Amendments to law required, say experts, Tribune News, May 21, 2012
Amendments to law required, say experts Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Dehradun, May 21 To tackle the rising number of cyber and IT crimes in the country, amendments to the law are needed to be done, feel cyber law experts who gathered here today to attend a cyber crime seminar. “This is not clear for…
Trail of the Trolls: Bullying and abuse on the Internet is on the rise, Smitha Verma,The Telegraph , 4 January 2012
When Shahana Nair Joshi, a young professional from Delhi, wrote a blog post titled ‘An Open Letter to a Delhi Boy’ last year, she was not prepared for the repercussions that followed. The post went viral overnight and received as many as 7,000 comments. Her blog post, which was a rant against the stereotypical Delhi…
Online censorship is sycophantic, stupid, & unconstitutional, The Sunday Guardian, Dec 11, 2011
Kapil Sibal’s suggestion to social media websites to filter “objectionable content” has drawn many charges, one of them is sycophancy. “It is part of the Congress’ megalomania to not allow any criticism. It is sycophantic, stupid and it’s his way of currying favour with the power centre in the party,” rued Dr Aditya Nigam, of…