Major changes to Indian criminal law are underway! How can we use this process to defend and advance digital rights?

A five member Committee has been established by the Ministry of Home Affairs to recommend reforms to Indian criminal law. Serious concerns have been raised about the composition and functioning of the Committee but the consultation process is still being carried out. In this explainer, we focus on speech based offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 which apply over the internet and require reform including sedition, hate speech, defamation, obscenity and fake news.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://internetfreedom.in/major-changes-to-indian-criminal-law-are-underway-how-can-we-use-this-process-to-defend-and-advance-digital-rights-2/