Freedom Of Information Act

'Freedom Of Information Act' - 26 News Result(s)

  • IT Rules: Indian Media Cheer Court Order Putting New Code of Conduct on Hold
    Reuters | Monday August 16, 2021
    Some Indian media cheered a court order over the weekend which put on hold a part of new IT rules seeking to regulate content on digital news websites, calling the move significant for press freedom in India.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Journalist, TV Channel Head Arrested Over Content On Yogi Adityanath
    India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday June 9, 2019
    A freelance journalist, an editor of a TV channel and its owner have been arrested over contents that were considered an objectionable post on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The arrests have sparked a huge debate on social media on freedom of expression and the top editor's body in the country callingit an "effort to intimidate" the ...
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  • US Navy Sailors Created "Rape Lists" Of Female Colleagues, Says Report
    World News | Deanna Paul, The Washington Post | Tuesday May 21, 2019
    Sailors aboard a US Navy submarine circulated sexually explicit lists that ranked female crew members, an investigation found. The lists, first reported Friday by Military.com, were uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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  • Amazon Met With ICE Officials Over Facial-Recognition System That Could Identify Immigrants
    Drew Harwell, The Washington Post | Wednesday October 24, 2018
    The June meeting in Silicon Valley was revealed in emails as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Bill To Change RTI In Parliament Today Amid Opposition Concerns
    India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday July 19, 2018
    The government is expected to move a controversial bill in parliament today to change the landmark transparency law -- the Right To Information Act or RTI -- which the opposition plans to fight it tooth and nail. The proposed changes will involve the salaries and tenures of Information Commissioners in the states and at the Centre, which, activists...
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  • EPA Suspected Fiat Chrysler Of Using 'Defeat Device' In 2015
    Written by Reuters | Saturday June 17, 2017
    Byron Bunker, director of the EPA's Transportation and Air Quality compliance division, said in a January 2016 email to Fiat Chrysler, obtained by Reuters under the Freedom of Information Act, that he was "very concerned about the unacceptably slow pace" of the automaker's efforts to explain high nitrogen oxide emissions from some of its vehicles.
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  • 32-Year-Old Arrested For Criticising Islam On Social Media
    Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjee | Saturday September 24, 2016
    Tarak Biswas, 32, a self-proclaimed atheist from Kolkata, routinely criticised all religions on social media. Usually his writings would evoke angry reactions and lead to a heated debate - all in the anonymity and safety of the internet. But last week, after he re-posted a critique of Islam from another website on Facebook, he found himself in jail...
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  • Philippine President Gives Order To Free Up Information
    World News | Reuters | Sunday July 24, 2016
    Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all agencies directly under his watch to open their records to the public as part of his promise to crack down on corruption and promote transparency in government.
    www.ndtv.com
  • US Federal Reserve Records Show Dozens of Cyber Breaches in Recent Years
    Written by shubhamv | Wednesday June 1, 2016
    Obtained by Reuters through a Freedom of Information Act request, the cyber-security reports were heavily redacted to keep secret the central bank's security procedures.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • RTI Completes 10 Years. Will it Survive Another 10?
    India News | Written by Siddharth Pandey | Wednesday October 14, 2015
    The Right to Information Act has helped millions of citizens demand accountability from their government, get basic services from ration cards to water connections and even helped unearth details of the coal allotment scam.
    www.ndtv.com
  • Bringing Freedom to the Internet in India
    Written by KunalD | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Indian citizens can speak out freely on public issues without any fear of retaliatory criminal prosecution.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act
    India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava and A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".
    www.ndtv.com
  • What was Section 66(A)?
    India News | Edited by Shyam Balasubramanian | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.
    www.ndtv.com
  • Section 66(A) Gone. Supreme Court Sides With Free Speech Online.
    India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...
    www.ndtv.com
  • Section 66A of Information Technology Act Struck Down by Supreme Court
    Written by RobinS | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The apex court said Section 66A of the IT Act was violative of Article 19(1)a of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech.
    www.gadgets360.com

'Freedom Of Information Act' - 26 News Result(s)

  • IT Rules: Indian Media Cheer Court Order Putting New Code of Conduct on Hold
    Reuters | Monday August 16, 2021
    Some Indian media cheered a court order over the weekend which put on hold a part of new IT rules seeking to regulate content on digital news websites, calling the move significant for press freedom in India.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Journalist, TV Channel Head Arrested Over Content On Yogi Adityanath
    India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday June 9, 2019
    A freelance journalist, an editor of a TV channel and its owner have been arrested over contents that were considered an objectionable post on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The arrests have sparked a huge debate on social media on freedom of expression and the top editor's body in the country callingit an "effort to intimidate" the ...
    www.ndtv.com
  • US Navy Sailors Created "Rape Lists" Of Female Colleagues, Says Report
    World News | Deanna Paul, The Washington Post | Tuesday May 21, 2019
    Sailors aboard a US Navy submarine circulated sexually explicit lists that ranked female crew members, an investigation found. The lists, first reported Friday by Military.com, were uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request.
    www.ndtv.com
  • Amazon Met With ICE Officials Over Facial-Recognition System That Could Identify Immigrants
    Drew Harwell, The Washington Post | Wednesday October 24, 2018
    The June meeting in Silicon Valley was revealed in emails as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Bill To Change RTI In Parliament Today Amid Opposition Concerns
    India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday July 19, 2018
    The government is expected to move a controversial bill in parliament today to change the landmark transparency law -- the Right To Information Act or RTI -- which the opposition plans to fight it tooth and nail. The proposed changes will involve the salaries and tenures of Information Commissioners in the states and at the Centre, which, activists...
    www.ndtv.com
  • EPA Suspected Fiat Chrysler Of Using 'Defeat Device' In 2015
    Written by Reuters | Saturday June 17, 2017
    Byron Bunker, director of the EPA's Transportation and Air Quality compliance division, said in a January 2016 email to Fiat Chrysler, obtained by Reuters under the Freedom of Information Act, that he was "very concerned about the unacceptably slow pace" of the automaker's efforts to explain high nitrogen oxide emissions from some of its vehicles.
    www.carandbike.com
  • 32-Year-Old Arrested For Criticising Islam On Social Media
    Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjee | Saturday September 24, 2016
    Tarak Biswas, 32, a self-proclaimed atheist from Kolkata, routinely criticised all religions on social media. Usually his writings would evoke angry reactions and lead to a heated debate - all in the anonymity and safety of the internet. But last week, after he re-posted a critique of Islam from another website on Facebook, he found himself in jail...
    www.ndtv.com
  • Philippine President Gives Order To Free Up Information
    World News | Reuters | Sunday July 24, 2016
    Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all agencies directly under his watch to open their records to the public as part of his promise to crack down on corruption and promote transparency in government.
    www.ndtv.com
  • US Federal Reserve Records Show Dozens of Cyber Breaches in Recent Years
    Written by shubhamv | Wednesday June 1, 2016
    Obtained by Reuters through a Freedom of Information Act request, the cyber-security reports were heavily redacted to keep secret the central bank's security procedures.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • RTI Completes 10 Years. Will it Survive Another 10?
    India News | Written by Siddharth Pandey | Wednesday October 14, 2015
    The Right to Information Act has helped millions of citizens demand accountability from their government, get basic services from ration cards to water connections and even helped unearth details of the coal allotment scam.
    www.ndtv.com
  • Bringing Freedom to the Internet in India
    Written by KunalD | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Indian citizens can speak out freely on public issues without any fear of retaliatory criminal prosecution.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act
    India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava and A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".
    www.ndtv.com
  • What was Section 66(A)?
    India News | Edited by Shyam Balasubramanian | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.
    www.ndtv.com
  • Section 66(A) Gone. Supreme Court Sides With Free Speech Online.
    India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...
    www.ndtv.com
  • Section 66A of Information Technology Act Struck Down by Supreme Court
    Written by RobinS | Tuesday March 24, 2015
    The apex court said Section 66A of the IT Act was violative of Article 19(1)a of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech.
    www.gadgets360.com
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