EU lawmakers back rules forcing Big Tech to tackle child pornographyThe draft rule on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), proposed by the European Commission last year, has been a bone of contention between ...
23 Nov, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
Citizen Tame: recent developments that impact our technology consumptionThree major developments in the IT space over the last couple of weeks are set to have a deep impact on how the common man consumes and use...
06 Nov, 2022, 06.01 AM IST
Tech firms may take data bill to court if House adopts it verbatimA top internet executive who spoke to ET on the condition of anonymity said the clause of social media classification as publishers “will s...
03 Dec, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
India's IT Rules undermine user security, says WhatsApp CEOIndia, which had notified the revised IT rules in February this year, has made it mandatory for messaging apps to comply with the controver...
15 Sep, 2021, 06.07 AM IST
Life without Google: Australia is now facing the unthinkableSearching for 'best beach Sydney' on DuckDuckGo showed an ad for a hotel more than 1,000 km away as the top result. Bing suggested Bondi Be...
12 Feb, 2021, 08.59 AM IST
Govt starts discussions on amending India's Information Technology ActIndia's Information Technology Act may have been rendered irrelevant by the pervasive growth of smartphones and social media, while the adv...
21 Jan, 2021, 05.25 AM IST
Data Bill should be sent to house panel: Justice BN SrikrishnaThe Bill will determine how global tech giants process, store and transfer consumers’ data.
07 Dec, 2019, 08.50 AM IST
TMC MP Mahua Moitra seeks to implead herself in Aadhar-social media linkage caseMoitra has moved the Madras High Court, where the case is pending, in this regard.
01 Oct, 2019, 12.05 AM IST
Australia set to spy on WhatsApp messages with encryption lawThe legislation thrusts Australia to the heart of a global tug of war between tech companies and governments over privacy and security.
06 Dec, 2018, 09.07 AM IST
View: Will govt step in to protect your personal data? It's already too late for thatThe devices we use track us even on airplane mode, and every piece of info they suck is sorted somewhere for use by someone. We don’t know ...
11 Apr, 2018, 07.10 AM IST
Daunting task ahead for investigative agencies with WhatsApp's end-to-end encryptionA service that is encrypted end-to-end cannot be monitored or intercepted. No one, except the people or groups communicating with each othe...
08 Apr, 2016, 09.05 AM IST
Barack Obama backs away from law to access encrypted informationObama's administration has backed away from seeking legislation that would give U.S. law enforcement agencies access to individuals' encryp...
11 Oct, 2015, 03.25 AM IST
In digital push, PM Narendra Modi shouldn't take Google, Facebook at face valuePM Modi has been praised for his salesmanship in Silicon Valley, for extracting large commitments towards Digital India from Facebook, Goog...
05 Oct, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
Over 280,000 people asked Google to delete information about them over the last yearThe right to be forgotten is a piece of legislation designed to let people have web pages containing false, misleading, or outdated informa...
14 Jul, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
UK politician Theresa May is 'Web’s No. 1 villain'The Internet Service Providers’ Association accused the politician of seeking to expand Britain’s web surveillance powers 'without yet full...
04 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Law on cards for e-surveillance
The government, keen to ensure unrestricted access to all terror communication and e-mails, is working on a dedicated law that would make i...
16 Dec, 2010, 01.19 AM IST
- BlackBerry's current woes echo US troubles
Threats by the governments of India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to shut down BlackBerry’s corporate email services reflect u...
17 Aug, 2010, 01.27 AM IST