Hello, Zainab & team from the Privacy Mode programme at HasGeek <https://hasgeek.com/> recently produced a report on the IT Rules which we shared with MEITY and other stakeholders. The report is published at https://hasgeek.com/PrivacyMode/it-rules-il-guidelines-2021/sub/it-rules-2021-intermediary-guidelines-concerns-and-7swxnPZrCPooJUdLPPqz2u . This has also prompted them to conduct a developer-centric survey to see how aware the dev-community at large is with respect to these rules and what our opinions about them are - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ITRulesSurvey
So I thought I'd take this opportunity, aided by Zainab, to provide our Bangpypers community members with some links pertaining to the IT Rules and Guidelines passed by the Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology (MEITY) dated Feb 25 2021 which came into effect on May 25 2021 so we might keep ourselves informed of the same. Programming languages, our enablers of tech, do not exist in a vacuum. a) Official IT Rules passed by MEITY - https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Intermediary_Guidelines_and_Digital_Media_Ethics_Code_Rules-2021.pdf (English version starts Pg 19) b) Overview of the UK Online Safety Act and comparison with India's IT Rules: https://hasgeek.com/PrivacyMode/it-rules-il-guidelines-2021/sub/u-ks-online-safety-bill-an-overview-Q4tqqStTUhtjr7zzmGgJa4 c) Matthew Green <https://isi.jhu.edu/~mgreen/>'s RootConf keynote on the state of tech and policy debates on encryption: End-to-end encryption: State of the Technical and Policy Debate : https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/data-privacy-conference/sub/end-to-end-encryption-state-of-the-technical-and-p-X8h4qierQT4Da31x7cRFYe d) https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jun/24/madras-hc-issues-notice-to-centre-on-plea-challenging-new-it-rules-2320637.html e) https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/signal-may-face-sanctions-from-indian-government-over-non-compliance-of-new-it-rules-1000900.html In addition to arming yourself with the knowledge, do take the survey on the link (re-attaching) - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ITRulesSurvey and go through the PDF on point (a) + the report published by Hasgeek above. Regards Abhiram R <https://abhiramr.com> _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
