How schools breach children’s data privacy: A snapshotSchools and other organizations are posting children's photos and achievements online without proper parental consent, potentially violatin...
28 Jun, 2026, 09.31 AM IST
India 'proactively monitoring' Telegram over concerns about illegal content, government report showsAn Indian government investigation has revealed Telegram's extensive use for child abuse material and financial scams. The Home Ministry's ...
23 Jun, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
Canada introduces legislation to ban social media for children under 16, regulate AI chatbotsThe bill also aims to make AI chatbots safer by setting up a digital regulator to establish safety standards, a government official said. C...
11 Jun, 2026, 08.20 AM IST
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessNations worldwide are enacting strict rules for social media access by children. Australia has banned platforms for those under 16. Britain...
08 Jun, 2026, 09.55 PM IST
Malaysia Bans Under-16s From Social Media: New Age Verification Rules EnforcedMalaysia has begun enforcing new rules. Children under 16 are now banned from social media accounts. Platforms must implement age verificat...
01 Jun, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
Coded compliance: Centre is eyeing 'law-to-code' to AI-proof data lawLaw-to-code is the practice of translating legal rules into machine-executable algorithms such as a Python code that software can automatic...
20 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
France's antitrust regulator fines Apple for abusing dominant position in mobile apps distributionFrance’s antitrust regulator fined Apple 150 million euros for abusing its market power in the iOS and iPad app distribution from 2021 to 2...
31 Mar, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
DeepSeek may face further regulatory actions, EU privacy watchdog saysThe concerns prompted the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to broaden the scope of a taskforce created in April 2023 to foster coopera...
12 Feb, 2025, 12.02 PM IST
Elon Musk’s X faces major scrutiny in France: Could algorithm violations lead to serious penalties?Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is currently under criminal investigation in France due to concerns about its algorithms. French auth...
07 Feb, 2025, 11.59 PM IST
France fines Amazon $35 million for 'excessively intrusive' monitoring of warehouse staffThe French Data Protection Authority, also known by its acronym CNIL, said the system allowed managers at Amazon France Logistique to track...
23 Jan, 2024, 09.39 PM IST
German data watchdog probing Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto projectWorldcoin, which launched last week, requires users to give their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and, in some countries, free cryp...
31 Jul, 2023, 06.56 PM IST
Governments across the world race to regulate AI toolsRapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree law...
23 May, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPTAs the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to ...
22 May, 2023, 10.41 AM IST
Regulatory measures: Governments race to rein in AI toolsRapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree law...
11 May, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Here's how different governments are working to regulate AI toolsRapid advances in AI such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree on laws governing the use of ...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.53 PM IST
Google’s privacy policy: Government must enact a privacy law and protect consumer rights onlineGoogle says this is meant to simplify its privacy terms and to improve service. Users and regulators worry that this amounts to intrusive v...
11 Apr, 2012, 08.55 AM IST
Government washes hands of Google's new privacy policyThe govt has more or less washed its hands of Google's new privacy policy that is being criticised in Europe and elsewhere.
10 Apr, 2012, 03.48 PM IST