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  Operation Chakra-II: CBI takes action to dismantle major cyber crime network, arrests 43

  India | July 26, 2024 18:30 IST

  This action, part of Operation Chakra-II, targeted a network operating across multiple countries since 2022, with significant cooperation from international law enforcement agencies including the FBI and INTERPOL.

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  Centre establishes fact-checking unit to debunk government related matters on social media

  India | March 20, 2024 23:55 IST

  The establishment of this fact-checking unit falls under the powers conferred by sub-clause (V) of clause (b) of rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

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  Provocative content growing on OTT platforms, government serious

  India | September 04, 2019 13:00 IST

  There has been a surge lately in such anti-Hindu content on various OTT platforms that has reportedly upset organisations such as the RSS and the VHP.  

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  'Officials will be jailed': SC warns against prosecution of people under scrapped IT law

  India | January 07, 2019 23:53 IST

  The first PIL on the issue was filed in 2012 by a law student Shreya Singhal who sought an amendment in Section 66A of the Act after two girls – Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan – were arrested in Palghar in Maharashtra's Thane district.

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  Section 66A quashed: Here's why citizens can still be arrested for online posts

  India | March 25, 2015 13:53 IST

  New Delhi: Section 66A of the Information Technology Act is unconstitutional in its entirety, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday striking down a “draconian” provision that had led to the arrests of many people for

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  Victory of common man, says Section 66A victim

  India | March 24, 2015 13:59 IST

  Kolkata: Victims and legal experts on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court's verdict striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and termed it a victory for the common man's free speech.Jadavpur University professor

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  IT Act not to be used for stifling political dissent, govt assures SC

  India | January 14, 2015 18:00 IST

  New Delhi: The central government today assured Supreme Court that Section 66A of the Information Technology Act would not be used to strangulate “political dissent and contrarian views” posted on social networking sites. Under Section 66A

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  E-commerce sites selling adult products come under DoT scanner

  India | January 14, 2015 9:24 IST

  New Delhi: Several e-commerce sites have come under the lens of Department of Telecom (DoT) for operating webstores selling adult toys, sex products and adult lifestyle items. According to newspaper DNA, the telecom department said that

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  Plea in HC to safeguard business interests of internet users

  India | April 29, 2014 21:08 IST

  New Delhi: K N Govindacharya, former BJP leader, today moved a fresh plea in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the Centre to safeguard the interests of Indians who do business through internet.The