SC warns govt over gagging social media

The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned the Centre it would make inoperative certain controversial provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act often invoked by authorities to muzzle free speech on social media, if it failed to clarify its stand within a week. “Heavens are not going to fall if the provisions are stayed… because this…

Cybercrimes rise nearly 3-fold in 1 year

Expect criminals in tech-savvy Millennium City to be cyber-smart. According to statistics released by the cyber cell of Gurgaon police department, cybercrime complaints have gone up nearly three times compared with 2013, with credit card frauds topping the list followed by social networking-related crimes. As many as 850 cybercrime complaints were registered in 10 months…

Trapped in the web

Earlier this month, at the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunications Union — its highest decision-making forum — India moved a radical proposal to govern the internet. Online traffic originating and terminating in a country should stay within that country, argued India, making the case for a “routing plan” that ensured all communication was traceable.…