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Need To Balance Fighting Fake News, Shielding Freedom Of Speech: Top Court
The Supreme Court today said there is a need to strike a balance between protecting the country from fake online content and safeguarding the fundamental right to free speech
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Russia Restricts WhatsApp, Telegram Calls, Says Need To Fight Criminality
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported.
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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France to Force Web Giants to Delete Some Content Within the Hour
Twitter France public affairs chief Audrey Herblin-Stoop said the company would continue to work closely with the government to build a safer Internet and fight against illegal hate speech, while protecting an open internet, freedom of expression and fair competition.
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Turkey Top Court Rules Wikipedia Ban Breaches Free Speech
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that a more than two-year block on access to online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the country is a violation of freedom of expression.
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Proposed IT Rules Could Break End-to-End Encryption to Trace 'Unlawful Content'
Government is seeking responses from social media firms on draft rules that will make mandatory for them to identify and remove “unlawful” content.
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Centre Wants Feedback On Breaking Encryption To Trace "Unlawful" Content
The government has invited comments from social media platforms on redoing the IT rules to enable breaking end-to-end encryption and tracking of messages or "unlawful" online content.
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Delete Accounts That Give Rape Threats: Singer In Petition To Twitter
Playback singer Chinmayi Sripaada has started an online petition after she was trolled, threatened with rape on Twitter. Why? Simply for expressing her views
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Delhi Media Is Hurting Brand India With Distortions
There has been a worrisome tendency over the last two years of Delhi-based media using highly local events, mostly in Delhi, to broad-brush the entire country as religiously intolerant; increasingly intolerant; as Freedom of Expression (FOE) and our rights being under attack; becoming increasingly communal; becoming fascist, etc. The good citizens ...
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St Stephen's Student Takes Principal to Court Over E-Zine Row
A student of Delhi's prestigious St Stephen's college has gone to court after being suspended for launching an online magazine, a controversial move that has raised a freedom of speech debate.
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Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Meet Shreya Singhal, Petitioner Who Fought for Net Freedom
The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.
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Section 66(A) Gone. Supreme Court Sides With Free Speech Online.
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...
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"Unconstitutional": Supreme Court Scraps Section 66A, Protects Online Freedom of Speech
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the law as "vague in its entirety," the judges said, it encroach...
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Freedom of Speech Online: Supreme Court Verdict on Section 66A Today
The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the validity of Section 66 A of Information and Technology Act 2000. The Section gives the police powers to arrest those who post objectionable content online and provides for a three-year jail term.
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Need To Balance Fighting Fake News, Shielding Freedom Of Speech: Top Court
The Supreme Court today said there is a need to strike a balance between protecting the country from fake online content and safeguarding the fundamental right to free speech
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Russia Restricts WhatsApp, Telegram Calls, Says Need To Fight Criminality
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported.
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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France to Force Web Giants to Delete Some Content Within the Hour
Twitter France public affairs chief Audrey Herblin-Stoop said the company would continue to work closely with the government to build a safer Internet and fight against illegal hate speech, while protecting an open internet, freedom of expression and fair competition.
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Turkey Top Court Rules Wikipedia Ban Breaches Free Speech
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that a more than two-year block on access to online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the country is a violation of freedom of expression.
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Proposed IT Rules Could Break End-to-End Encryption to Trace 'Unlawful Content'
Government is seeking responses from social media firms on draft rules that will make mandatory for them to identify and remove “unlawful” content.
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Centre Wants Feedback On Breaking Encryption To Trace "Unlawful" Content
The government has invited comments from social media platforms on redoing the IT rules to enable breaking end-to-end encryption and tracking of messages or "unlawful" online content.
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Delete Accounts That Give Rape Threats: Singer In Petition To Twitter
Playback singer Chinmayi Sripaada has started an online petition after she was trolled, threatened with rape on Twitter. Why? Simply for expressing her views
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Delhi Media Is Hurting Brand India With Distortions
There has been a worrisome tendency over the last two years of Delhi-based media using highly local events, mostly in Delhi, to broad-brush the entire country as religiously intolerant; increasingly intolerant; as Freedom of Expression (FOE) and our rights being under attack; becoming increasingly communal; becoming fascist, etc. The good citizens ...
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St Stephen's Student Takes Principal to Court Over E-Zine Row
A student of Delhi's prestigious St Stephen's college has gone to court after being suspended for launching an online magazine, a controversial move that has raised a freedom of speech debate.
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Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Meet Shreya Singhal, Petitioner Who Fought for Net Freedom
The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.
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Section 66(A) Gone. Supreme Court Sides With Free Speech Online.
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...
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"Unconstitutional": Supreme Court Scraps Section 66A, Protects Online Freedom of Speech
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the law as "vague in its entirety," the judges said, it encroach...
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Freedom of Speech Online: Supreme Court Verdict on Section 66A Today
The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the validity of Section 66 A of Information and Technology Act 2000. The Section gives the police powers to arrest those who post objectionable content online and provides for a three-year jail term.
