Draft Geospatial Bill criticised by cyber experts, The Wire.in, 8 May 2016
Experts argue that the draft is too broad to practically enforce, will create a licensing raj and will gravely affect the media and the public through its stringent punishments. The draft “Geospatial Information Regulation Bill” that was released in the public domain for suggestions on May 6 has come under severe criticism from cyber law…
What did Apple say to the skeleton key, outlook, 21 march 2016
“Public Interest Over Privacy” Apple’s legal tussle with the FBI has opened a Pandora’s box. Should privacy be protected to the extent that it overrides needs of law enforcement? Should cooperation be extended by technology companies to law enforcement agencies in cybercrime or terrorist attack cases? Should law and public safety or national security be…
DM sends doctored videos for forensic tests, Feb 20, 2016, Times of India
TNN | Feb 20, 2016, 07.19 AM IST NEW DELHI: The district magistrate probing the sedition row is learned to have sent the “doctored videos” allegedly misrepresenting JNUSU chief Kanhaiya Kumar as shouting “anti-national” slogans for forensic tests. So far, the videos have not spurred police to track down the mischief makers though legal experts…
Facebook’s censorship, 14 Fb 2016
The social media giant removed a cartoon published in Kashmir on Afzhal Guru’s death anniversary. MOAZUM MOHAMMAD reports Srinagar: Last week, a budding Kashmiri cartoonist working with the daily Rising Kashmir became news after social networking platform Facebook removed his cartoon. Mir Suhail had drawn a cartoon depicting roots beneath Parliament attack convict Afzal…