<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">India is considering new intermediary liability rules which may impact the use of end-to-end encryption. Learn more about these rules during a webinar from our Delhi Chapter, which has just started.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:748px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621subscribe-body" style="width:728px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621the-post"><div class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/intermediaryrules" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621size-medium gmail-m_8802549954649807621wp-image-10821" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/intermediaryrules-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On 24th December 2018 the <strong>Indian </strong><a href="http://meity.gov.in/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><strong>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technolog</strong>y</a> (MEITy) published a draft - <strong><a href="http://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Draft_Intermediary_Amendment_24122018.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines [Amendment] Rules), 2018</a></strong>. Fresh obligations are proposed for 'intermediaries' - defined as platforms with 5m+ users - including backdoors, surveillance, and censorship. The rules are <strong>open to public comment until 15th January 2019</strong>.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">On <strong>10th January 10 2019</strong> at <strong>11:00 IST</strong> (05:30 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/isoc.delhi/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet Society India Delhi Chapter</a></strong> and <a href="http://ccaoi.in/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><strong>CCAO</strong>I</a> will host a <strong><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/intermediaryrules" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">webinar</a></strong> for ISOC Chapter leaders, select members, and other interested stakeholders, to clarify the rules plus the critical issues they raise.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>VIEW ON LIVESTREAM</strong><br><strong><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/intermediaryrules" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/intermediaryrules</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>AGENDA <a href="http://bit.ly/10janagenda" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/10janagenda</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>THE RULES</strong><br><strong><a href="http://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Draft_Intermediary_Amendment_24122018.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Draft_Intermediary_Amendment_24122018.pdf</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>BRIEF SUMMARY</strong><br><a href="https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/information-technology-intermediary-guidelines-amendment-rules-2018-12201863774.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><strong>https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/information-technology-intermediary-guidelines-amendment-rules-2018-12201863774.html</strong></a></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>TWITTER</strong><br><strong>#intermediaryrules <a href="http://bit.ly/intermediaryrules" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/intermediaryrules</a></strong><br><strong>@GoI_MeitY @ISOCapac #SaferSocialMedia #SaveOurPrivacy</strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621subscribe-content" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><b>Permalink</b></span><br></p><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><a href="https://isoc.live/10817/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://isoc.live/10817/</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" class="gmail-m_8802549954649807621subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=151329629&post=10817&subd=isoc.live&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>-</div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div></div>