Govt has no plans censor Internet: Telecom Secy

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 22:11

Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said a combination of self regulation and government intervention needs to be worked out.

Russian Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 13:44

Russia’s version of Wikipedia went dark for 24 hours in protest at a new law that would give the government powers to blacklist certain sites.

There is no policy-paralysis in the govt: Sibal

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 10:31

Kapil Sibal in a free-wheeling interview with Zeenews.com’s Swati Chaturvedi.

Govt not for internet censorship: Khurshid

Last Updated: Friday, July 6, 2012, 18:22

Assuring that government does not plan to censor internet and social media, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said adequate provisions are already in place.

US urges China ‘not to censor Internet`

Last Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012, 16:00

American officials have reportedly asked China not to censor its Internet after the government blocked access to Bloomberg`s website.

‘Anonymous’ protest against web censorship in India

Last Updated: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 19:40

Internet activists held protests in several cities against what they claimed as 'growing censorship of internet by the government' in the country.

HC quashes criminal proceedings against Microsoft India

Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 13:44

The Delhi High Court Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Microsoft India, one of the 21 websites summoned by a trial court for allegedly hosting objectionable contents.

Hearing in case against websites deferred till May 23

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 22:26

The hearing of a complaint against various social networking websites for their prosecution for allegedly promoting class enmity and undermining national integrity was deferred today by a Delhi court till May 23.

Blanket ban, contents' monitoring against Constitution: Google

Last Updated: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:52

US-based search engine Google Inc, facing a civil lawsuit along with 21 other websites for allegedly hosting objectionable contents on its web posts, has told a Delhi court that the blanket ban and monitoring of material would be against the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Indian Constitution.

Facebook says suit filed with "ulterior motives" against it

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 19:53

Popular social networking site Facebook has told a Delhi court that the case against it for hosting allegedly objectionable content has been filed "deliberately with ulterior motives" and it is not responsible for the content on its website.

Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty

Last Updated: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:34

People protested in cities including Warsaw, Prague, Slovakia, Bucharest, Vilnius, Paris, Brussels and Dublin.

Websites privy to hosted contents, can't shun liability

Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 22:55

All 21 websites, including Google and Facebook, summoned earlier by a magisterial court, are liable to face prosecution for being privy to the hosting of inflammatory contents on their webpages, the Delhi High Court was told Thursday.