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Government asks Twitter to block 1200 accounts flagged as Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan

Ministry of electronics and information technology has issued a fresh list of around 1200 accounts to Twitter, asking to suspend them or block them. These accounts were flagged by security…

Kunal Kamra reacts to the notice of contempt of the Supreme Court, refusing to apologise

29 Jan 202129 Jan 2021

Before the hearing on a contempt case against him, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court arguing that if influential individuals and organisations continue to display…

Notice to social media houses by Delhi High Court for disclosing the victim’s identity in Hathras Case

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to many social media houses for the alleged disclosure of victim’s identity in Hathras gang rape case. The bench consisted of Justice D.N.…

SC issues notices to Centre and state on a petition filed by Twitter

A petition was filed by Twitter Communications to quash multiple FIRs registered against it for promoting a tweet on 'Khalistan'. The Supreme Court in this context, has sought responses from…

Rajinikanth to launch political party in January, five months ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth finally ended the 24-year-longsuspense surrounding the launch of his political party on Thursday and said he will be taking the political plunge in January. He tweeted the…

Attorney General Venugopal grants consent for contempt proceedings against comic artist

In response to a letter written by law student Aditya Kashyap, Attorney General KK Venugopal has granted his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against comic artist Rachita Taneja, for a cartoon uploaded on…

Twitter suspends Thai royalist account linked to influence campaign

30 Nov 202030 Nov 2020

Twitter has suspended a Thai pro-royalist account linked to the palace that a Reuters analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favour…

Fake Twitter Handle of Actress Ravina Tandon used to defame Mumbai Police

A First Information Report FIR has been filed by bollywood actress Raveena Tandon against an unknown person for creating a fake Twitter profile in her name. The twitter handle was…

Prashant Bhushan makes an application to defer sentence hearing

The Supreme Court on August 14 had pronounced Advocate Prashant Bhushan to be guilty of contempt of the court for criticizing the judiciary on twitter.The penalty for the same was…

Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt: SC

In a hearing today (14th August), the Supreme Court has found two of Prashant Bhushan's tweets against the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court amounting to "serious contempt of the…