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MEA's passport remark needs a crucial clarificationMEA's assertion that a passport isn't conclusive proof of citizenship has sparked debate. While legally correct, as citizenship is defined ...- A 93% police face match in Florida sent a Fort Myers crabber to jail after a child-luring case, but the arrest is fueling a bigger fight over one of the oldest facial-recognition systems in the USRobert Dillon was wrongfully arrested after facial recognition software flagged him for a crime committed hundreds of miles away. This inci...
- This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...
- On London's streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and libertyThe operation was an example of a technology the Metropolitan Police say is transforming policing, helping officers arrest around 2,500 wan...
- Charlie Kirk post controversy: Tennessee man bags $835,000 settlement after he was sent jail Facebook postMany people across the U.S. lost their jobs over social media comments about Kirk’s death, Larry Bushart’s case stood out as a rare instanc...
- Riots 2020: HC dismisses Delhi Police appeal against bail to Ishrat JahanThe Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court's decision to grant bail to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan in connection with the 20...
- Mallikarjun Kharge faces police, EC complaints from BJP over Assam speechThe Bharatiya Janata Party has lodged complaints with Assam Police and the Election Commission against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharg...
- SC quashes FIR against Congress MP Imran PratapgarhiThe Supreme Court of India annulled an FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi for a social media post. Highlighting the importance of fr...
- 'Freedom of speech has to be understood by police': SC reserves verdict on Congress MP pleaThe Supreme Court emphasized the importance of preserving freedom of speech while reserving judgment on Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi's ple...
- Pope Francis condemns burning of Koran, says UAE newspaperPope Francis said the burning of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, has made him angry and disgusted and that he condemned and rejected permi...
- Matangini Hazra wasn’t from Assam: Bengal parties to PM ModiStating that the wrong reference by the PM was “unfortunate”, Trinamool Congress and the Congress demanded the PM’s immediate apology to th...
- Former Union minister Arun Shourie moves Supreme Court against sedition lawSignificantly, the petition was filed on the day when a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana expressed concern over “enormous misuse” o...
- View: Bharat Sarkar or Twitter Sarkar?‘I don’t know.’ These three words are often anathema to the specialist as well as to the generalist when confronted with decision-making wi...
- Police using lapsed law to curb e-speech: Internet Freedom FoundationSection 66A, struck down by SC in 2015, still finds a ghostly afterlife in police stations and courts, says Internet Freedom Foundation.
- Hate speech is not freedom of expression: Finance Minister Arun JaitleyArun Jaitley said that cooperation with a mainstream political party of Kashmir was necessary to fight separatists in the border state.
- Sedition: Time for new laws to shield free speechThe circus is on —again. What at best would have been a blimp in the long & illustrious existence of JNU or a news blurb has reached gargan...
- Hate speech laws not being effectively executed: Supreme Court JudgeThe root of the problem in tackling the menace of hate speech is not absence of laws but lack of their effective execution, SC Judge Justic...
- HC notice to GNCT, Delhi Police on AAP's plea against removal of postersThe city government and police were today directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to Aam Aadmi Party's plea against removal of posters.
- Internet should be regulation, policing free: Manish TewariThe Internet should be free of policing and regulation but there should be an agreed global rules of engagements in this new media space, I...
- Separatists disrupt Omar Abdullah’s meetingClashes resumed in the state on Sunday as mobs resorted to brick-bating when top leaders came to pay respects at the martyrs’ cemetery in t...
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