Cinematograph Act: Can we push our boundaries?
Cinematograph Act: Can we push our boundaries?
Last Updated: Wed, Jul 7th, 2021, 07:21:46hrs
There is no shortage of laws in India to put away intellectuals, thinkers, and artists of any stripe. If they cannot be booked under the wide-ranging Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, National Security Act or Public Safety Act, they can be accused of sedition or of promoting communal or caste hatred.
In the case of filmmakers, they have largely been in less danger than poets and professors, partially because most of India enjoys watching vacuous comedy and bizarre action, giving the makers of franchises such as
NEW DELHI â When Big Tech denounced former U.S. President Donald Trump from various platforms and refused to restore access for him despite several warnings, one thing was clear: One cannot win against the world s largest internet companies with firing tweets, issuing notices or threats. A strong data protection law and a dedicated cyber regulator can only control them.
The criticism against Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and the rest for not fully complying with the new IT (Intermediary Guidelines) rules 2021 is simmering and several agencies, top courts, Delhi Police, the National Commission for Women and other stakeholders are busy trying to fix them.
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Evidence used to charge an Indian man with plotting to assassinate India’s Prime Minister and inciting violence at a 2018 protest was planted on his laptop, according to US digital forensics consultancy Arsenal Consulting.
The man in question, Surendra Gadling, is an activist and human rights lawyer and a frequent critic of India’s government. He was arrested in June 2018 after the commemoration of the Battle of Koregaon. The battle, which took place in 1818, saw British East India Company troops emerge victorious and contributed greatly towards British rule of India. The battle involved combatants from many different nations, castes, and religions, some of whom fought alongside the British. It remains controversial to the present day, with a traitorous tinge sometimes applied to those who fought with the British. The 2018 events marking the bicentenary saw violence erupt and at least one person killed.
Several media outlets have challenged the constitutional validity of the new rules
07 Jul, 2021 - 09:21 AM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday approached Supreme Court seeking transfer of all pending pleas challenging its new IT rules to the apex court.
Numerous petitions challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, are currently pending in various high courts across the country. The new rules notified on 25 February, came into effect on 26 May recommend a three-tier mechanism for the regulation of all online media.
While the government has maintained that the new rules were introduced to make social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram more accountable and responsible for the content hosted on their platform, many have challenged the new rules over issues of privacy. Several petitions are pending in several courts, including the Delhi h
Delhi High Court refuses to grant interim protection to digital news platforms challenging newly enforced IT Rules aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.