Instagram emerges as platform for anti-caste Indian artDalit and Bahujan artists are reshaping the landscape of digital expression, turning social media into dynamic exhibitions of resistance. T...
31 May, 2026, 08.45 AM IST
China’s hue & cry over apps ban contradict its own rule of internet censorshipChina has most extensive and sophisticated censorship regimes in the world. Described as the "Great Firewall," a number of methods are empl...
01 Jul, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
Global internet players urge govt to increase transparency on intermediary rulesThe letter, sent in the backdrop of proposed changes to intermediary liability rules which are likely to be notified by January 15, highlig...
07 Jan, 2020, 01.56 PM IST
Consumer privacy influencing product rollouts: FacebookFacing ire from the government, stakeholders, and civil society, Facebook had to rollback its ambitious Free Basics in India.
16 Oct, 2019, 05.51 PM IST
Internet freedom in India slightly improved in 2015Internet freedom in India has improved slightly under the Narendra Modi-led government even as censorship and surveillance of the Web incre...
28 Oct, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
US, UK and Indian bodies named among worst online spiesUS' National Security Agency, India's Centre for Development of Telematics, and the UK's GCHQ have been named among the worst online spies.
12 Mar, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
Anonymous joins protests against Internet shutdown in KashmirHacktivist group Anonymous joined thousands of others to protest the shutdown of internet services in Kashmir for the fourth consecutive da...
12 Feb, 2013, 08.54 PM IST
Online censorship: How government should approach regulation of speechIf the government’s answer to ‘bad’ online content is more censorship, more surveillance and more regulation, then they are doing it wrong.
02 Dec, 2012, 09.12 AM IST
India ranks 131st in press freedom index; Internet 'partly free'Freedom House puts India in the "party free" category in the 2012 Internet freedom rankings, below Argentina, South Africa, and Ukraine.
21 Nov, 2012, 02.27 AM IST
Internet censorship: India to push for internet regulation at United NationsThe move by India would mean that control of social media corporations such as Twitter, Google and Facebook would finally wrest in hands of...
26 Aug, 2012, 06.39 AM IST
- Government not for internet censorship: Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Assuring that government does not plan to censor internet and social media, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said adequate provisions are...
06 Jul, 2012, 05.49 PM IST
- Hackers target MTNL, call protests in 6 cities
The virtual gheraoing of official websites went up a notch on Wednesday, with online hackers Anonymous claiming to have taken down the Maha...
07 Jun, 2012, 07.52 AM IST
- US internet companies have to follow law of land: Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekar
The government made it clear that internet companies 'would have to abide by India's laws' if they want to operate in the country.
19 Jan, 2012, 06.54 PM IST
- Government meets social networking companiess, asserts no plan to censor
The discussion came a few days after IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal asked Internet firms to ensure that no defamatory and incendiary m...
15 Dec, 2011, 11.17 PM IST
- Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal under attack in cyberspace
Kapil Sibal on Wednesday came under a fresh wave of attack on government's move to monitor content on social networking sites.
07 Dec, 2011, 05.28 PM IST
- Google reviewing China business, ready to exit
Google prepared to leave China and said it would not compromise on the censorship of its web search engine. Top 5 Android phones | How to g...
12 Mar, 2010, 03.00 AM IST
- Circumvent censorship
With the wakeful afternoon came the realisation that the government had banned them. Banned everything!
19 Jul, 2006, 01.41 AM IST