The lab intends to 'watch' publicly visible content, not private information.  But will it impact the privacy of citizens, asks ROHINI LAKSHANE

A take-down notice was sent to website Bodhicommons at the best of the Mathrubhumi management.  GEETA SESHU says the police cyber cell's job is not to curb dissent.

Two young women are arrested for expressing their opinion on Facebook about the city's shutdown after Sena leader Bal Thackeray's death.  A chilling reminder of intolerance, mischievous Sena followers and excessive police reaction, says GEETA SESHU.

The Indian music industry seems to believe it does,  if its petition impleading itself before the Kerala High Court in a writ petition challenging the rules under the IT Act, 2000, is anything to go by. A blog report from Internet freedom india

Two years after SMS service was blocked in Kashmir, the government has now jammed Facebook, YouTube, and GPRS services.  This action has worsened the sense of alienation among the people, says GOWHAR FAROOQ.

Large swathes of online content are disappearing, and the losses are far more difficult to reverse than the mere blocking of a website,  says KETAN TANNA, analyst of the India section of the Freedom House report on Freedom on the Net 2012, released last week.

While the social networking site was unable to do anything to control rumour mongering and doctoring of photos on its pages, why is it so eager to censor art,  asks SHOBHA S V

Indian ISPs are filtering content for Oman 'net users, extending 'national'-level filtering to upstream' filtering of content,  says a research report from CITIZEN LAB

Aseem Trivedi is determined to bring the fight for freedom in the virtual media into the 'real' world '“ on the street, in full view of the public.  GEETA SESHU speaks to him about the ‘Saveyourvoice' campaign against the IT rules.

One tweet that had many cracking up was: 'Dear Mamata, normally the cartoonist tries to capture the subject. Not vice versa.'�  MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR on the mirth and anxiety that Mamata has provided. Pic: The arrested professor