Human Rights and Regular Internet Users: Human rights are a topic that came up several times at the IETF meeting that just ended. There’s a Human Rights Research Group that had a session with a bunch of short presentations, and the featured two talks at the plenary asking, ‘Can Internet Protocols Affect Human Rights?’ The…
BJP files police complaint against Prashant Bhushan for ‘insulting’ Lord Krishna: A police complaint has been filed against Prashant Bhushan, a senior advocate and the co-founder of the new political party Swaraj Abhiyan, for his alleged ‘inflammatory tweets’ against ‘Lord Krishna.’ Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga filed the complaint at the Tilak Marg…
Govt plans word limit for RTI, make information expensive: The Modi government’s plan to change information law norms, including a 500-word limit for an application and higher fee, has activists worried who see it as an attempt to dilute the RTI. The changes proposed will make information expensive and take online the process of complaint…