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Unending fight of ‘Amra Akranto’: Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra continues a long battle for sharing Mamata Banerjee’s cartoon in 2012
While Ambikesh Mahapatra has been discharged under the IT act, the Bengal govt now wants to slap IPC sections 500 and 509
Mumbai Police asks Twitter to act against user for sharing ad video parodying Rahul Gandhi, Congress workers had earlier vandalized company’s office
On April 26, Abhijit Iyer-Mitra had posted the video of an advertisement by Storia Foods and Beverages that was a hilarious parody on Congress prince Rahul Gandhi.
“Law of land is supreme, not your policies”: Parliamentary committee to Twitter after its officials said they follow the company’s policies
When the committee asked what Twitter follows, Indian law or own policies, company officials replied that they follow their policies
The Wire publishes fake news regarding new guidelines for digital media sites, gets fact-checked
The Wire falsely claimed that the ministry will select members for the self-regulating body of the digital media portals under the guidelines
Encryption vs Compliance: The new IT Act guidelines put messaging services like WhatsApp in a tight situation
To comply with the new IT Act guidelines, services like WhatsApp will have to break its famous end-to-end encryption
Govt removes safety net that allowed platforms like Twitter to not take responsibility for their misuse, officials can be penalised
If social media platforms don’t comply with the provisions of new guidelines, this will attract penal provisions under the IT Act
‘Twitter cannot assume the role of Court and justify non-compliance’: Exclusive details of Govt notice after platform unblocked genocide hashtag accounts
The Indian Government has sent a notice to Twitter for violating Indian laws by unblocking accounts that trended genocide hashtag.
Man booked for posing as member of ‘right-wing’ group and collecting money in Ram Mandir’s name
A man has been booked in UP for posing as member of a right-wing outfit and collecting money as donations for Ram Mandir.
I am shocked that P Chidambaram is shocked about draconian anti-FOE law by Kerala govt
Throwback to the time Congress-led UPA brought in the draconian section 66A of the IT Act that could put one in jail for 3 years over 'offensive' social media posts
FIR registered against Ekta Kapoor and others on charges of hurting religious sentiments and insulting army personnel in erotic web series XXX
The complainant Neeraj Yagnik said that he registered a complaint after he noted that there has been objectionable use of national emblem and army uniform in the web series.