TRAIL OF THE TROLLS Bullying and abuse on the Internet is on the rise. Smitha Verma finds out why most offenders are going scot-free VICTORY LAP: Celebrations in Lucknow after the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha When Shahana Nair Joshi, a young professional from Delhi, wrote a blog post titled ‘An […]

Online censorship is sycophantic, stupid, & unconstitutional ABHIMANU K. SINGH & SHUBHANKAR ADHIKARI  11th Dec Cartoons like these have been circulating on all social networking sites for many months apil Sibal’s suggestion to social media websites to filter “objectionable content” has drawn many charges, one of them is sycophancy. “It is part of the Congress’ megalomania […]

Capital cry against Web gag Union telecom minister Kapil Sibal’s proposal to monitorwebsites to weed out “objectionable” content has notgone down well with the residents of the state capital.The Telegraph spoke to a large number of people from different walks of life but could not find anyone who agreed with Sibal’s opinion. Everyone slammed the […]

In New Dehli, Arindam Chaudhuri filed a major lawsuit against Google and several other sites for publishing and distributing “defamatory, libelous, and slanderous articles.” His action created a maelstrom of debate on whether or not aggregation websites, including search engines, can be held responsible for showing libelous information created by other groups. Karnika Seth, an expert in cyber law who […]