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…
The Government at your beck and call: You may admire the Narendra Modi government or dislike it. But you cannot deny that it is one of the most digitally savvy administrations we have had in India. The digital smarts and social media popularity of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet are now being actively leveraged…
Mumbai reports rise in cyber crime: Police: THE CYBER Crime Cell of Mumbai Police has recorded several complaints from people who have allegedly fallen prey to a new trick by fraudsters, since the demonetisation. A caller pretending to be from the Reserve Bank of India ia allegedly telling prospective victims that as part of the…
Denial of rights to women is against sharia law: MJ Akbar: New Delhi: Denial of gender rights is against the sharia law and no state can be modern without gender freedom, Union Minister MJ Akbar said on Thursday. “You cannot deny gender equality to any being. Denial of gender rights is against the sharia. Anyone who…
How Do You Imagine A Feminist Internet?: In August 2016, APC along with some activists and feminists which also included Feminism in India revised and released the 17 Feminist Principles of the Internet. Often I have been asked “Why do we need Feminist Principles to run the Internet when women and queer individuals already have…
Right to privacy requires encrypted messaging: Imagine, everyone on the planet has access to internet beamed from the sky; billions have ultra-fast access though 6G mobile networks. The network is everywhere. One trillion connected sensors in cars, homes, factories, streets and highways monitor everything from our vital signs to air pollution and goods moving through…
Corridors of power insensitive to RTI queries: Hyderabad: It appears that the Telangana Secretariat does not care a hoot for the Right to Information Act. Even eleven years after the Central enactment came into vogue, the PIOs (Public Information Officers) of almost all the departments in the Secretariat, which is ruled by All India Services officers, choose…
India Now Has a Website to Educate Women about Their Legal Rights in Marriages, Jobs & More: A website called girlsgottaknow has been launched to educate women in India about their legal rights. Tasmania-based Women’s Legal Service has launched the website in collaboration with TRS Law Offices in India.
UNHRC: Denying an Individual Access to Internet is a Violation of Basic Human Rights: In the 21st Century, a new divide between the poor and the rich is emerging, one that is threatening the basic tenants of freedom and development. The reach of the internet is simultaneously fast and secure,