Smear campaigns against Meesho might be violating guidelines, says Advertising CouncilMeesho said on June 2 that a Twitter user exposed concerted campaigns against the company by social media influencers
10 Jun, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
Government asks Twitter, YouTube to pull down perfume advertisementIn letters to Twitter and YouTube, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said that the videos were "detrimental to the portrayal of ...
04 Jun, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
Twitter appoints compliance officers in accordance with India IT RulesTwitter has appointed a chief compliance officer, nodal officer and resident grievance officer for India in accordance with the new IT Rule...
24 Sep, 2021, 12.00 PM IST
Twitter notice to remove manipulated media tag not under IT Act: MeitY in response to RTIMeitY has now admitted in its response that there was indeed no legal basis for the issuance of its letters, said IFF
04 Aug, 2021, 07.56 PM IST
UP Police says getting a lot of complaints against Twitter IndiaTwitter needs skilled in-house hands or external experts to sift out misinformation in order to avert further trouble with the police and a...
18 Jun, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
Penalise Twitter for non-compliance, says IT industry veteran T V Mohandas PaiThe government should enforce the Rule of Law and penalise Twitter for non-compliance, the former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infos...
16 Jun, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Twitter seeks time to comply with IT rules; hires permanent staff and sets up physical officeThe microblogging platform in its response to the government following the “last notice” sent on Saturday, said that the company is hiring ...
09 Jun, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
Twitter blocks JazzyB, three others after Indian govt's legal requestThe company confirmed that it received a legal request from the government to block the handles
08 Jun, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
Twitter has three weeks to show compliance with India's new IT rulesThe plea in the High Court came after days of a tense face-off between the San Francisco headquartered company and the union government ove...
31 May, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
Twitter's local rival Koo gains; downloads, use rise 5x in 3 daysTraction on the Koo platform is going up amid ongoing dispute between Twitter, govt
29 May, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
Twitter says it will strive to comply with India's IT rulesThe social media firm is seeking a minimum extension of three months to comply with new IT rules.
27 May, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
ASCI releases draft guidelines for 'influencer ads’ on Facebook, TwitterFor Facebook posts, 'influencer' posts should include the disclosure label in the title of the entry or post and if only the image or video...
22 Feb, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
Plea in Supreme Court seeks to regulate social media platformsThe plea has also sought directions to frame guidelines to entrust responsibility on the officers of ministries of electronics and IT and I...
06 Jan, 2021, 05.30 PM IST
CISF asks field commanders to sensitise troops about dangers, proper usage of social mediaThe guidelines were issued, a senior official said, to ensure that the social media is used by the troops with "responsibility and accounta...
04 Aug, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
CISF issues fresh social media rules for personnel; seeks disclosure of their IDsThe two-page guidelines are being issued in view of the "threat posed" by these online platforms to "national security and general discipli...
01 Aug, 2020, 06.55 PM IST
Virtual trolls may not stay anonymous for longGovt is mulling mandatory verification of social media accounts by linking them to phone nos or IDs.
05 Apr, 2019, 04.43 PM IST
Bureaucrats brushing up social media skills after Narendra Modi’s diktat on having twitter, Facebook accountsCentre has asked bureaucrats to use the guidelines for social media drawn up in 2012 by the department of electronics and information techn...
30 Jun, 2014, 08.12 AM IST