India's MeitY is proposing a significant new rule for social media platforms. Platforms must now display labels on synthetic content contin...

European Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...

The NHRC in its March 24 notice to the ministry had raised alleged non-compliance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act by dig...

MeitY is seeking industry feedback on reducing data protection compliance deadlines. The government is also clarifying that social media an...

The government will not ease rules mandating faster content removal by social media platforms, prioritising the protection of citizens in t...

Polonetsky, a former New York state legislator and the ex-chief privacy officer at AOL, said that overly rigid notification rules and an ov...

Executives across the privacy ecosystem told ET that organisations are over-focusing on surface-level compliance such as consent banners an...

Industry bodies BIF and ICEA have asked the government not to rush the rollout of India’s data protection rules. They warned that faster ti...

The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is seeking views on reducing the original 18-month transition period, announ...

MeitY has issued a formal notice to X, citing serious lapses in statutory due diligence under the IT Act and Rules. The government is conce...

Indian telecom operators, designated as significant data fiduciaries under DPDP Rules 2025, find many of their concerns unaddressed. Key is...

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a comprehensive “India AI Governance Guidelines” under the India ...

The draft rules proposed by MeitY require platforms and users to label AI-generated visuals with a visible marker covering at least 10% of ...

Telecom companies and legal experts are raising concerns about India's new cybersecurity rules, arguing they grant the government excessive...

ETtech takes a close look at the timeline of events following the Centre’s announcement of self- regulatory rules for online gaming firms.

The Chinese embassy in India released a statement saying that the Chinese government is concerned about the new rules to mandate screening ...

The Ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has shot off a second letter to Facebook-owned WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, and ...