The privacy concerns of social media companies like Facebook are hurting investigations: Recent reports show an increasing reluctance on the part of social media companies to cooperate with investigations of posts, videos, etc. through their websites. Privacy concerns appear to be the main reason for this. The most recent case is where Facebook refused to…
Guarantee freedom of speech to critics of religion: Taslima: Thrissur: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin on Saturday said democracy would be meaningful only if freedom of expression was guaranteed not just to those who follow religion but to those who criticize religion as well. Speaking to TOI on the sidelines of a book releasing function…
Human Rights Day: India lost 40 journalists since 1992 on line of duty: Sixty-eight years ago, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark the occasion every year since 1950, 10 December is celebrated as Human Rights Day. But safeguarding human rights hasn’t been easy. Over the…
State’s cybercrime wing voices concerns over going cashless: BENGALURU: The cybercrime wing of the state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday uploaded a lengthy post on Facebook, drawing the attention of social media users to the many problems involved in going cashless. As of now, it is the only law enforcement agency that has publicly…
Story in numbers: Cybercrime trends in India: As many as 11,592 cases of cybercrime were reported across India in 2015, nearly 26 times more than a decade ago, when 453 cases were reported in 2006 , according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau. The Indian National Congress raised the issue of digital…