Finding Flipkart’s ‘Sexual Health and Wellness’ section objectionable, the Telangana State government has asked Internet providers to block the e-retail portal among several others As India continues its march forward with progress as its buzzword, its youngest state, Telangana, has found itself in the midst of a debate. The state government has asked various Internet…
This is an interesting development – Maharashtra Government has announced that they plan to use Microsoft’s Azure Cloud to store citizen data under Digital locker scheme. This is probably the first time that citizen’s private data will be stored on third party Cloud servers. Till date, state as well as central Government used their own…
The US has alleged China of undermining an open internet and expressed concern over the increasing curbs put on American companies in the Communist nation.
“We believe that nation-states have responsibilities in cyberspace, just as they do elsewhere, to abide by certain standards of behaviour,” three top officials of the Obama administration wrote in an op-ed in The Politico.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the frequent misuse of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which makes posting of “offensive” messages on social media a crime punishable with a three-year jail term. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Rohinton Fali Nariman said the term ‘offensive’ is “vague” and highly “subjective”,…
President Barack Obama has proposed US $14 billion for the fiscal 2016 to boost cyber security across the US. Obama has sent his budget to the US Congress on February 2, 2015. Seeing the increase in current cyber threats that are targeting the private sector, critical infrastructure, and the Federal Government, the proposal is designed;…
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company and SRC Cyber, LLC, a company specializing in cyber security products and services, today announced a global alliance. The two companies will jointly develop IT security products and provide consulting services that will serve organizations across the global energy and utilities…
In a bid to bolster the cyber security defence of the country, the US President Barack Obama has proposed a budget seeking $14 billion for the fiscal year 2016. The budget was released on Monday and calls for deployment of more intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, greater sharing of data with the private sector and…
It will be a great relief to netizens to freely comment, even political criticism , on social media now , Amid a spurt in arrests for “objectionable” social media posts, the Narendra Modi government has said that comments on Twitter and Facebook will not be seen as an offence. Terming recent arrests, charge sheets and…
Je suis Shirin Dalvi anyone? The plight of Shirin Dalvi quickly proves that freedom of expression remains a luxury in India especially if you are not part of the English-language media. English might not be much of a protection when it comes to intolerance, but at least it generates #IStandWith hashtags on social media that…
Last night, AIB roast videos featuring Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor were taken down from the internet and since then everyone has been talking about how freedom of speech is now just a phrase which cannot be exercised by aam janta.While All India Bakchod’s latest offering continues to garner political attention with each passing minute, Ashish Shakya (AIB team…