The government’s decision to block the accounts of environmental organisation Greenpeace India seems appears to be an attempt to signal that opposition to its developmental policies will not be accepted ‒ “even when these are proving to be ecologically unsustainable and socially unjust”. That is the gist of a letter submitted to Home Minister Rajnath…
Twitter on Tuesday began implementing a new policy aimed at curbing use of the social network to incite violence, and to crack down on abuse and harassment on the service. The new rules are the latest implemented by social networks aiming to stem violence and harassment while attempting to safeguard freedom of online speech. Read…
Members of civil society came together to condemn the NDA government’s recent crackdown on organisations like Greenpeace India. Releasing a protest letter that over 180 organisations and citizens have today sent to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the statement declared the crackdown as ‘shameful’ in a country that has a history of standing up for…
AAP dissident leader Prashant Bhushan on Monday hit back at the party leadership over the show-cause notice issued to him by the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC), accusing its members Pankaj Gupta of accepting donations from dubious companies and Ashish Khetan of doing a “paid news” story, favouring a company. In his response to the notice…
Google has a new sheriff keeping watch over the wilds of the Internet.
Austrian-born Gerhard Eschelbeck has ranged the British city of Oxford; cavorted at notorious Def Con hacker conclaves, wrangled a herd of startups, and camped out in Silicon Valley.
He now holds the reins of security and privacy for all-things Google.
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The city police will soon have a full-fledged Computer Emergency Response Team (CRET) unit to tackle cyber attacks. Currently, there is no office of the CERT-India in Mumbai and for blocking web site or face book pages, the city police has to request the CERT.
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A US-India Business Council (USIBC) led by executive vice-president Diane Farrell met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the Camp Office today.
During the meeting, Rajeev Mukundan, senior Vice-President (Legal), Mylan informed the Chief Minister that the pharmaceutical company has four facilities in Vizag.
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The COAI today reaffirmed its support to Net Neutrality and made a strong pitch for ‘Net Equality’ that will enable access to Internet for a Billion Indians as part of the Government’s Digital India vision. The Association urged all stakeholders to have a comprehensive and informed debate on the subject of Net Neutrality keeping in…
Industrial body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today reaffirmed its support for ‘net neutrality’, but also made a strong pitch for ‘net equality’ that will enable access to Internet for a billion Indians as part of the governments digital India vision. In a statement today, COAI urged all stakeholders in net neutrality to have…
The COAI today reaffirmed its support net neutrality and made a strong pitch for ‘Net Equality’ that will enable access to Internet for a billion Indians as part of the government’s Digital India vision. The COAI has asked the government to create an enabling environment for investment in creating infrastructure for Internet access. As per…