We launched the Zombie Tracker on January 15th, 2021. Here is a summary of our key learnings.

We are building a “Zombie Tracker”  to track cases under S. 66A, Information Technology Act, at the district level.

In this post we trace the journey of Section 66A of the IT Act from 2008 to 2020.

Despite repeated directions by the Supreme Court the provision continues to be invoked across the country.

Why this victory may not hold without a well resourced defence of its core principles.

IFF is now taking yet another step, with support from CivicDataLab and Tech4Dev to reach closer to the goal of stopping 66A. This time through a data-driven approach.

IFF filed RTIs with various State High Courts and the Central Government to check compliance with the directions of the SCI.

Once again, 66A has been brought to the forefront of every news report the whole of this last week.

In February, the Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL seeking regulation and censorship of online platforms but the judgement contained an erroneous reference Section 66A of the IT Act.

A series of directions were issued by the Court to not only close existing Section 66A cases but also prevent fresh registrations.