Internet shutdowns in India: Why it is bad for Modi’s Digital India: The view on Internet shutdowns in India often gets boxed between voices around free speech vs those around law and order and how every right comes with reasonable restrictions. But with Prime Minister Modi’s grand plans of Digital India, and massive push on…
Congress questions freedom of speech in PM Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’: New Delhi [India], Mar. 26 (ANI): Hitting back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Sunday questioned as to why the young citizens of the country are arrested for executing freedom of speech online or on social media like Facebook. Read More
Undoing the protection of free speech that the 66A judgment brought: If something you say, or a message you send, leads to someone else inciting violence, you could be jailed, if a recommendation from the Law Commission to the government is accepted, and laws are amended. The recommendation of changes from the Law Commission to…
‘Freedom of speech key to democracy’: PATNA: Addressing students at a training programme on ‘Human right awareness’, organised by School of Law and Governance, Central University of South Bihar here on Sunday, national convenor of Lok Samiti K G Anand said freedom of speech and expression is a must to have a healthy democratic process…
MS Dhoni’s Aadhaar details leaked, wife Sakshi complains to Ravi Shankar Prasad: Sakshi Dhoni, from her twitter handle @SaakshiSrawat tweeted: “@rsprasad @CSCegov_ is there any privacy left ??? Information of adhaar card including application is made public property!#disappointed (sic)” Read More
India tops world Internet usage chart: Report: According to a recent report published by StatCounter, India is amongst the top countries with high Internet usage in the world. StatCounter is an internet analytics company with the research helmed by StatCounter Global Stats. Read More
Behind the Struggle Against Erosion of Free Speech is a Fight Over the Rule of Law: A few weeks ago, finance minister Arun Jaitley was at an LSE event where he was asked about last month’s Ramjas College incident. In response, Jaitley said that freedom of expression is fine but stops at “anti-national” discourse. He also condemned…
Religion, Women, Drugs, Decency, public order, Sovereignty and Integrity, all form the basis for CBFC’s decision with respect to Udta Punjab, Had Anhad and Lipstick under the Burkah films. The disputes and controversies around the said films reflect the subjectivity inherent in CBFC’s assessment and judgment. The fact that the Courts reversed all excisions made…
India’s drive for a cashless economy puts millions at risk of cybercrime: When the Indian government recently banned two high-value currency notes, it led to all sorts of chaos. It led to huge queues to exchange money at banks and ATMs. And this in a country where more than half of its citizens do not…
Google India, IT Ministry launch initiatives for Narendra Modi’s ‘New India’: NEW DELHI: In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a ‘New India’, Google India and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) have announced a set of initiatives aimed at empowering citizens and creating abundant opportunities for all. Read More