Let’s be clear about one thing about freedom of expression. It ain’t pretty. It never was and it never will be. For freedom of expression to be worth anything, it has to be about standing up for the right of someone else to say what we don’t believe and in fact, find offensive, insulting and…
How free is free? Is there a limit to free speech and, if so, what are those limits and the contexts in which such limits should be placed? And, most important, who imposes such limits — the self, society or state?
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China’s Internet curbs are isolating it from the world and having a “highly detrimental” impact on business, a European lobby said on Thursday, in an unusually strong statement by a foreign business chamber. With a population of over 1.4 billion people, 632 million of whom are online, China offers a crucial market for multinational firms. But it also has the world’s most…
After Malappuram, Tirur municipality in the district is planning to cover the town with free WiFi connectivity. The municipality has already started campaign for e-governance literacy and it is going to be declared as the first total e-governance literate municipality in the country soon. WiFi facilities will help achieve the desired results of e-governance literacy…
Aimed at ensuring transparency and better administration, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry today said it aims to bring the entire system fall under the scope of e-governance module. Launching a web-based application to make payment process for works related to National Highways more transparent, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said he plans…
Information technology (IT) is central to enabling change for developing smart cities. Hence, it is vital to have a relevant IT architecture in place, which can be replicated over the country, said J Satyanarayana, advisor (eGovernance, electronics and IT), government of Andhra Pradesh, at the 17th Edition of ‘Express Technology Sabha’, organised by the Indian…