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Women crossing their limits, like Sita, will be punished: BJP minister #WTFnews #Vaw #Rape

Published: Friday, Jan 4, 2013, 10:40 IST Agency: ANI Kailash Vijayvargiya Madhya Pradesh industry minister Kailash Vijayvargiya statement that women, who breach their moral limits deserve punishment, has caused a major embarrassment for the main opposition party BJP. Vijayvargiya joins… Continue Reading →

Fettering the fourth estate: Free Speech in 2012 #Censorship #FOE #media

JANUARY 2, 2013, hoot.org   tags: censorship, free speech, Section 66A Information Technology Act, the hoot by Lawrence Liang   Fettering the Fourth Estate: Free Speech in 2012 A report of the Free Speech Hub of the Hoot.org The year 2012 ended with a Kannada TV reporter,… Continue Reading →

#India- Here is why section #66A does not ‘protect’ women #FOE #Censorship

by Danish Raza , FIRSTPOST Dec 12, 2012 One of the arguments Union Minister for Communication, Information and Technology, Kapil Sibal, often gives to justify Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act is that it is an essential tool in fighting… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court to examine Section 66A of IT Act #CENSORSHIP #FOE

New Delhi, November 29, 2012 IANS     Referring to the recent arrests over Facebook comments, Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said “we were considering taking suo motto cognizance of these incidents”. The Supreme Court will on Thursday examine the constitutional validity… Continue Reading →

People under surveillance, Privacy law for whom ?

November 5, 2012 by Ranjit Sur, sanhati.com India is probably heading for enactment of an Individual Privacy Law. On 16 October, the fourteen member committee headed by Justice(Rtd) A P Shah submitted its report to the Planning Commission, which had… Continue Reading →

#India-“Twitter Arrest”-why Indians should be afraid of IT Act’s sweeping Sec 66A

Why was an Indian man held for sending a tweet? By Prasanto K RoyTechnology writer, Ravi Srinivasan has refused to apologise for his tweet 6 November 2012, BBC news How can a virtually unknown Indian boost his Twitter following a… Continue Reading →

#India-I reject #censorship: Dr Shashi Tharoor @ Pitch #FOE #FOS

Shashi Tharoor, Union Minister & Member of Indian Parliament Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development & Member of Indian Parliament, delivered the Keynote Address, “Role of Digital & Social Media in Connecting with Young India” at… Continue Reading →

Won’t allow Wal-Mart in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would not allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retailin the state.”They (union government) allowed FDI in retail, capped subsidised cooking gas and now they will invest pension money in… Continue Reading →

India- Two days without a scam, Nation shocked #mustread #humor

image courtesy-joeksprank.com Despondent Correspondent | Oct 3, 2012,   NEW DELHI: In a shocking development, India has gone a full 48 hourswithout a new scam being reported. There was an uproar in Parliamentover the lethargy shown by the government in… Continue Reading →

Political Cartoonist doesn’t feel need to defend self #FOE #FOS #sedition

PTI PHOTO/SANTOSH HIRLEKAR Vijay V Singh, Rebecca Samervel & Swati Deshpande, TNN | Sep 10, 2012, 06.07AM IST Read More:West Bengal|UN Court|Supreme Court|Mamata Banerjee|India Against Corruption|Chief Minister|Cartoonist|Aseem Trivedi|Anna Hazare|Amit Katarnayea|Alok Dixit KANPUR-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi ( 25 ) reached Mumbai on Saturday morning and went… Continue Reading →

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