Legal ‘hole’ in online draft, (4 January 2019, The Telegraph)
Mozilla, the not-for-profit entity behind the web browser Firefox, has called out the Narendra Modi government’s perceived attempt to stifle free speech over the Internet. The Centre has proposed to introduce rules that will require social media and e-commerce platforms to proactively take down “unlawful” user content that the government or its agencies determine to…
Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial Academy “Training on Cyber law” (29 December 2018)
Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial Academy (SJA) organised a training programme here today on Cyber Law in which Judicial Officers, Public Prosecutors and Investigating Officers participated. Simultaneously, the programme was conducted through video link at Conference Hall, High Court Complex in Srinagar. On the initiative of Chief Justice Gita Mittal, renowned experts on Cyber Law:…
UPI user in Noida loses Rs 6.8 lakh from SBI account: Why it happened and how to avoid such fraud (28 December 2018, Zee business)
Earlier this month, a strange incident was reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Noida where a UPI user reportedly lost Rs 6.8 lakh from his State Bank of India (SBI) savings account. The victim lodged a police complaint, informing that the money was transacted 7 times from his bank account during the last two months and he…
Are India’s laws on surveillance a threat to privacy?(TathagataSatpathy, Karnika Seth, Anita Gurumurthy) 27 December 2018, THE HINDU
YES India might soon become a police state with bureaucrats having access to personal information Tathagata Satpathy Last year, the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark judgment that privacy is a fundamental right. There were celebrations across the nation after this judgment. Sadly, however, the same court completely changed its character a year later in…
As India seeks to curb fake news, Facebook and Twitter may need licences to operate (14 December 2018, Techcircle)
Social media platforms and publishers with a presence in India may have to get a license to operate in the country, if the draft policy to check fake news is finalized in its current form, two people who are part of the ongoing consultations told TechCircle on the condition of anonymity. The sources were unaware…