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Activist was not provided with a lawyer of her choice when she was produced in the court The Delhi Commission for Women has sent a notice to the Delhi police on the arrest of 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi in the toolkit case and sought a report on issues like why she was not provided a lawyer of her choice when produced before a court here. Taking cognisance of media reports, the panel in a statement, issued on Tuesday, also said that Ravi was produced before a court in Delhi without a lawyer of her choice being present there. However, Delhi police commissioner SN Shrivastava on Tuesday said Ravi was arrested in accordance with the law which “doesn’t differentiate between a 22-year-old or a 50-year-old”. Police claimed that she had sent the toolkit to teen climate activist Greta Thunberg through the Telegram app, and also “coaxed her to act on it”. Nonbailable warrants have been issued against Jacob and Muluk, who are absconding. … [Read more...] about DCW seeks detailed report from cops over Ravi’s arrest

According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, self-described liberals are twice as likely than self-described conservatives to block material on social networking websites that they find politically disagreeable. Thirty-six percent of social media users said they have blocked, “unfriended” or hidden someone because of politics, but left-leaning participants were far more likely to have taken that action to express disagreement about a friend’s political views. “Liberals are the most likely to have taken … steps to block, unfriend, or hide” disagreeable political messages, Pew concluded. “In all, 28% of liberals have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on SNS [social networking sites] because of one of these reasons, compared with 16% of conservatives and 14% of moderates.” Sixteen percent of liberal users said they blocked someone who posted something specific that they disagreed with, compared to eight percent of conservative … [Read more...] about Study: Liberals more likely to block social-media friends over political differences