MLA Arrested For Uploading Fake Video
BJP MLA Sangeet Som was charged under Section 66A on 21 September, 2013 for fanning communal tensions by the U.P. Police. Mr. Som had allegedly…
3 Arrested For Being Involved In Spot-Fixing
Gurunath Meiyappan, Vindoo Dara Singh charged under Section 66A on 21 September, 2013 for allegedly being involved in the spot-fixing scandal. The two had allegedly…
IRDA Official Arrested For Sending Emails From Fake IDs
Sanjeev Kumar Jain, an Official at the Insurance Regulator of India (IRDA) was arrested by the police on 15 September, 2013 under Section 66A of…
Youth Arrested For Creating Fake Facebook Profile
A youth named Gautam Pandit was arrested by the cyber crime cell of Odisha police on 12 Septermber, 2013 for charges under Section 66A, 66C,…
Agra Resident Arrested For Posting Copies of FIR on Facebook
On 11 September 2013, Gaurav Sehgal, a resident of Agra was booked for charges of insulting a woman and for sending offensive information, breach of…
Nigeran Fined Under Sections 66A & 66D
A Nigerian man was sentenced to two years imprisonment on 10 September, 2013 along with fine under inter alia Section 66A and 66D of the…
THE IT ACT – INTERPRETATION & MISINTERPRETATION
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director of SFLC.in participated in a discussion on Section 66A and Section 79 of the IT Act, the amendments made to it…
Why Should We Use A Password Manager
Do you store passwords to your online accounts (Banks, Emails, Social Networking Sites etc) in the browser ? It is a potential security threat and…
Stop crying wolf: just wait and watch!
A version of this article appeared in The Hoot on Aug 21, 2013 The weekend began with much commentary in the newspapers and on theair…
Mouthshut case: the media got it all wrong
Article written by Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC.in about the media coverage on the Mouthshut.com case in the Supreme Court challenging the Information Technology (Intermediaries…
IIT Professor Arrested For Sending “unwanted” Text messages
Lingaraj Sahoo, an IIT Professor was arrested on 13 August, 2013 by the Amingaon police under Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach…
Online Petition by P. Rajeeve
Recent revelations in the media have shown how the US Government has been monitoring digital communications of people across the world through their PRISM program….