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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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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".
