India's IT Ministry has summoned Meta over allegations that Instagram ads promoted child sexual abuse material. Officials are also concerne...

Instagram had introduced the optional end-to-end encryption in December 2023. Users had to enable it manually per chat, unlike the default ...

Meta has raised concerns over the operational feasibility of India’s proposed three-hour ‘offensive content’ takedown requirement even as F...

The amendments to the IT Act has the potential to cause convulsions in the social media industry, as the new laws slash the timeline to tak...

Elon Musk's company xAI has faced global backlash in recent days over sexualised "deepfake" images of women and children created by its Gro...

Happy Thursday! The government has sought more details from X regarding obscene content generated on Grok. This and more in today’s ETtech ...

The government has sought more details from X, including specific action taken on obscene content linked to its Grok AI and steps to preven...

A federal financial intelligence unit in India suspects that cryptocurrency is being used for serious criminal activities such as terrorist...

Having met regulatory challenges globally, Google is now facing run-ins with the Indian govt on several fronts.

Happy Friday! Banks are pushing the pedal on their cobranded credit card strategy as they gain traction through large consumer facing inter...

Actress Alia Bhatt is the latest victim of deepfake video. The video has gotten the attention of people online who have pointed out the rea...

Intermediaries will have to “explicitly” warn users that they cannot “host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or sh...

The statement from YouTube spokesperson came after the government issued notices to social media platforms, including YouTube, X and Telegr...

The instant messaging platform is one of three entities to which the government on Friday issued notices to remove child sexual abuse mater...

Google-owned YouTube and encrypted messaging platform Telegram on Saturday responded to the IT Ministry's notice to remove any kind of chil...

Do we need immunity for any social media intermediary? Chandrasekhar asks

To safeguard citizens from online user harm, India has defined the boundary conditions of openness, safety and trust as well as accountabil...