Facebook Arrests

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  Turkey Detains Teen 'For Insulting President Erdogan On Facebook'

  A Turkish court today remanded in custody a 17-year-old construction worker on charges of "insulting" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Facebook, media reports said.

• No arrests for Facebook posts without senior cops' permission: Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court today said no person should be arrested for posting objectionable comments on social networking sites without the permission of senior police officials.

• Andhra Pradesh Facebook arrest case in Supreme Court today

  The Supreme Court will today hear a plea challenging the arrest of a human rights activist from Andhra Pradesh who was apprehended last week for posting allegedly defamatory comments against a Congress leader on Facebook.

• Palghar court closes case against girls arrested for Facebook comments

  A Palghar court has closed the case against the two girls, who were arrested for posting a comment on Facebook on the shutdown after the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on November 17 last year.

• Arrest of two girls over Facebook comment was unwarranted: Maharashtra government

  The Maharashtra government has told the Supreme Court that the arrest of two girls over a Facebook post criticising the shutdown in Mumbai during Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral in November last year had a "chilling effect and was unwarranted."

• Girls embroiled in Facebook controversy invited by IIM Ahmedabad

  Shaheen Dhada and her friend Renu, who were at the centre of a controversy related to their Facebook post after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death, have been invited by the prestigious IIM-A to interact with students.

• Never said Gujarat safer than Maharashtra: Father of girl arrested for Facebook post

  Farukh Dhada, father of Shaheen Dhada, the girl who was arrested last month by over her Facebook post, has spoken out against what he says is Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's misrepresentation of their views on comparative law and order in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

• Man in Rourkela arrested for uploading objectionable picture on Facebook

  A 20-year-old youth was arrested here on charge of uploading an objectionable picture on Facebook, police said today. Pintu Sahu was taken to custody by Brahmanitarang police yesterday for posting an objectionable picture on his Facebook account, they said.

• Arrested for video on Facebook, three men in Jammu and Kashmir spend over 40 days in jail

  In Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, three men have spent over 40 days in jail. Their crime - they were tagged in an allegedly blasphemous video on Facebook and one of them had commented on it.

• Note by Law Ministry on wording of Section 66(A) of Internet law

  Law Ministry's note on wording of Section 66(A) of Internet law

• Law Minister contradicts Kapil Sibal on law used for Facebook arrests

  The public outcry over an internet law that saw two women in Maharashtra being arrested for their Facebook posts has provoked a furious debate - online, in the Supreme Court, and now within the government as well.

• Be careful on Facebook, says Maharashtra girl who was arrested

  Last week, Rinu Srinivasan was arrested for liking a post by her friend on Facebook. Shaheen Dhada had questioned the shutdown of Mumbai when Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray died; Rinu liked that comment.

• Chief Justice of India's strong comments against Facebook arrests

  Shreya Singhal from Delhi has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that describes Section 66(A) of the IT Act as unconstitutional. "I feel it is a violation of free speech, it hasn't been updated, and people are using it wrongly," Ms Singhal told NDTV.

• Why a Delhi student has challenged the law used for Facebook arrests

  This morning, a young law student, Shreya Singhal, asked the Supreme Court to review the law under which two young women were arrested recently in Maharashtra for their Facebook posts.

• Supreme Court accepts student's petition challenging Section 66(A)

  The arrest of two young women from Maharashtra for their Facebook posts has led to a national debate over Section 66A of the IT Act.