Aam Aadmi Party Leader Booked Under 66A
On 21 January, 2014 Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas booked under Sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any…
Taslima Nasrin And The Fight For Online Civil Liberties!
The struggle for free speech and expression has been a constant one for Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi author and human rights activist, who is known…
Multi-stakeholder approach in Internet Governance and a need for enhanced co-operation, nationally and globally
The Working Group on Enhanced Co-operation was established by the Chair of the Commission for Science Technology and Development(CSTD) under the United Nations Conference on…
Goa Police Register Case Against Unknown Person(s)
The Goa police registered a case against unknown person/s under the Sections 228A and Section 506 of the IPC and Section 66A of the IT…
Sailor Arrested For Harassing Woman
A 33-year-old sailor was arrested by the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell on 27 December, 2013 for charges under Section 509 of the IPC and 66A…
FIR Filed For Alleged Harassment Over Phone
On 18 December, 2013 a lady filed an FIR under Section 66A of the IT Act with the Gurgaon police, alleging that she was being…
CIA listening through Mongo DB? Er…not so fast!
Amidst the deluge of stories being written on UIDAI or AADHAR, the latest to indulge in excessive hand-wringing is the Economic Times reporting about a…
FIR Lodged Against Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen
On 6 December, 2013 an FIR was lodged against Bangladeshi author and columnist Taslima Nasreen for at the behest of one Tauqeer Raza Khan, a…
Man Arrested For Allgedly Sending Offesive Message to Mizoram Chief Minister
K Chhawnthuama, a church elder of the Presbyterian Church, was arrested on 20 December, 2013 under Sections 500(defamation) and 506(criminal intimidation) of IPC and Section…
October News
Public XMPP operators commit to fully encrypted communications network by May 19, 2014 Operators We, as operators of public services and developers of software programs…
Metadata Monitoring – Violation of sovereignty and an erosion of privacy
Do you think it is important to keep your call records private? Do you want the websites you visit and your email contacts to be…