Our Advocacy Statements
ITfC at the UN CSW67 Interactive Expert Panel
Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change, participated in an Interactive Expert Panel on ‘Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls’ at UN CSW67 on 14 March 2023.
Her talk focused on issues of unaccountable data practices of…
Response to Draft Amendment to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
On 2nd January 2023, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified the draft Amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ('Draft Amendment') in relation to online gaming as well as the due diligence requirements by intermediaries under rule 3(1)(b)(v).…
ITfC’s Input for Report on ‘Pluralism of News and Information in Curation and Indexing Algorithms’
From October 24, 2022 - November 30, 2022 IT for Change participated in deliberations of the Working Group convened by the Forum on Information and Democracy which came out with a report on how to ensure pluralism of…
Consultation on Global Digital Compact
The proposal for a Global Digital Compact arose from the calls to improve digital cooperation on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. It is “expected to outline shared principles for an open, free, and secure digital future for all”, covering issues of digital connectivity, data sovereignty, and…
Civil Society Roundtable Consultation – India-EU Free Trade Agreement
In the civil society roundtable consultation organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on the India-EU Free Trade Agreement, IT for Change tabled some concerns about the proposed text on digital trade in the EU-India trade agreement.
You can read our submission here.
Response from IT for Change to the 'UNESCO Guidance for Regulating Digital Platforms: A Multistakeholder Approach'
UNESCO has released its initial draft proposal of the ‘Guidelines on Regulating Digital Platforms: a multistakeholder approach’ (Guidance Document) for inputs and observations. The document is meant to serve as a guidance on the regulation, co-regulation, and self-regulation of digital platforms, “with the aim of…
Submission to the Public Consultation on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has published a draft version of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (hereinafter the Bill) for public comments to be submitted by January 2, 2023. The current draft of the personal data protection bill marks the fourth version, one which comes after over five years…
Endorse Rejection of Pinkwashing in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
IT for Change, Public Services International (Asia & Pacific), and Third World Network request your endorsement of this statement rejecting pinkwashing in the IPEF
We are planning to release this statement on 13 December 2022, at the first negotiating round of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in Brisbane…
Submission to MeitY on Part-I and Part-II of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. With an aim to increase platform accountability, the proposed amendments focus heavily on stemming the virality of harmful content.
We believe that the…
Inputs from IT for Change to MeitY on the Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy
This is IT for Change’s response to the draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP) released for public consultation by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in May 2022. Given that the NDGFP is not very different from the draft Data Accessibility and Use Policy released in February 2022, this response must…