International FOSS News : March 2014
Briefs Submitted in United States Supreme Court Case Considering Patentability of Software https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2014/alice_v_cls-resources.html https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2014/alice_v_cls-sflc_amicus.html https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-joins-forces-with-software-freedom-law-center-and-open-source-initiative-to-fight-software-patents-in-u-s-supreme-court http://opensource.org/node/692 This month, briefs were submitted in the pivotal United…
Case Filed Under 66A for Comments About Politician
The Cyber-crime Cell of Goa Police has charged one Devu Chodankar with offences under Sections 153A and 295A of IPC, 123 of Representation of People…
DEITY provides list of sites blocked in 2013, but withholds orders!
Sri.Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology informed the Lok Sabha on Dec 11, 2013 that the Government has asked social networking sites…
NETmundial submission from Best Bits
The undersigned civil society organisations and individuals are pleased to contribute the following submission to the discussion of Internet governance principles at the April 2014…
A critique of the multistakeholder model by Jérémie Zimmermann
The “Internet Governance” Farce and its “Multi-stakeholder” Illusion by Jérémie Zimmermann For almost 15 years, “Internet Governance” meetings1have been drawing attention and driving our imaginaries…
Event: LibrePlanet 2014
LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts. LibrePlanet brings together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments…
Report: NULLCON 2014
NULLCON – is a platform for security companies and analysts to showcase their research and technology. Apart from the numerous stalls showcasing the latest security…
Report: The Goa Project 2014
The Goa Project, held in February 2014, was a crowd-funded event meant as a platform for individuals from multi-disciplinary backgrounds to come together and share…
Report: All India Security Summit 2013
The All India Security Summit 2013 was organized in December 2013 by the Data Security Council of India, mainly towards addressing cyber security concerns in…
Police Action Under Section 66A
Note: We are currently in the process of updating the map to reflect the recent changes in state boundaries. Map last updated on 31st May…
Internet Users’ Bill of Rights
India has the third largest number of Internet users, next only to United States and China and this number is rapidly growing. While the growth…
25 year old man arrested for allegedly harassing a girl on Whatsapp
A 25 year old man was arrested by the Uttarakhand police upon a complaint lodged against him by a girl, under Sections 354 of the…