Community Assessment on Internet Shutdowns in India

This report draws from the roundtable workshop for ‘Community Assessment on Internet Shutdowns in India’ which was organised by the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) under Internews’ OPTIMA project on the 8th July, 2022 in Delhi. The workshop participants ranged from Civil Society Organisations that engage in strategic litigation on key digital rights issues to research and implementing organisations engaged in digital rights advocacy and community outreach for digital inclusion in the grassroots. Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) – Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD) participated in the focus group discussion on ‘community support’ in this context as a key stakeholder in the digital rights policy advocacy space and shared critical insights from DEF’s various community engagement and intervention programmes across India.

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