India's supreme court scraps law that led to Facebook users' arrests

A controversial law that meant people in India could be arrested for posts or comments they made on sites like Facebook and Twitter has been struck down by the country's supreme court.

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The court ruled in a 200-page judgement Tuesday that Section 66A of India's Information Technology Act was unconstitutional

Under the law, which received presidential assent in 2009, people could be jailed for up to three years for sending emails or messages online that caused annoyance or inconvenience.

In 2012, there was outrage after two young women were arrested under the law for their activity on Facebook after the death of a local politician, Bal Thackeray. One of the two merely "liked" a comment criticising the shutdown of Mumbai following Thackeray's death Read more...

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