom of Expression Training for Bloggers. If you would like to get a glance of what we did that day, have a look at the agenda. More importantly, however, you can meet all the #Makebloggers below.   More

Today, participants in the South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression that took place in Kathmandu in early November released a statement reflecting their main areas of concern and shared agreements in each of those areas. Here is the full text of the statement.   More

With the Arab Spring of 2011, the democratising potential of the Internet has received renewed attention all over the world. While few would argue anymore that social media have been the cause of the revolutions that have taken place in the Arab world, the new possibilities that they created caught …   More