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Srinagar, May 8: High Court today sought response from the authorities by next week on banning the social media including websites and messaging application recently. Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar sought response in a petition filed by one Raja Faisal Malik through his advocate Salen Peerzada challenging the order passed by Home Department banning therein the transmission of messages through various social networking sites and instant messaging services. State Counsel B A Dar (AAG) asked for copy of petition so that he could respond the contentions raised in the petition and court directed him to file the same by next week. Government prohibited all Internet Service Providers from transmitting any message or class of messages from any person or class of persons through numerous social networking sites for a period of one month from the date of the order. Government invoked Sub-Section 2 of Section 5 of the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 read with Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules 2007 for passing the prohibitory order. By virtue of the order impu-gned, the State Government has curtailed access to numerous social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter etc. Petitioner advocate while arguing the matter submitted that the access to internet is a fundamental right of the petitioner. The impugned order, advocate Saleh said, imposes unreasonable restrictions based on unjustifiable reasons that are devoid of any legal sustenance. The curtailment of access to internet by the state is tantamount to infringement of freedom of speech and expression and basic human right. The reason as provided in the impugned order being inadequate and vague cannot circumvent the guarantees of the constitution and cannot qualify the tests of Article 19 of the constitution, reads the petition.

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Daniel DeSouza wants to create a social network platform uniquely focused on Caribbean people. (Picture by Ricardo Leacock.)

ALL DANIEL DESOUZA needs is some funding and he will be ready to revolutionise social networking for the Caribbean.

DeSouza has his sights set on creating the first truly unique social network geared to Caribbean people. It is called Cariblime, and while it is ready right now for signing up, it is still quite short of DeSouzas vision.

Cariblime is a social media network specifically for Caribbean people designed to connect the Caribbean in a platform unique to us. I was on Facebook one day and read a comment saying how it was sending your private information to overseas interests and they didnt like that.

So I started thinking. What can I do to fix that? Then it hit me. Why not have our own social network? America has its own network, so does China so why not the Caribbean? I did some searching and found out there was no such network, so I started one, he said.

DeSouza, a trained graphic artist/web designer, said there was a world of possibilities but it all hinged on whether he could get the appropriate backing.

So far everything is coming out of my pocket. Ive been reaching out to corporate Barbados for funding as this has the opportunity to earn foreign exchange by selling ads. It has earned interest from the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation, though no funding thus far.

I need to hire coders and get to brainstorming right now I am on my own. I am very confident; I honestly believe I am on the right path and that Cariblime can be a success I just need the funding. I dont want it to be a case where a foreign entity sees what Im trying to do and puts something together faster, he said.

DeSouza did not want to fully reveal his idea as yet but did speak of some of the ways the site could be useful to Caribbean people.

We have a unique opportunity to bring something never seen before, an opportunity to see things differently and solve problems never even thought of. Whats different is we will be implementing new features which reflect us such as unique emojis. We say things in our own language so we have the opportunity to bring on a much more expressive and interactive platform for Caribbean people.

There is a place for businesses as well. The world looks to the Caribbean as a vacation spot, but the world needs to see us as more than sea and sun but as a business place as well, so I also plan to put in a business section where businesses can place their logos and link back to their websites, he said.

In addition, DeSouza said there could be a dating site as part of Cariblime and a mobile app. In the meantime he said he was seeking a proper hosting plan to enable the faster loading of videos on the site.

As a programmer, DeSouza said one of his pet peeves was the lack of visionary employment available for those with those skills. He said it was more profitable in Barbados to try your hand making craft than creating unique online content.

Cariblime was launched April 14 and has more than 50 members so far. DeSouza said the feedback so far had been positive. Anyone interested in signing up can go to https://www.cariblime.net.

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After creating a buzz in the world of social networking sites since its lauch in the year 2004 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all set to release a line up of television kind shows by June 2017.

According to media report these videos will be of 5-10 minutes length and similar to that of traditional television entertainment.

The company is gearing up to launch two dozen television like shows through this social networking giant.

The company is coming up such a latest trend of technology in order to rull and controll the platforms like media, shows and the small screen entertainment.

Moreover, it is worthy to mention that in last year December Zuckerberg has given hints of his future plan of making facebook a media company.

According to Zuckerberg's 2014 prediction Facebook would be mostly videos within next few years and with this new plan it seems like he is getting closer to make this dream a reality.

After Netflix, Amazon and Hulu created a niche in the world of entertainment, world's largest social networking site is all set to introduce a all new attractive way of enjoying movies while chatting with your near and dear ones.

First Published: Monday, May 08, 2017 10:16 AM

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'Social Networking King' Facebook to rule the world of Television from June 2017 - News Nation

The National Security Agency has decided to halt onecontroversial surveillance programthat wasthe tip of an iceberg of government abuses of privacy and due process.This is a good start toward restoring balance inAmericans right to privacy.

The NSA said last week that it will no longer engage in warrantless spying on Americans digital communications that merely mention a foreign intelligence target, referred to in the intelligence community as about communications.

The NSAhad claimed thisauthority under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows it to target non-U.S. citizens or residents believed to be outside the country, although Americans communications are often swept up as well.

NSA will no longer collect certain internet communications that merely mention a foreign intelligence target, an agency statement said. Instead, NSA will limit such collection to internet communications that are sent directly to or from a foreign target.

It is a significant departure from previous assurances that the program was vital to national security. Its effectiveness has always been difficult to gauge because the NSA has provided little information about it.

Its a welcome swing toward better privacy protection even if, as widely speculated, it is less an acknowledgement of Americans right to privacy than a result of communications byDonald Trumps people before the election being swept up in NSA data collectionn.

Our enthusiasm for the decision requires a reality check, however. The NSA has repeatedly lied about its spying activities and violations of Americans constitutional rights, so announcing a new policy doesnt necessarily mean it will be followed.

Rememberthe public testimony of then-National Intelligence Director James Clapper at a March 2013 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.At one point, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Clapper plainly, Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans? Clapper then lied to his face, and the faces of all Americans, saying, No, sir, and then, Not wittingly.

Just months later, news stories based on information from the Edward Snowden leaks would reveal the NSAs bulk collection of Americans phone metadata and internet communications.

New technology makes our communications quicker, more convenient, more easily recorded and stored andmore easily accessed without our knowledge. But the Fourth Amendment is quite clear: Government searches require a warrant issued by a judge based on probable cause and describing the specific place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The law was written to deal with filing cabinets and safes rather than the cloud. But the fundamental principlestands and should always stand.

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Editorial: NSA's decision to cut data collection just a first step - The Mercury News

The National Security Agency has decided to halt a controversial surveillance program, but this was just the tip of an iceberg of government abuses of privacy and due process.

The NSA said last week that it will no longer engage in warrantless spying on Americans digital communications that merely mention a foreign intelligence target, referred to in the intelligence community as about communications. The agency had claimed the authority to engage in such surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows it to target non-U.S. citizens or residents believed to be outside the country, although Americans communications are oftentimes swept up as well.

NSA will no longer collect certain internet communications that merely mention a foreign intelligence target, the agency announced in a statement. Instead, NSA will limit such collection to internet communications that are sent directly to or from a foreign target.

Even though NSA does not have the ability at this time to stop collecting about information without losing some other important data, the Agency will stop the practice to reduce the chance that it would acquire communications of U.S. persons or others who are not in direct contact with a foreign intelligence target, it continued.

It is a significant departure from previous assurances that the program was vital to national security, though many have forcefully disputed that claim. Its effectiveness has always been difficult to gauge, however, due to the lack of information the NSA has provided about it.

The agencys decision is certainly welcome, though we must make the perhaps generous assumption that it will do or not do, in this case what it says it will, and that it will not simply change its mind in the future. Our enthusiasm is also tempered by the realization that this is an agency, along with various other government intelligence agencies, that is built on deception and has repeatedly lied about its spying activities and violations of Americans constitutional rights.

We are reminded of the public testimony of then-National Intelligence Director James Clapper at a March 2013 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. At one point, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Clapper plainly, Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans? Clapper then lied to his face, and the faces of all Americans, saying, No, sir, and then, Not wittingly.

Within a matter of months, news stories based on information from the Edward Snowden leaks would reveal the NSAs bulk collection of Americans phone metadata and internet communications.

Then there is the matter of the backdoor search loophole, by which the FBI or other agencies may search NSA databases for information about Americans collected under Section 702 without having to go through all that pesky business of obtaining a warrant. The loophole is sure to be a bone of contention during congressional debate over the reauthorization of Section 702, which is scheduled to expire at the end of the year.

Given the governments repeated abuses of Americans privacy through its snooping activities, those looking to reauthorize Section 702 have some serious questions to answer about how many Americans have been swept up in this supposed foreign surveillance, and how useful this intelligence actually is.

The Fourth Amendment is quite clear: Government searches require a warrant issued by a judge based on probable cause and describing the specific place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. New technology may make our communications quicker and more convenient as well as more easily recorded and stored but it does not alter that fundamental principle.

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