As a sequel to the Supreme Court quashing Section 66-A of the Information Technology (IT) Act as unconstitutional, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has asked the government to explore new restraints on the netizens’ freedom to comment in the social media for the sake of ‘decency and public order’. Instead of taking a public stand,…
A women’s sports tournament in West Bengal was cancelled last month after Muslim cleric objected to the participants’ uniforms. It was another sign of how women are still not free to dress how they want. On March 14, women football players from all over the country assembled for a seven-a-side exhibition football match at Harishchandrapur…
Nikolai Nikiforov, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media, spoke with RIR in an exclusive interview on the outcome of his recent visit to New Delhi, and outlined his vision for greater linkages within BRICS in the information and communications sector and his focus on setting a joint agenda against cyber crimes and monopolies. Read…
A high level delegation of the National Human Rights Commission, led by its Chairperson, Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, will be visiting Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in connection with the commission’s Open Hearing and Camp Sitting to be held at the Government Guest House in Thycad from April 8 to 10. Mr.Justice Cyriac Joseph, Mr. Justice D. Murugesan,…
On January 7, 2006 the then National Security Adviser, MK Narayanan, got a taste of being put under surveillance. Narayanan, a veteran of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) was on a visit to a secret surveillance facility in East Delhi, run by the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), India’s premier technical intelligence agency.
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Facebook has laid out in more detail what content can be posted on the site — and what updates will get users banned. The new guidelines describe exactly what kind of nudity can and can’t be shared, as well as including a whole section about “dangerous organisations”. The update provides more detail than ever on…
The government websites host information for public dissemination and no sensitive information is hosted on such portals, Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
“As per the guidelines of the government, the computer systems with sensitive information are isolated from Internet,” he added.
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Privacy should not be limited to headline grabbing revelations about surveillance, Snowden and Sony; these conversations need to be mainstreamed to every citizen-consumer. A few months ago, I was invited to sit on a jury looking at innovative uses of social media platforms and community-oriented apps. The awards criteria included originality, implementation, scalability and impact.…
YouTube is blocking the BBC documentary India’s Daughter thanks to a request by the government. The move is also in compliance with the order passed by the Delhi High Court, which has said that the video cannot be “uploaded, transmitted and published” since it could trigger law and order problems in the country. Clearly, the…
The rules will mean any company providing a broadband connection has to act in the public interest and conduct business in ways that are “just and reasonable”. Reddit has been a constant supporter of net neutrality and its users lobbied the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the ruling. Their efforts did not go unnoticed: after…