Stockholm Internet Forum 2014
The Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF) aims to bring together stakeholders in the Internet governance landscape (such as policymakers, civil society representatives, activists, business representatives and…
Youth Arrested For Sharing Anti-Modi Messages On Whatsapp
Five students were detained by the Bangalore police for allegedly circulating anti-Modi messages on ‘Whatsapp’, over a complaint filed by RTI Activist Jayant Mukund Tinaikar….
Five Students Detained In Bangalore For Circulating Messages On Whatsapp
Five students were detained by the Bangalore police for allegedly circulating anti-Modi messages on ‘Whatsapp’, over a complaint filed by RTI Activist Jayant Mukund Tinaikar….
Engineer Faces Arrest For Remarks on Facebook
A 31 year old ship building professional is likely to face arrest for allegedly posting anti-Modi remarks on Facebook, after an application for anticipatory bail…
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,…