-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today warned Bengal and Andhra Pradesh with "consequences" if they failed to respond to an eight-month-old directive relating to a law that has led to arrests over "objectionable" Internet posts. On January 19, the court had asked all states and Union territories to respond to a central advisory that said no arrests should be made under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act without sanction...
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Protect, don’t snoop
-The Hindu Much like the space it aims to protect, India's cyber security policy, launched this week, is characterised by a striking duality of purpose. On the one hand, it seeks to guard, and thus strengthen, the country's strategic assets and online intelligence infrastructure. On the other, it hopes to secure the transactions of citizens, companies and public services on the web. The latter, more enabling goal is intended to...
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-The Telegraph The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear an application to restrain police from invoking Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, till its constitutional validity is decided by the courts. A vacation bench scheduled the hearing on a petition seeking a stay on proceedings relating to an FIR lodged against Jaya Vindhyalaya, a civil liberties activist, for posting "objectionable" material on Facebook against Tamil Nadu governor K. Rosaiah and an...
More »No arrest for posts on social sites without senior cops' nod, Supreme Court says
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that no person should be arrested for posting objectionable comments on social networking sites without permission of senior police officials. The SC has also directed all states and UTs to comply with Centre's advisory on arresting people for their comments on websites. The court on Wednesday had agreed to hear a plea seeking to restrain government authorities from taking any coercive...
More »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....
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