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India is facing a data obesity epidemic—as storage in phones fails to keep up with people’s voracious appetite for visualsIndia’s growing use of smartphones, AI tools and social media is driving a surge in demand for digital storage, with experts warning of a “...- India drops proposal to mandate national ID app Aadhaar on smartphones after pushbackIndia's government has dropped a proposal to pre-install the Aadhaar app on smartphones. This decision follows opposition from smartphone m...
- IT rule tweaks only clarificatory, don't expand govt power: MeitY SecretarySocial groups warn oversight of online user content may increase censorship, industry pushes back against mandatory compliance with 'adviso...
- Gupta, Patel... here are most common family names among India's top businessesThe 2024 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses report highlights the most prominent family names in India's ...
- Govt notifies rules allowing linking of Aadhar numbers with electoral roll dataLaw Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to announce that four notifications in this regard have been issued in consultation with the Elec...
- India weighs appeal panel for social media takedownsIT ministry has sought public comment on amendments to IT rules that took effect last year, aiming to regulate content and spur firms to re...
- HC asks CIC to decide within eight weeks appeal against MHA's refusal to give info on e-surveillanceThe high court was hearing a plea by Apar Gupta, a lawyer, co-founder, and Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) chal...
- Govt vs Twitter: Will courts decide who champions freedom of expression?"I do not think India has outsourced its freedom of speech or freedom of expression rights to Twitter. They are not a champion of freedom o...
- Facebook's new content moderation changes may impact relationship with Indian governmentThe global changes announced by Facebook on Friday imply that posts from politicians on the platform will no longer be exempt from the comp...
- Some startups mandate Aarogya Setu, others remain waryLast week, the ecommerce industry had proposed standard operating procedures to stem the spread of the virus, which included compulsory ins...
- Government requests social media platforms to promote Aarogya SetuIn an emailed circular to these platforms, which ET has seen and reviewed, the ministry officials wrote, "...in the larger public interest ...
- SC asks for redress option for those who are ‘trolled’; says misuse of social media has reached dangerous proportionsA bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose expressed serious concern over some social media platforms not being able to trace the ...
- SC defers Facebook's Aadhaar-social media linkage matter for September 24Justice Deepak Gupta said the court may give more time if the Centre is considering framing something in the near future.
- Police using lapsed law to curb e-speech: Internet Freedom FoundationSection 66A, struck down by SC in 2015, still finds a ghostly afterlife in police stations and courts, says Internet Freedom Foundation.
- Net neutrality 2.0: Eye on traffic managementAn internet service provider may regulate the amount of bandwidth available to you depending on whether you are just sending an email or pl...
- Lack of clarity about cashless and online transactions makes digital payments more worrisomeHandling of this data, most of which carries some of our most personal information, has little protection if it is misused by a private or ...
- Keep calm and download! Viewing of torrent websites 'will not land you in jail'Indians will not be penalised for merely accessing a blocked torrent website or URL, as suggested by some news reports.
- Mere viewing of blocked URLs or torrent website will not attract fine: ExpertsThe news kicked up an online storm because of the suggestion that merely "viewing" a blocked URL or torrent website could lead to a fine of...
- 'India becoming an illiberal democracy'A group of intellectuals today surmised that the country had become an "illiberal democracy" and was headed towards self-censorship.
- Government moves to block 55 Facebook pages on Afzal GuruThe notice by the Department of Telecom was issued a day before internet services were restored in Kashmir Valley after remaining suspended...
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