International FOSS News : May 2014
May 31, 2014
Microsoft Launches .NET Foundation, Releases .NET-Related Software Under Open Source License
http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-open-sources-more-of-its-net-…
Stockholm Internet Forum 2014
May 27, 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…
Youth Arrested For Sharing Anti-Modi Messages On Whatsapp
May 26, 2014
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. According to news…
Five Students Detained In Bangalore For Circulating Messages On Whatsapp
May 24, 2014
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. According to news…
Engineer Faces Arrest For Remarks on Facebook
May 23, 2014
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 filed by him was rejected by a trial…
Marco Civil da Internet - the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights
May 08, 2014
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 Global Multistakeholder meeting on Internet…
Government calls blanket porn-ban impractical - suggests pre-installed filtering software
May 06, 2014
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 to pornographic content on the internet.
Government Refuses To Reveal Phone Interception Procedure
May 03, 2014
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 India.
FOSS News : April 2014
May 02, 2014
Newly Named Mozilla Corporation CEO Steps Down
https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/24/mozilla-appoints-javascript-creator-brendan-eich-as-its-new-ceo/
Police Asks Social Websites To Remove Pictures of Digvijay Singh and Amrita Rai
May 02, 2014
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 were hacked and pictures were made public with an…
Techie Arrested For Hacking And Sending Abusive Email To Boss
May 02, 2014
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. Charges against the engineer include…
College Student Arrested For Creating Fake Profile Of Famous Telugu Actor
Apr 29, 2014
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 , 420 of the IPC and section 66A of the IT Act was lodged…
