Indian Supreme Court orders inquiry into state’s use of Pegasus spyware

Post by elliekelly » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 2:42 PM UTC

gigglesupstairs wrote: post #6

Relevant stuff from the article: “India’s supreme court has ordered an inquiry by an independent committee into the question of whether the government used Pegasus surveillance software for illegal spying. The committee will comprise three cybersecurity experts and its work will be overseen by a retired supreme court judge. It will submit its report in two months. In announcing their decision, the judges criticised t…

Post by sifar » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #12

sinyug wrote: post #10

> The judges said indiscriminate spying could not be allowed and highlighted the “chilling” effect it could have on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I don't know if this is what the judges said or if it is the Guardian's spin on what they said. Either way, the Indian constitution has no separate guarantee for "freedom of the press."[1] Theoretically, the press has as much (or as little) freedom as the comm…

> I would prefer to give the benefit of the doubt to elected representatives You and everyone else marching India towards authoritarianism. Following the tracks of every failed democracy that didn't fall to an invasion or military coup fails: not understanding the difference between majoritarianism and democracy. (I was actually surprised to see the Supreme Court pushing back on the government--I didn't realize India…

Post by naruvimama » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 4:02 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #12

sinyug wrote: post #10

> The judges said indiscriminate spying could not be allowed and highlighted the “chilling” effect it could have on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I don't know if this is what the judges said or if it is the Guardian's spin on what they said. Either way, the Indian constitution has no separate guarantee for "freedom of the press."[1] Theoretically, the press has as much (or as little) freedom as the comm…

> I would prefer to give the benefit of the doubt to elected representatives You and everyone else marching India towards authoritarianism. Following the tracks of every failed democracy that didn't fall to an invasion or military coup fails: not understanding the difference between majoritarianism and democracy. (I was actually surprised to see the Supreme Court pushing back on the government--I didn't realize India…

Post by cscurmudgeon » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

gigglesupstairs wrote: post #13

sinyug wrote: post #10

> The judges said indiscriminate spying could not be allowed and highlighted the “chilling” effect it could have on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I don't know if this is what the judges said or if it is the Guardian's spin on what they said. Either way, the Indian constitution has no separate guarantee for "freedom of the press."[1] Theoretically, the press has as much (or as little) freedom as the comm…

Hard to give benefit of doubt to elected representatives who wanted to form an investigative committee by themselves to investigate whether they themselves deployed Pegasus and spied on country’s citizens. “Yeah, right.”, that’s what SC effectively said to them here.

  Then, in 1993, it ruled that only sitting judges would be able to appoint new members of the judiciary. It was a coup of sorts. India’s founding

  Over the years, the scale of the problem has become staggering. In 2010, Bhushan’s father, Shanti—who, as the law minister in the government that dethroned Indira Gandhi in 1977, had been a key force in repealing many of her draconian decrees—submitted to the Supreme Court, in a sealed document, the names of eight chief justices who he claimed were “definitely corrupt.” His efforts went no further, though he now faces a contempt case of his own.

Post by rajup » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

yorwba wrote: post #11

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i did what? i posted tweets of what is going on RIGHT now in my town that is related to tech and internet and governments. what did i do?

You replied to a post that was not originally about what is going on right now in your town to talk about what is going on right now in your town. I understand that you really want to talk about it, but the proper way to do that would be to make a top-level submission about what is going on in your town right now.