Monthly Archives: February 2021
Australian Content Law is disturbing
The war that has erupted between FaceBook and the Australian Government has opened up a can of worms as regards the future of Internet. The proposed law envisages that news producers get rewarded for the news to be picked up … Continue reading
Letter to MeitY seems to have prompted an immediate response
I recall the 2017 article on this website “Beware of the Cyber Stone pelters” and ” GDPR should not be a license for “Masked Cyber Stone Pelters” to disturb global peace” on the need to regulate irresponsible content which may be … Continue reading
Is GoDaddy abetting crimes by hiding the identity of domain owners?
It is a common practice for domain registrars to provide a facility called “Privacy Protect” where by the WhoIs information of a domain is hidden from the public view. Neither ICANN or some GDPR supervisory authorities have understood the proper … Continue reading
Twitter vs Govt of India: Curbing social media
(First Published on India Legal-Print magazine) There is a virtual war being unleashed over Twitter. On February 4, the government sent it a list of 1,178 accounts that it wants removed or blocked. The centre alleged that these accounts were … Continue reading
YouTube Channels .. the good and the bad
In recent days we have been discussing the Social Media Platforms like Twitter and how the platform is supporting ideologically biased views. These platforms are normally referred to as “Social Media”. By the use of the term “Media” these platforms get … Continue reading
Twitter CEO connection with anti India forces gets further exposed
Twitter has been in the forefront of the Information war against India in the recent days. It is now clear that this is not just a “freedom of speech issue” for Twitter. It wants to take its fight further to … Continue reading