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Snowden Files: Guardian Staff May Face Charges for Assisting Terrorists

By Reuters 04 December 13   Guardian newspaper editor summoned to parliament Accused by some of helping terrorists by publishing leaks Snowden files exposed extent of government surveillance Senior police officer says considering investigation (Recasts with possibility of criminal investigation)… Continue Reading →

White Feminist Fatigue Syndrome- Reply to Nancy Fraser #mustread

by Brenna Bhandar & Denise Ferreira da Silva A reply to Nancy Fraser In her recent piece in Com­ment is Free, “How fem­in­ism became capitalism’s hand­maiden — and how to reclaim it” Nancy Fraser draws on her own work in polit­ical the­ory to argue… Continue Reading →

India should not delay enacting a Privacy Act #mustshare

It is time the government stopped twiddling its thumbs and took action Livemint First Published: Mon, Jun 10 2013. Illustration: Shyamal Banerjee/Mint By modern standards of civility governments snooping on citizens is considered abhorrent behaviour. The admission by the US government… Continue Reading →

On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation

No healthy democracy can endure when the most consequential acts of those in power remain secret and unaccountable   Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 June 2013 James Clapper, the US director of national intelligence, who called the Guardian’s revelations ‘reprehensible’. Photograph:… Continue Reading →

Does Facebook have a problem with women? #Vaw #WTFnews

Facebook insists there’s no place on its site for hate speech or content that is threatening or incites violence. So why do images that seem to glorify rape and domestic violence keep appearing? Laura Bates The Guardian, Tuesday 19 February 2013… Continue Reading →

The drugs don’t work: a modern medical scandal

The doctors prescribing the drugs don’t know they don’t do what they’re meant to. Nor do their patients. The manufacturers know full well, but they’re not telling. Drugs are tested by their manufacturers, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small… Continue Reading →

Raise your voice against Internet Censorship #FOE #FOS

Information Technology Act , 2011 has put your freedom of speech in danger. Intermediary sites like Facebook and Blogger are now compelled to delete your account on any single complaint Indian Government wants to control your most powerful weapon, the… Continue Reading →

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