Rubayya

she/her
@internetfreedom

[On Parliament @IFFonParliament]

#InLokSabha
On March 26, 2025, Finance Minister @nsitharamanoffc, while defending the provisions of the Income Tax Bill, 2025 revealed that evidence from WhatsApp messages were used by the authorities to unearth upto Rs.200 crores of unaccounted money. (1/3)

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

The Draft DPDP Rules, 2025, expand on the government's surveillance powers with Rule 22. Cautioning against the adverse impact on privacy if they are passed, IFF fellows @ItsRubayya & @InjilaZaidi demystify the draft in @thewire_in✨

https://t.co/DXbhKTTjwT

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

.@GoI_MeitY has released the long awaited DPDP Rules 16 & a half months after the DPDP Act, 2024 was enacted.

We are dismayed that after such a long wait the Rules have failed to rise to the occasion & meet our expectations. 🧵1/9

https://t.co/Iu1n2WwGmQ

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

As we wrap up 2024, we asked our team what they were listening to while defending your digital liberties and here's the result:

IFF's 2024 Wrapped ⏪✨- a playlist of songs that kept our team going in 2024.

https://t.co/fmwP5v1gbY

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

🚨 Quarterly Transparency Report (Oct-Dec 2024)

From AI-enabled CCTVs in hospitals to unanswered questions about APAAR IDs, we’re pushing for transparency one RTI at a time. 🧐

Read more: https://t.co/j4l3Bx0vKy

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

🚨 Massive Victory! 🚨
@CCI_India has imposed a historic penalty of ₹213.14 cr (approx. $25.25 M) on Meta for abusing its dominant position via WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy. IFF submitted expert information as an informant. Let’s break it down 🧵👇1/10
https://t.co/OMFfVlFgRa

[Rubayya @ItsRubayya]

@tapiocateas Love this book

[In Court @IFFinCourt]

Justice Chandurkar agreed with the opinion of Justice Patel, and held the IT Rules 2023 as unconstitutional for violation of Articles 14, 19(1)(a) and (g), and also that the Rules do not satisfy the “test of proportionality” violating Article 21 of the Constitution. (1/2)

[Rubayya @ItsRubayya]

@rabihalameddine !!!!!

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

So, what happened financially to our bank accounts this August must never happen again.

Please please please https://t.co/HYJIJBrVN5

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Today marks 7 years of the Puttaswamy Judgement reaffirming our right to privacy. #PrivacySupreme 2024

Read: Full text of Dr S. Muralidhar’s keynote address on ‘Working Toward a Less Intrusive State’. 1/2

https://t.co/56Dzv3i6Mh

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

#PrivacySupreme is just a few hours away 😍

Today marks 7 years since the right to Privacy was reaffirmed as a fundamental right under the constitution by the Supreme Court.

We hope you are excited to join us at IIC at 6 PM (there is chai-pakoda & cats!) <333

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

15 days to go for #PrivacySupreme 2024 - & we’re so excited! Are you? REGISTER NOW 🙋🏽

August 22, New Delhi!

Join us as we unpack several thought-provoking themes with a stellar speaker line-up (stay tuned for more deets👀)

Register Now!!💫💗 https://t.co/16RJpzCEds

[Rubayya @ItsRubayya]

@sandra_eliza19 💀

[Rubayya @ItsRubayya]

Obligations under the revised Broadcast Bill include hiring a grievance officer, registering with an SRO, and setting up a content evaluation committee. Overregulation stifles creativity! #KillTheBill #ContentBachao

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

hi, 🚨🚨

this week we've heard a lot about the new draft of the #BroadcastingBill and how it is a direct attempt to stifle online speech & expression‼ #KillTheBill #ContentBachao

Here is what YOU can do about it 🧵👇

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

* 🥁🥁 drumroll please*

#PrivacySupreme is back!
We celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Puttaswamy judgment with an exciting lineup of speakers
(more deets soon 👀)

📆August 22, 2024 | 📍IIC, New Delhi

REGISTER NOW for some discourse disco 🪩🗣️

��https://t.co/16RJpzCEds

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Exit pollsters can be non-transparent 🤪, but at IFF, we believe in radical transparency.

That's why we publish monthly financial disclosures and newsletters to show you the impact of your donations. ¼

https://t.co/HYJIJBstCD

[Rubayya @ItsRubayya]

@anittamjoseph <333 (hopping on a plane next weekend)