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Dear Fitagians, Greetings!!! am not able to understand what will happed to Information Technology as a business as well as on the whole. Suddenly our courts declare that the every Indian citizen has a right to express freely on the social media over the Internet. On the other hand talks are initiated of withdrawing Net Neutrality in India. According to wikipedia the defination of Net Neutrality is very interesting. “Net neutrality (also network neutrality, Internet neutrality, or net equality) is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by
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user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication.” Now, why should we be concerned on these two points. The pity of Indian cyber world is that with the vast expanse of mobile connectivity the usage of Internet has increased drastically. People from remote upcountry area also have started utilizing mobile Internet and through it the social media. How can there be a restrictions on expressing your opinion in public media or on
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The Law, Social Media and Freedom of Speech
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ocial media offers huge opportunities for freedom of expression. Individuals are able to see their thoughts traverse the globe in an instant; news – and its interpretation – is not automatically dependent on the filtering process of the media, or of government. The freedom of expression on Internet is a crucial challenge to address in formulat-
ing inclusive information society. Yesterday, the Supreme Court said that no person should be arrested for posting objectionable comments on social networking sites without taking prior permission from senior police officials. The apex court, which refused to pass an order for a blanket ban on the arrest of a person for making objection-
able comments on websites, said state governments should ensure strict compliance of the Centre’s January 9 advisory which said that a person should not be arrested without taking permission from senior police officials.
“We direct the state governments to ensure compliance with the guidelines (issued by Centre) before making any arrest,” a bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra said. Constitutional validity of section 66A of IT Act It said the court cannot pass an order for banning all arrest in such cases as operation of section 66A (pertaining to objectionable comments) of the Information Technology Act has not been stayed by the apex court which is examining its constitutional validity. The advisory issued by the Centre says that, “State governments are advised Contined on on page page-2 continued 3...