The NCW has written to the Delhi Police to expedite its action in the case against the 'Bulli Bai' app, floated for trolling and harassing the victims, to ensure that such crimes do not recur.
The Delhi police on Sunday registered a case based on a complaint filed by a woman journalist alleging that she was being targetted by an unidentified group of people on a mobile application named 'Bulli Bai' created on GitHub platform.
And if you have started wondering why such innovations come only from American companies, Ajit Balakrishnan offers the answer.
He said social media companies are free to do business in India but they have to be accountable to the Indian Constitution and laws.
The Delhi Police and the Uttar Pradesh police have filed separate first information reports (FIRs) against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai over a controversial poster of her documentary Kaali even as the Indian government urged Canadian authorities to take down all the 'provocative material' in the film.
A court in Rampur granted bail to the Std XII student who was arrested for allegedly posting on Facebook 'objectionable' comment against senior Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan.
Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who is alleged to have been operating a pro-Islamic State twitter account, has been dubbed by his interrogators as an extremely radicalised youth who believes that beheading of the 'enemy' and making abducted women sex slaves was nothing wrong.
WhatsApp was told to delete data of users who chose to opt out of its policy changes before September 25
Kumar was on Friday sent to 14-day judicial custody.
Solanki's mother in her statement to police said during a telephonic conversation in December 2022, Solanki told his sister that there was caste-based discrimination at the premier institute.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked a special court in Ghaziabad, which has summoned journalist Rana Ayyub in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to adjourn the proceedings scheduled for January 27 to a date after January 31.
The revision petition challenges the trial court's order alleging that the magistrate 'has only desperately tried to shield the proposed accused'.
A Mumbai court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of businessman Raj Kundra, arrested in a case of alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through apps, after the prosecution contended the police investigation was still on and his release at this juncture will derail the probe.
A Facebook post by the son of a Communist Party of India-Marxist leader has landed him in hot water. The Kadirur police has registered a case under the Information Technology Act against Jain Raj, son of CPI-M's P Jayarajan for his post in which he expressed happiness over the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader.
'Kudos to the SC & the CJI for standing up to the Govt on the gross misuse of this colonial law of sedition to silence dissent'
Shah said rumours about his health conditions have been spread through social media.
'Two in three creators in India who earn money from YouTube agree that YouTube is their primary source of revenue.'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed journalist Rana Ayyub's plea challenging summons by the Ghaziabad special court in a money laundering case, leaving it open for her to raise the issues before the trial court.
A Goan youth who had allegedly posted comments against Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi on his Facebook account during the Lok Sabha election campaign, is likely to face arrest after a local court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in Panaji on Friday.
Three takeaways for individuals living in a global society today, where misinformation and disinformation are rife.
In an escalation of differences between Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and the ruling Congress party, the former on Thursday declared as "null and void" the circular issued by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy banning the use of social media for official communication.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the adoption of the New Delhi Leaders Declaration, a significant victory for India's G20 presidency that came amid increasing tensions and divergent views over the Ukraine conflict.
The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will hear "as and when required" a public interest litigation challenging the government's notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system.
'I am ecstatic as I believe this is not my victory but it is a win for the people of the country who have a right to freely express themselves. It is the victory for everyone who uses the internet and social media.' 'I think the internet is all about self regulation, and as long it is about people expressing themselves and not causing any criminal harm to anyone, it should be allowed.' Shreya Singhal, whose PIL resulted in Section 66A of the IT Act being struck down by the Supreme Court, speaks to Upasna Pandey.
Experts say it is difficult to determine country of origin where most products are manufactured and sold, as part of a complex global value chain.
The sessions court in Mumbai on Thursday found all the accused in the Shakti Mills gangrape cases guilty.
Speaking on the phone from Mumbai just before his arrest, Aseem Trivedi explained that the cartoons intended to display the insult to the nation that is being done by politicians, and do not seek to insult national symbols in any way
Unlike Israeli company NSO, whose sale of Pegasus cyber tech grabbed worldwide attention, and other manufacturers of offensive-cyber products, Cellebrite operates in a grey area between security exports and civilian ones.
Has Vijay Shekhar Sharma given up on the bank? For now, he seems to be on a save-OCL mission. The bank will face its logical end, observes Tamal Bandopadhyay.
Siva Prasad Nanduri, chief business officer, TeamLease Digital, outlines the skills that will help you get a job in 2023.
Lok Sabha MP Baijayant 'Jay' Panda has submitted a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha to reduce the controversial section 66A of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 to merely an anti-spam provision.
Twitter on Wednesday said it has suspended over 500 accounts, and blocked access to several others within India as it partly acceded to a government order to curb spread of misinformation and inflammatory content around farmers' protests.
The NDMA member further stated that the health conditions of the rescued workers will be monitored for the next 48 to 72 hours.
The Congress admitted that the Section 66A of cyber law was poorly drafted
The expansion was the first by Sarma since he assumed chief ministership of the state about 13 months ago.
Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of an FIR lodged by a Muslim cleric in Uttar Pradesh against her alleging that her tweets "insulted" religious beliefs.
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The 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang raped in the Shakti Mills compound here on July 31 today deposed before a trial court and expressed her desire to get even with the accused who had beaten her up during the sexual assault.
Ministry of home affairs and the IT ministry are planning to have a series of discussions with representatives from Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and Google on issues around national security and the problem of fake news. Asking for decryption keys from WhatsApp to track conversations on the chat app is also part of the agenda.
The objective of Section 72A is to make business operations tax-neutral encourages the amalgamation and restructuring of a company or firms by allowing set-off or carrying forward of unabsorbed depreciation and accumulated business losses.
