Daily Archives: December 18, 2014

Arrest of Mumbai girls over Facebook comment was abuse of power: Centre

The Union government for the first time conceded before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was abuse of power under Section 66A of Information and Technology Act to arrest two Mumbai-based girls for Facebook posts criticizing shutdown of the city on November 18, 2012 for Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s funeral. Additional solicitor general…

India sees biggest improvement in Internet freedom, says report

India fared better this year when it came to freedom of the Net, while globally Internet freedom declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2014 with a growing number of countries introducing more aggressive online censorship and monitoring practices, said a report by Freedom House, an independent watchdog. The global Freedom on the Net report 2014, which…