Mixed signals? Supreme Court notices to states on Facebook arrests

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The Supreme Court today demanded responses from states on the arrests of UP-based Dalit scholar Kanwal Bharti and Andhra-based PUCL activist Jaya Vindhyala over their Facebook posts. At the same time the top court observed, "prima facie we don't find anything wrong with the rules", in response to the MouthShut.com plea against IT rules. On The Social Network, we discuss the grey areas of the IT Act.

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