US Supreme Court rules Student Cheerleader may not be punished for Social Media Posts
LI Network Lekha G – The Supreme Court has extended free speech protection to a high school student who was…
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Madhya Pradesh High Court issues notice against plea alleging Social Media Platform
Kriti Agrawal – The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a notice in response to a petition stating that…
New IT Rules: Google, Facebook, WhatsApp share details with Government, Twitter yet to share
Queency Jain – Social media giants, Google, Facebook and WhatsApp learned and shared details of compliance officers as…
IT Ministry to social media firms: Submit compliance of new rules
Queency Jain After the Facebook owned WhatsApp sued Central Government over the new IT rules, the Ministry of…
Deadline to incorporate new ethics code over, Twitter, Facebook yet to comply
Teesha The deadline for the social media platforms to comply with the new government regulations ended on 25th…
Advocates appearing in matters should not take court discussions to social media says Karnataka HC
Sakshi Chhabra The Karnataka High Court orally stated that advocates and parties appearing in matters being heard before…
Supreme Court: Real time reporting of Court hearing in social media is a virtual extension of open Court
Lekha G The Supreme Court held that real-time reporting of Court room proceedings in social media is not…
Delhi HC reprimands circulation of incorrect image of Hathras rape victim
Mahima The Delhi High Court sought responses from the Centre and three social media platforms Google, Facebook and…
In-laws shoot video instead of stopping woman from hanging herself
Kareena Eugene On Sunday, 11th of April, 2021, a woman named Komal hung herself to death as her…
Haryana: Journalist charged with Cyber-Terrorism over social media Post
Mahima The Haryana police registered a case against a Hisar-based journalist, Rajesh Kundu, for ‘cyber-terrorism’, ‘promoting assertions prejudicial…
Pakistan Court removes ban from TikTok
Mahima A High Court in Pakistan allowed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) lifting ban from social media app TikTok.The…
Law Minister expresses concern over ‘Campaign Justice’
Kashish Jain Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad expressed the government’s concern over the social media campaigns that…
Pakistan High Court orders ban of TikTok over prevalence of immoral content
Umamageswari Maruthappan A Pakistan High Court directed the authorities to ban the social media app, Tik Tok over…
Court orders police to issue process directly to Kangana regarding hate-post probe
Tanvi Sinha Police yet to file a report that was directed by the court to be done by…
Chief Justice of India: “The Supreme Court should have a Twitter handle on its own”
Sreya Kanugula Chief Justice of India SA Bobde stated that the Supreme Court could handle its own social…
SC seeks response from Centre to regulate social media
Sushree Mohanty In response to a petition filed earlier this week, the Supreme Court on Monday sought response…
Social Media and Freedom of Speech
Ayushi Agaria Defamation cases increased with the advent of social media. As per the section 499 of the…