Marco Civil da Internet – the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights
President Dilma Rousseff signed into law Marco Civil da Internet, often dubbed as the Internet Bill of Rights, on April 23, 2014 at NETmundial, the…
Government calls blanket porn-ban impractical – suggests pre-installed filtering software
On Monday, 5th April 2014, the Supreme Court of India heard a Writ petition filed by an Indore-based lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani seeking to ban access…
Government Refuses To Reveal Phone Interception Procedure
On 10th January 2014, several Indian national newspapers ran reports on a fresh set of procedures for interception of telephones issued by the Government of…
FOSS News : April 2014
Newly Named Mozilla Corporation CEO Steps Down https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/24/mozilla-appoints-javascript-creator-brendan-eich-as-its-new-ceo/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/ After a year of searching, Mozilla Corporation selected Brendan Eich as its new CEO in…
Police Asks Social Websites To Remove Pictures of Digvijay Singh and Amrita Rai
Following leakage of private pictures of Digvijay Singh and Amrita Rai on social media, an FIR was filed by Rai alleging that her email accounts…
Techie Arrested For Hacking And Sending Abusive Email To Boss
A software engineer was arrested by the Mulund police in Mumbai after his employer lodged a complaint against him for hacking and sending offensive messages….
College Student Arrested For Creating Fake Profile Of Famous Telugu Actor
A youth was arrested by the police over charges of creating a fake profile of a famous Telugu actor after a complaint under sections 419…
Civil Society Closing Statement At NETmundial 2014
The Civil Society has expressed deep disappointment that the NETmundial outcome document has failed to address key concerns like surveillance and net neutrality. Best Bits,…
Arrested For Creating A Fake Profile & Defamation
An airhostess was arrested by the Pune police upon a complaint registered against her for creating a fake profile on social media and defamation. The…
3 People Arrested For Creating A Fake Website In Athlete Milkha Singh’s Name
Three persons were arrested by the cyber crime cell of the Chandigarh police, following a complaint filed by athlete Milkha Singh, for creating a fake…
Nepalese Youth Arrested For Sending Obscene Messages
A Nepalese youth was arrested by the Cyber cell police for sending obscene messages to a girl in Chandigarh. He was later sent to a…
India’s Submission to Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance
The Government of India made the following submission to NETMundial, the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance. The meeting will be held…