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Bengaluru police treating bomb threat email to multiple schools as an act of cyber terrorism, registers case under IT Act

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The Bengaluru police investigating the fake bomb threat received by several schools in Bengaluru on Friday has called it an act of 'cyber-terrorism'.
News Reports

MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar calls for a ‘New Digital Law’ to replace the outdated IT Act 2000

OpIndia Staff -
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrashekhar said that the need of the hour is to replace the outdated IT Act 2000 with a New digital law
News Reports

Unending fight of ‘Amra Akranto’: Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra continues a long battle for sharing Mamata Banerjee’s cartoon in 2012

OpIndia Staff -
While Ambikesh Mahapatra has been discharged under the IT act, the Bengal govt now wants to slap IPC sections 500 and 509
Social Media

Mumbai Police asks Twitter to act against user for sharing ad video parodying Rahul Gandhi, Congress workers had earlier vandalized company’s office

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On April 26, Abhijit Iyer-Mitra had posted the video of an advertisement by Storia Foods and Beverages that was a hilarious parody on Congress prince Rahul Gandhi.
News Reports

“Law of land is supreme, not your policies”: Parliamentary committee to Twitter after its officials said they follow the company’s policies

OpIndia Staff -
When the committee asked what Twitter follows, Indian law or own policies, company officials replied that they follow their policies
Fact-Check

The Wire publishes fake news regarding new guidelines for digital media sites, gets fact-checked

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire falsely claimed that the ministry will select members for the self-regulating body of the digital media portals under the guidelines
Opinions

Encryption vs Compliance: The new IT Act guidelines put messaging services like WhatsApp in a tight situation

OpIndia Staff -
To comply with the new IT Act guidelines, services like WhatsApp will have to break its famous end-to-end encryption
News Reports

Govt removes safety net that allowed platforms like Twitter to not take responsibility for their misuse, officials can be penalised

OpIndia Staff -
If social media platforms don’t comply with the provisions of new guidelines, this will attract penal provisions under the IT Act
News Reports

‘Twitter cannot assume the role of Court and justify non-compliance’: Exclusive details of Govt notice after platform unblocked genocide hashtag accounts

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Government has sent a notice to Twitter for violating Indian laws by unblocking accounts that trended genocide hashtag.
Crime

Man booked for posing as member of ‘right-wing’ group and collecting money in Ram Mandir’s name

OpIndia Staff -
A man has been booked in UP for posing as member of a right-wing outfit and collecting money as donations for Ram Mandir.
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