MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC
5 years, 3 months ago

MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC

Live Law  

MP Mahua Moitra, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, has sought impleadment as a Respondent in the Whatsapp Traceability case being heard by the Madras High Court. During the course of hearing, the Madras High Court said that it was not considering the prayer of aadhaar-social media linkage and was instead considering the issue of tracing the identity of cyber criminal by ensuring better cooperation between law enforcement agencies and internet intermediaries. In her affidavit, Moitra advocated the preservation of fundamental right to privacy as enunciated by the Supreme Court in Justice K. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, 1 SCC 1, and expressed deep concerns over proposals to undermine end-to-end encryption of online communications and to increase traceability of users on online platforms like Whatsapp, Twiteer, etc., which were forwarded by Dr Kamakoti, Professor of IIT Madras, during the course of hearing in the matter. Earlier, IFF had also cautioned the court that tracing the originators of Whatsapp messages would adversely impact fundamental right to privacy and urged the Court to refrain from venturing into highly complex and technical decisions regarding change of the design of an encrypted platform like Whatsapp.

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Misuse of social media by terrorists should be borne in mind during sentencing: Delhi High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Misuse of social media by terrorists should be borne in mind during sentencing: Delhi High Court

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail sentences of two women convicted for supporting the banned terrorist organization, Islamic State Khorasan Province, a regional affiliate of ISIS. The court observed that while encrypted social media platforms permit privacy and the freedom of speech and expression, their misuse by terrorists and banned organisations has to be borne in mind by …

Disclosure Of Rape Victim Identity Via WhatsApp Group Also Barred: Jharkhand High Court Upholds Charges Against Jamtara MLA
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Disclosure Of Rape Victim Identity Via WhatsApp Group Also Barred: Jharkhand High Court Upholds Charges Against Jamtara MLA

Live Law  

" As far as Section 23 of POCSO Act, 2012 and Section 74 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 are concerned, the ingredients of both the sections with the above stated facts and discussion, clearly shows that prima facie Whats App news group in the name of “Nala News” in which message regarding identity of victim and her photograph were sent, …

Have Social Media Intermediaries Taken Down Ads Of Medicines For Which Licenses Were Suspended? Supreme Court Asks Patanjali
6 months ago

Have Social Media Intermediaries Taken Down Ads Of Medicines For Which Licenses Were Suspended? Supreme Court Asks Patanjali

Live Law  

During the hearing of the misleading ads case pending against it, the Supreme Court today asked Patanjali whether pursuant to its notice, intermediaries and social-media platforms have taken down ads relating to the 14 Ayurvedic medicines for which licenses were suspended by Uttarakhand State Licensing Authorities.The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta was dealing with an. During the …

Delhi police seek info from X for case against Mahua Moitra
6 months ago

Delhi police seek info from X for case against Mahua Moitra

The Hindu  

A day after the Delhi police lodged a First Information Report against Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra for her alleged “derogatory” remarks about National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma, the police on July 8 sought information from social media platform ‘X’ about the deleted post. Ms. Moitra was booked under Section 79 of the BNS pertaining to outraging a …

Mahua Moitra's ex-partner files defamation case against her, hearing today
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mahua Moitra's ex-partner files defamation case against her, hearing today

India Today  

Jai Anant Dehadrai, a Supreme Court lawyer and former partner of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, has filed a defamation case against the expelled MP at the Delhi High Court. In his suit filed in the High Court, Dehadrai has sought damages worth Rs 2 crore from Moitra for the abusive and defamatory statements that she made against Dehadrai on …

Court dismisses Mahua Moitra's plea over 'defamatory content' by BJP MP, advocate
10 months, 1 week ago

Court dismisses Mahua Moitra's plea over 'defamatory content' by BJP MP, advocate

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed an interim plea by Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra seeking to restrain BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai from posting any "fake and defamatory" content against her. Mahua Moitra was expelled as a Lok Sabha MP in December last year after Nishikant Dubey alleged that she asked questions in Parliament …

Delhi High Court rejects WhatsApp, Facebook appeals against CCI probe
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court rejects WhatsApp, Facebook appeals against CCI probe

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday, August 25, 2022, rejected appeals by WhatsApp and Facebook against the decision of the Competition Commission of India calling for an investigation into the instant messaging app’s 2021 updated privacy policy. Both WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook, now called Meta, had challenged a single-judge bench order dismissing their pleas against the probe ordered …

'How Agreement To Do Illegal Act Can Be Inferred Merely From WhatsApp Group Chat?': Court Drops Conspiracy Charge Against 12 In Delhi Riots
2 years, 9 months ago

'How Agreement To Do Illegal Act Can Be Inferred Merely From WhatsApp Group Chat?': Court Drops Conspiracy Charge Against 12 In Delhi Riots

Live Law  

Observing that it was unfathomable how an agreement to do illegal act can be inferred merely from messages posted in a WhatsApp group chat, a Delhi Court has discharged 12 men of the charge of criminal conspiracy. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat noted that while the only evidence regarding hatching of the conspiracy by accused persons was chats on the …

Social Media Postings Against Judges: Andhra Pradesh High Court Seeks Fresh Status Report Of Investigation From CBI
3 years ago

Social Media Postings Against Judges: Andhra Pradesh High Court Seeks Fresh Status Report Of Investigation From CBI

Live Law  

Dealing with the suo moto case regarding social media posts against Judges, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday sought a fresh status report of the investigation from the Central Central Bureau of Investigation on the lines of their own proposal submitted before the Court as to how the agency intends to probe the case.The Bench of Chief Justice Prashant …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Advocate's Plea Alleging His Mobile Phone, Internet Devices Put On Surveillance By In-Laws
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Advocate's Plea Alleging His Mobile Phone, Internet Devices Put On Surveillance By In-Laws

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by an Advocate alleging that his mobile phone and internet devices were put under surveillance at the instance of his in-laws which were being intercepted without valid permission of the Government.Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of the Centre, Commissioner of Police and MTNL returnable of December 16, 2021.The plea …

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Facebook in a plea of breach of privacy and impersonation, which takes on the social media platforms. While admitting the petition, Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notices to Facebook Inc and its Indian subsidiary within a week on rules/procedure/mechanism for redressal of the complaints, including cyber-crimes on their platform and. While admitting …

Union govt responds to WhatsApp moving court against new IT rules
3 years, 7 months ago

Union govt responds to WhatsApp moving court against new IT rules

Op India  

The government respects the right of privacy and has no intention to violate it when WhatsApp is required to disclose the origin of a particular message, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a statement on Wednesday after the popular messaging service moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre’s new digital rules. Whatsapp moves Delhi HC against New …

WhatsApp challenges India's new IT rules in Delhi HC
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp challenges India's new IT rules in Delhi HC

Op India  

Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has filed a case in the Delhi High Court against the Indian government, seeking to block the new IT rules that come into effect from Wednesday, 26 May. According to the reports, WhatsApp has filed a petition against the Government of India on May 25 in the Delhi High Court protesting against the new IT rules …

WhatsApp Sues Indian Govt Over IT Rules 2021, Says 'Chat Traceability Will End User Privacy'
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp Sues Indian Govt Over IT Rules 2021, Says 'Chat Traceability Will End User Privacy'

ABP News  

New Delhi: Amid heated controversy over the WhatsApp Privacy police and IT Intermediary Rules 2021, the Facebook-owned messaging app has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government in the Delhi High Court. WhatsApp has challenged the Information Technology Rules, 2021 saying that user privacy is in its DNA and requiring messaging apps to "trace" chats undermines people's right to privacy. …

Whatsapp Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Traceability Clause Under New IT Rules As Violative Of Right To Privacy
3 years, 7 months ago

Whatsapp Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Traceability Clause Under New IT Rules As Violative Of Right To Privacy

Live Law  

Challenging new IT rules, Facebook owned platform Whatsapp has moved Delhi High Court challenging the "traceability" clause alleging that the aforesaid clause is violative of a person's right to privacy as enshrined in the Supreme Court judgment of KS Puttuswamy v. Union of India, reported Indian Express.In view of this, the plea prays for declaring the said requirement as unconstitutional. …

WhatsApp moves Delhi High Court against India’s new IT Rules
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp moves Delhi High Court against India’s new IT Rules

The Hindu  

WhatsApp has moved the Delhi High Court against India’s new and stricter IT Rules that require instant messaging platforms to aid in identifying the ‘originator’ of messages. “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally undermines people’s right …

WhatsApp Approaches Delhi High Court; Says New Media Rules Can Violate User Privacy
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp Approaches Delhi High Court; Says New Media Rules Can Violate User Privacy

News 18  

WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy protections, sources said. The lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is …

"Don't Pass The Buck, Look Into Allegations": Madras High Court To Election Commission On Plea Alleges BJP Targeting Voters Via Aadhaar Data
3 years, 9 months ago

"Don't Pass The Buck, Look Into Allegations": Madras High Court To Election Commission On Plea Alleges BJP Targeting Voters Via Aadhaar Data

Live Law  

In response to a Public Interest Litigation petition filed alleging that the Puducherry unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has misused Aadhaar details of voters for election campaigning purposes, the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to look into the allegations immediately and with the degree of seriousness that it deserves. Significantly, the plea states that the petitioner …

"Open To Petitioner To Live In The Stone Age, Courts Can't Impose Sanctions On How Media/Social Media Operates": Madras HC
3 years, 10 months ago

"Open To Petitioner To Live In The Stone Age, Courts Can't Impose Sanctions On How Media/Social Media Operates": Madras HC

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking directions to the respondents to take necessary steps to control, monitor, guide, and to form a panel of censor members of the social platforms. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice R. Hemalatha was hearing the plea wherein one S. Umamaheswaran who prayed before the Court to exercise its …

Delhi High Court Grants Centre Further 4 Weeks' To Respond To Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi High Court Grants Centre Further 4 Weeks' To Respond To Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy

Live Law  

Refusing to issue notice on Advocate Chaitanya Rohilla's petition against WhatsApp's new privacy policy, a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva of the Delhi High Court today gave the Central Government 4 weeks' time to respond to the petition and adjourned the case to Apr 19. The counsel for the petitioner, Adv Manohar Lal pointed out that the Delhi …

West Bengal Civil Court Issues Notice To WhatsApp On Plea Against New Privacy Policy
3 years, 11 months ago

West Bengal Civil Court Issues Notice To WhatsApp On Plea Against New Privacy Policy

Live Law  

A civil court in West Bengal has issued notice to WhatsApp Inc on a plea seeking temporary injunction to restrain the messenger platform from implementing its new privacy policy in India.The Court of Civil Judge, 1st Court, Contai, Purba Medinipur District, issued notice to WhatsApp on February 2 directing it to "show cause as to why the plaintiff's prayer for …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On New Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy Update
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On New Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy Update

Live Law  

WhatsApp's notification of its new privacy policy, which was made mandatory for Indian users and optional for users from the EU, has triggered a host of petitions across the country challenging its application. The Delhi High Court today issued notice on one such plea filed before the bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh, and sought responses …

Supreme Court seeks WhatsApp reply on plea for non-sharing of UPI data with any third party
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court seeks WhatsApp reply on plea for non-sharing of UPI data with any third party

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked instant messaging app WhatsApp to file response on a plea seeking a direction to the RBI and the National Payments Corporation of India to ensure that data collected on Unified Payments Interface platforms is not shared with their parent company or any other third party under any circumstances. The affidavit said: “It is submitted …

"Hosting Abusive & Defamatory Content Against Govt., Judiciary, Executive": Plea in MP HC Against Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter
3 years, 11 months ago

"Hosting Abusive & Defamatory Content Against Govt., Judiciary, Executive": Plea in MP HC Against Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation has been moved before the Madhya Pradesh High Court against Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter for allegedly displaying/hosting obscene, unregulated, uncertified, sexually explicit, and legally restricted content. Lastly, the plea states that due to non-interference of government, these platforms are spreading communal hatred, causing defamation to the government of India, the Judiciary, the Executive bodies of …

Breaking- 'Virtually Gives 360-Degree Profile Into A Person's Online Activity': Whatsapp's New Privacy Policy Challenged In Delhi High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Breaking- 'Virtually Gives 360-Degree Profile Into A Person's Online Activity': Whatsapp's New Privacy Policy Challenged In Delhi High Court

Live Law  

A writ petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the new Privacy Policy introduced by instant messaging app, Whatsapp, as being violative of the citizens' Right to Privacy and threatening the National Security of India. Thus, he has urged the High Court to issue an injunction order, restraining Whatsapp from enforcing the updated privacy policy, with immediate …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Hold Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter Etc. Responsible For Allegedly Spreading Hate, Fake News
4 years, 2 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Hold Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter Etc. Responsible For Allegedly Spreading Hate, Fake News

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame laws for criminal prosecution of persons involved in spreading hate and fake news through social media. The Plea, which has been filed by Advocate Vineet Jindal through Advocate Raj Kishor Choudhary, states, "The petitioner, has been compelled to file the present …

MP man held for impersonating, asking for money on Facebook citing 'emergency'
4 years, 2 months ago

MP man held for impersonating, asking for money on Facebook citing 'emergency'

India Today  

Delhi Police have arrested a man who duped innocent people by using fake social media accounts on Facebook to borrow money on the pretext of emergency. The matter was first brought to the attention of authorities with a complaint registered at Delhi's Lodhi Colony police station. A joint team of officers affiliated with Lodhi Colony police station and the Delhi …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]
4 years, 7 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]

Live Law  

BJP leader Vinit Goenka has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism so as to keep a check on fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter. The petition filed through Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey states that in the absence of a proper mechanism, social media platforms are …

No proposal to link social media users’ profiles with Aadhaar: Govt
4 years, 11 months ago

No proposal to link social media users’ profiles with Aadhaar: Govt

The Hindu  

The government on Wednesday said there is no proposal to link social media profiles of users with their Aadhaar numbers and asserted that steps are being taken to curb spreading of fake news and pornography through social media platforms. According to him, the government has taken several steps to keep a check on the spread of fake news, pornographic and …

Aadhaar linking case: HC says no to order of linking social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
5 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar linking case: HC says no to order of linking social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN

Firstpost  

HC says it would lead to data of genuine account holders going ‘unnecessarily’ to foreign countries. The Delhi High Court Monday declined to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going “unnecessarily” to …

Delhi HC declines to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
5 years, 1 month ago

Delhi HC declines to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday declined to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going "unnecessarily" to foreign countries. It said that in the instant case, linking of social media accounts …

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar
5 years, 2 months ago

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. Accordingly, Upadhyay has approached the high court, seeking the above said relief, so as to weed out all fake social media accounts, frequently used by political parties and contesting candidates for self-promotion and other "electioneering activities", …

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY
5 years, 2 months ago

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY

Firstpost  

The internet has emerged as a potent tool to cause “unimaginable disruption” to democratic polity, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday while seeking three more months for finalising and notifying the rules that would regulate the functioning of social media intermediaries in the country. ‘Disruption to democratic polity’ The affidavit filed by Pankaj Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, said, …

Internet can cause unimaginable disruption to democratic polity, Centre tells SC
5 years, 2 months ago

Internet can cause unimaginable disruption to democratic polity, Centre tells SC

The Hindu  

Internet has emerged as a potent tool that can cause unimaginable disruption to the democratic polity, the government has told the Supreme Court. The Ministry of Information Technology said in an affidavit that rules to regulate social media intermediaries needed to be revised. Internet had led to an exponential rise in “anti-national activities.” The government said in the “last few …

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts
5 years, 2 months ago

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar to check the menace of “fake and paid news“. The apex court is already hearing a separate petition filed by Facebook Inc seeking transfer of cases related to Aadhaar linking with social media accounts …

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar

India TV News  

A public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court seeking to link social media sites including Twitter and Facebook with Aadhaar to weed out duplicate and fake accounts and control fake news. The plea has been filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay who has sought direction to the Central government to take the necessary steps to deactivate duplicate, …

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. The plea also sought in the alternative directions to the Central Government to take apposite steps to deactivate fake and ghost social media accounts in order to control fake and paid news. Considerably, Section 126 of the …

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to state in three we-eks the time it needed to put in place rules to regulate and make accountable social media platform, so as to address state security concerns, individuals’ reputations and other misuse. Seeking a response from the information technology ministry on the time-frame for the rules that would …

'Misuse Of Social Media Has Become Dangerous' : SC Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Guidelines To Prevent Misuse [Read Order]
5 years, 3 months ago

'Misuse Of Social Media Has Become Dangerous' : SC Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Guidelines To Prevent Misuse [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to file an affidavit regarding framing of guidelines to prevent misuse of social media by balancing the interests of online privacy and state sovereignty. Concerns of national security are also to be kept in mind, added the bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.The bench was considering the petition filed …

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has given the Union government three weeks to submit details of its progress in coming up with regulations to prevent misuse of social media, while protecting the privacy of individuals. Supreme Court has given the Centre three weeks to file an affidavit on regulating fake news and messages on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp …

Supreme Court seeks status of social media law
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court seeks status of social media law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to tell if the Information Technology Rules, 2018, for making social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google and Youtube — to comply with Indian laws would be in place in a ‘very near future’ or they are still in the realm of conjuncture. The draft of the said rules …

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a plea by Facebook to call forth petitions pending in various high courts concerning the linking of social media accounts of users with their Aadhaar numbers. Justice Gupta said the court wants to know whether the Centre was working on any law on linking Aadhaar or an authentic government identity proof with …

Facebook Not Complying With Indian Law, Resulting In Lawlessness: Tamil Nadu To Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Not Complying With Indian Law, Resulting In Lawlessness: Tamil Nadu To Supreme Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government claimed in the Supreme Court on Thursday that Facebook Inc and other social media companies are not complying with Indian laws, resulting in "increased lawlessness" and difficulties in "detecting crimes". "While the transfer petition proceeds on the sole premise that the cases in the Madras High Court relate to mandatory linking of social media …

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched an offensive against social media giant Facebook, saying that concerns voiced by the company in the Supreme Court about citizen privacy fly in the face of its own “primary business model” to commercialise users’ data. The Tamil Nadu government, in a detailed 24-page reply drawn by Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan and settled …

Aadhaar-social media linking: 10 things to know about the ongoing issue
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-social media linking: 10 things to know about the ongoing issue

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court earlier this week that social media profiles of users should be linked with their Aadhaar numbers to keep a check on the spread of fake news, pornographic and anti-national content, among other things. -- Attorney General KK Venugopal appeared for the Tamil Nadu government in the Supreme Court to stress the need …

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage
5 years, 4 months ago

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage

The Hindu  

The submissions in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government in support of linking social media profiles of registered users with their Aadhaar numbers are not well-founded in the law as it now stands. It is noteworthy that a Division Bench of the Madras High Court, which is hearing two writ petitions on this matter, did not …

Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking linking of Aadhar with social media accounts to 19 Sept
5 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking linking of Aadhar with social media accounts to 19 Sept

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre, Google, WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube and others on Tuesday on Facebook Inc’s plea seeking transfer of the pending cases related to linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar in different high courts to the apex court Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a plea seeking linking of …

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories
5 years, 4 months ago

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories

Firstpost  

INX Media scandal a classic case of system manipulation; ED notice brings end to P Chidambram’s methods of evading agencies P Chidambaram gave evasive replies to the probe agencies while he was under protective cover extended to him by the court. Congress in Assam: Despite a series of defeats, young bloods prepare to fight back and help party ‘rise like …

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: SC to Hear Facebook’s Plea on Friday
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: SC to Hear Facebook’s Plea on Friday

The Quint  

The two-member bench said, the policy issues can be decided by the high courts and it has jurisdiction to do so but the question is that the current issue has larger ramification. The top court asked senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook Inc, and Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, to explain what would be the effect of recent amendments …

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