News Update Investigation transfer plea filed because police officer is facebook friends with victim dismissed 1 Dec 2020 The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to transfer an investigation of a case registered at the Chandigarh Police Station to another jurisdiction. The petitioner contended that a false first…
News Update WhatsApp Pay now available for users in India 6 Nov 2020 WhatsApp announced that the feature will be available in India starting today. WhatsApp in its blog has mentioned that it wants to make money transferring as easy as sending messages…
News Update Facebook allegedly went soft on Trump allies who violated rules 2 Nov 2020 Facebook regularly deals with accusations of anti-conservative bias, but a new report suggests it may have been particularly forgiving. Facebook has limited punishment for Donald Trump allies who repeatedly violate…
News Update SC condemns the police for harassing people for social media posts 29 Oct 2020 SC is after the police summoned a woman over her Facebook post. SC has held the nation to remain as a country with free speech. The woman in this case…
News Update Amazon refuses to appear before Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill 28 Oct 2020 E-commerce giant Amazon has refused to appear before the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Data Protection Bill on October 28 and this amounts to breach of privilege, panel chairperson…
News Update Allahabad HC refused to quash the FIR against a lady for sharing an anti-national post on social media. 5 Sep 20205 Sep 2020 An FIR was registered against Dr Khan, a Unani medical officer, under various sections of Information Technology (Amendment) Act.The allegation against the doctor was that she shared certain Facebook posts…
News Update Public servant comparing Covid19 to the Quran granted anticipatory bail 18 Aug 2020 Justice K. Natarajan of the Karnataka High Court allowed anticipatory bail to be granted to public servant whose facebook post compared the Corona Virus to the Holy Quran. The petitioner…
News Update Indian Army personnel to delete social media accounts dismisses challenge to order directing: Delhi High Court 5 Aug 2020 A petition challenging the order directing Indian Army personnel to delete accounts from social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram (Lt Col PK Choudhary v. Union of India). was dismissed…
News Update FACEBOOK AND CBSE HAVE COLLABORATED TO LAUNCH ONLINE COURSES FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS ON DIGITAL SAFETY 7 Jul 2020 HRD ministry announced that Facebook and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have collaborated to launch curriculum in digital safety, online wellbeing and Augmented reality for students and educators. The main…
