The central government Tuesday defended section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 saying it was to curb posting of mischievous and objectionable material on social media and websites and in no way could be construed as curbing the fundamental right to free speech and expression.
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A lot of water has flown under the bridge in the last few days. From what I gather, you released an epic (albeit edited) video of the roast, became the toast of the town, upstaged the Filmfare Awards, came in for criticism from the moral police and the upholders of our national virtue and finally…
Article 66A of the Information Technology Act has no place in a free and democratic society If everybody who ever offended anybody — intentionally or otherwise — is to be locked up, then half the country would be behind bars. It is astonishing, therefore, that provisions in the law which mandate precisely such an outcome…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would test the constitutional validity of a controversial provision of cyber law giving the police powers to arrest web users for posting objectionable content, saying it would not consider the government’s stand that it was open to making changes in the Act. The section under consideration is 66A…
Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine the term “grossly offensive” used in a provision of the Information Technology Act which empowers police to arrest web users for posting objectionable content. “What is grossly offensive to you, may not be grossly offensive to me and it is a vague term. We are only examining…
The French government rallied international support for free expression in the aftermath of this month’s terror attacks [“More than a million march in Paris,” front page, Jan. 12]. It also should eliminate discriminatory laws that limit religious minorities’ freedom of expression. As a Sikh, I support the right of Charlie Hebdo to publish satirical cartoons about…
Speakers at a panel discussion on the increasing challenges to the right to freedom of speech and expression, seen in the context of incidents such as the Charlie Hebdo attack in France and the controversy involving Tamil writer Perumal Murugan in Tamil Nadu, stressed the need to revitalise and reclaim the democratic spaces in the…
About 9 billion apps will be downloaded in India in 2015, more than 5 times the number of apps downloaded in 2012 (1.56 billion) at a CAGR of 75 per cent, according to the Deloitte India’s TMT Predictions 2015 report, released today. Revenues from paid apps are estimated to exceed Rs15 billion in 2015, up from Rs9…
As part of its e-governance initiatives, the Andhra Pradesh government would soon put in place an IT-enabled platform to make the entire system of payments and disbursements online. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, known for his IT-savvy ways, held a meeting with finance department officials on the plan to implement the Comprehensive Financial Management System…
“My entry into the field of IT was a result of chance events, rather than planning,says R Chandrashekhar. ? could not have planned a career in IT, as when I was a student at IIT, there was no program in IT or computer science.Yet his chance foray into the field of IT, led Chandrashekhar to…