Even as activist Sunitha Krishnan’s #ShameTheRapist campaign created an uproar, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to take the matter seriously. On Thursday, a video of a gang rape in Pakistan came to light. The Pakistan police tried to get the video removed from the WhatsApp network but to no avail. This peer to peer […]

“Ransomware” is a type of malware that gets installed on a computer system through downloads or malicious links and then it proceeds to encrypt all the files and sensitive data. Once the data is encrypted, the victims are asked to cough up a ransom to the malware operators to decrypt it. The ransom is mostly […]

An Internationally acclaimed Cyberlaw expert, Author and Jurist, Karnika Seth stands up for Net Neutrality. In an email interaction she claimed that Net Neutrality is the Oxygen of Internet. She is the Managing partner of well established law firm Seth Associates & Founding partner of Lex Cyberia that specialisses in Cyberlaws practice. The fundamental rubric […]

In the age of technology, social media is a powerful tool. Even to a nation where merely a fraction of citizens have access to the Internet, interactive social media platforms can be what localised gatherings can be to a national movement. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000 was widely viewed as an exaggerated, […]

Bringing bullies to book – With Section 66A of the Information Technology Act gone, is there now no safeguard against cyberbullying? Not so, says Sharmistha Ghosal In January 2011 Chennai-based singer Chinmayee Sripada’s tweets related to Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy earned her a sea of threats and abuses online. “My tweets […]

Modi govt ban on porn: Storm on Twitter; violates right to personal liberty Ban on porn anti-freedom, impractical: Chetan Bhagat The government’s decision to clamp down on porn sites across the country has not gone down well with Twitterati, with the ban becoming a top talking trend. People took to the micro-blogging site to sarcastically […]