Delhi HC orders restoration of blocked X accountsJustice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav ruled for full account restoration, but said specific tweets flagged in the blocking orders must remain t...
06 Apr, 2026, 09.51 PM IST
Meity moots IT rules tweaks to mandate platforms' compliance with advisories, SOPsNew draft amendments to IT rules propose mandatory compliance for intermediaries with government clarifications and guidelines. Digital rig...
30 Mar, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
Desi data to get top secret & A-B sovereign cover under new cloud rulesIndia is implementing a new cloud policy for government data. Sensitive information like Aadhaar and UPI will be hosted on secure, governme...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
IT ministry issues official notice on extension of time for draft DPDP Rules feedback"Feedback or comments from the stakeholders on the draft Rules were invited until 18th February, 2025. In response to the representations r...
15 Feb, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
Meity invites proposals to develop trusted AI ecosystemThis proposal includes creation of "deepfake detection tools to enable real-time identification and mitigation of deepfakes, preventing mis...
17 Dec, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Govt blocks websites leaking sensitive details like Aadhaar, PAN of citizensThe government has blocked several websites exposing sensitive personal information, including Aadhaar and PAN card details. CERT-In identi...
26 Sep, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
Govt blocks 22 'illegal' betting apps and websites, including Mahadev Book appThe action follows investigations conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against illegal betting app syndicate and subsequent raids ...
05 Nov, 2023, 09.34 PM IST
Timeline: Ban on quick-loan apps and its repeal – all in a weekFintech platform PayU’s buy-now-pay-later service LazyPay’s website was taken down following a notice from MeitY. Kissht, another lending p...
11 Feb, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Government orders internet companies to block 67 porn websitesThe IT Rules 2021 invoked by MeitY mandates IT companies to remove or disable access to content hosted, stored or published by them which "...
29 Sep, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
40 websites of banned group Sikhs For Justice blocked by government"Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an unlawful organisation under the UAPA,1967, launched a campaign for registering supporters for its cause. On re...
05 Jul, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
Rajya Sabha panel suggests breaking encryption to trace distributors of child sexual abuse contentThe panel also stated that that gateway internet service providers must bear a significant liability to detect and block websites showing c...
27 Jan, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Government amending IT Act to trace rogue messages on WhatsAppThe government has proposed to amend the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 of the IT Act, 2000.
27 Nov, 2019, 05.01 PM IST
'Website not found' pop-ups leave net activists fumingLast year, MeitY blocked 2,799 URLs for allegedly hosting malicious content, marking a sharp increase from 2017, when 1,385 URLs were block...
06 Mar, 2019, 07.26 AM IST
Deadline for public comments on draft IT rules extended to January 31On December 24, the IT Ministry released draft amendments under which social media and online platforms would need to trace originators of ...
09 Jan, 2019, 07.57 PM IST
Digital India firewalls: look-alike domains, frauds big threats to govt’s e-pushThe govt has identified at least six hi-tech modus operandi being increasingly employed by fraudsters.
07 Nov, 2018, 12.19 PM IST
Telecom department asks internet providers to block 827 porn websitesWhile the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any p...
24 Oct, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
Direction to block over 11,000 websites issued since Jan 2016: Manoj SinhaInternet service providers implement blocking or filtering of websites or uniform resource locators (URLs) or webpages by using suitable te...
08 Aug, 2018, 06.43 PM IST