FIR Lodged Against Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen

Dec 13, 2013
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 Muslim cleric, for "maliciously insulting the religious…

Man Arrested For Allgedly Sending Offesive Message to Mizoram Chief Minister

Dec 12, 2013
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 66A of the IT Act.…

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Dec 10, 2013
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 that use the XMPP instant…

SC issues notice on a Writ petition filed by PUCL challenging inter alia the Intermediary Rules

Nov 22, 2013
SC issues notice on a Writ petition filed by PUCL challenging inter alia the Intermediary Rules

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Oct 23, 2013
We rely on donations by various organizations, individual monetary support, and volunteer workers to support our activities. The initial support for the establishment of SFLC.in was provided by Open…

Software Patents - Putting the genie back in the bottle

Oct 16, 2013
The Indian Patent Office organised a stakeholder consultation on October 11, 2013 on the draft Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) issued by it. Mr. Chaitanya Prasad,…

Police Action Under Section 66A of IT Act

Oct 16, 2013
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Oct 09, 2013
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Surveillance - Is there a need for judicial oversight?

Sep 25, 2013
Recent reports released by Yahoo and Facebook on requests for user data sent by Governments paint a grim picture of surveillance. The transparency report released by Yahoo on September 6, 2013 shows…