-The Hindu The pressing need to end the misuse of Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act has once again been underscored by the arrest of Jaya Vindhyala, president of the People's Union for Civil Liberties in Andhra Pradesh. Her alleged offence of putting up posts critical of a legislator, Amanchi Krishna Mohan, and Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah on Facebook has resulted in heavy-handed police action. Clearly, the Supreme...
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FB posting on Governor lands PUCL activist in custody-S Murali
-The Hindu Chirala: The president of the Andhra Pradesh unit of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Jaya Vindhyala, was remanded in judicial custody till May 24 by a court here on Monday, following her arrest on charges of posting derogatory comments on her Facebook timeline on Amanchi Krishna Mohan, MLA of Chirala - a town in Prakasam district - and Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah. The police picked up Ms....
More »After sexual harassment at workplace, woman faces online slander-Meena Menon
-The Hindu First it was sexual harassment at workplace. Next comes the slanderous campaign on the Internet. For this former employee of auditing firm KPMG, life has become hell since 2007. Now Aditi (name changed) is fighting with the Mumbai cyber police who are doing little on her 2012 complaint seeking action against websites which hosted offensive comments against her. Trial yet to begin While the sexual harassment case led to the...
More »Government hints at broadcasting reform agenda- Shuchi Bansal
-Live Mint I&B minister raises prospect of independent broadcasting authority, says govt may be forced to set up ratings system Information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Manish Tewari on Friday raised the prospect of an independent broadcasting authority and said the government may be forced to set up a ratings system unless the industry took steps to put in place a credible method of ranking television programmes, in a series of statements that...
More »Starving to live, not die-Goutham Shivshankar and Suhrith Parthasarathy
-The Hindu When the Supreme Court has recognised the right to go on hunger strike, why is Irom Sharmila's protest against impunity of the armed forces a criminal act? Over the past 12 years, Irom Sharmila Chanu has carried on an inconceivable hunger strike, which has seen her body wither and her skin turn pale. During this period, she has emerged as the face of the civilian resistance to the immunity, and...
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