Kapil Sibal On Facebook

In the Delhi High Court today, an exchange between top lawyers revealed confusion that was almost comical during a hearing on WhatsApp's controversial new privacy policy.

The Central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a Committee of Experts headed by former apex court judge B.N. Srikrishna.

A man in Agra has been arrested for "communal and inflammatory" posts on social networking site Facebook targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, union Communications Minister Kapil Sibal and Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, police said on Tuesday.

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.

Top officials from the Indian units of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook are meeting with Kapil Sibal, India's acting telecommunications minister, on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue, say two executives of Internet companies.

Kapil Sibal on Facebook controversy: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today rejected accusations of trying to censor online content and said that companies like Facebook and Google were not cooperating with earlier requests. Reacting to the outrage over the government's move, he said, "We will not allow the Indian sentiments and religious sentime...

Amid the ongoing storm about the government's request to internet firms to screen user content, Facebook has released a statement

Concerned over objectionable content on social networking sites, the government today made it clear it cannot allow this to go on and has asked internet firms like Google and Facebook to fall in line.

Amid a furious debate on Twitter and several international reports, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today acknowledged that he has asked Internet firms like Google and Facebook to ensure user content is screened before offensive material is posted online.

Amid a furious debate on Twitter and several international reports, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today acknowledged that he has asked internet firms like Google and Facebook to ensure user content is screened before offensive material is posted online. The companies have said this is not possible.

As Kapil Sibal's bid to have Google and Facebook screen user content is met with widespread outrage, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton speaks on the freedom of the Internet, live from Hague, Netherlands.

Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content.

Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content.

As Kapil Sibal's bid to have Google and Facebook screen user content is met with widespread outrage, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton speaks on the freedom of the Internet, live from Hague, Netherlands.

Kapil Sibal's demand that Internet companies self-censor users' content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. The most stringent government push came in April, when the "Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011" were introduced.

In the Delhi High Court today, an exchange between top lawyers revealed confusion that was almost comical during a hearing on WhatsApp's controversial new privacy policy.

The Central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a Committee of Experts headed by former apex court judge B.N. Srikrishna.

A man in Agra has been arrested for "communal and inflammatory" posts on social networking site Facebook targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, union Communications Minister Kapil Sibal and Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, police said on Tuesday.

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.

Top officials from the Indian units of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook are meeting with Kapil Sibal, India's acting telecommunications minister, on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue, say two executives of Internet companies.

Kapil Sibal on Facebook controversy: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today rejected accusations of trying to censor online content and said that companies like Facebook and Google were not cooperating with earlier requests. Reacting to the outrage over the government's move, he said, "We will not allow the Indian sentiments and religious sentime...

Amid the ongoing storm about the government's request to internet firms to screen user content, Facebook has released a statement

Concerned over objectionable content on social networking sites, the government today made it clear it cannot allow this to go on and has asked internet firms like Google and Facebook to fall in line.

Amid a furious debate on Twitter and several international reports, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today acknowledged that he has asked Internet firms like Google and Facebook to ensure user content is screened before offensive material is posted online.

Amid a furious debate on Twitter and several international reports, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today acknowledged that he has asked internet firms like Google and Facebook to ensure user content is screened before offensive material is posted online. The companies have said this is not possible.

As Kapil Sibal's bid to have Google and Facebook screen user content is met with widespread outrage, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton speaks on the freedom of the Internet, live from Hague, Netherlands.

Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content.

Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content.

As Kapil Sibal's bid to have Google and Facebook screen user content is met with widespread outrage, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton speaks on the freedom of the Internet, live from Hague, Netherlands.

Kapil Sibal's demand that Internet companies self-censor users' content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. The most stringent government push came in April, when the "Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011" were introduced.