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What is the Sahyog Portal and why has comedian Kunal Kamra challenged it in court?Comedian Kunal Kamra has challenged the government's Sahyog portal in the Bombay High Court, deeming it an unconstitutional intrusion on fr...
AI content on social media may be labelled to fight rising tide of deepfakes, misinformationIndia is mandating social media users to declare AI-generated or modified content, with platforms required to implement verification measur...
Social media monitors us constantly, need to regulate: Centre tells Karnataka HC in X Corp caseDuring a Karnataka High Court hearing, the Centre emphasized the urgent need for digital space regulation due to rising cybercrime and cons...
Supreme Court puts on hold govt's fact-check unit notificationThe stay will remain in place till the Bombay High Court finally decides the constitution validity of the Information Technology (Intermedi...
Notice issued to social media firms to remove child sex abuse material: IT MoS Rajeev ChandrasekharMinister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to Rajya Sabha said that the social media platforms have b...
Government may ask social media companies to list out steps taken to curb sleazeThe government had sent notices to these companies on October 6, a day after ET sought the comments of senior electronics and information t...
YouTube, Telegram respond to IT Ministry's notice on child sexual abuse materialGoogle-owned YouTube and encrypted messaging platform Telegram on Saturday responded to the IT Ministry's notice to remove any kind of chil...
85% intermediaries say new IT rules will negatively impact ease of doing business: reportA majority of intermediaries and cybersecurity experts said that it was technically impossible to introduce traceability on end-to-end encr...
India weighs appeal panel for social media takedownsIT ministry has sought public comment on amendments to IT rules that took effect last year, aiming to regulate content and spur firms to re...
Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on IT Rules over Whatsapp's traceability pleaWhatsApp LLC has urged the high court to declare Rule 4(2) of the Intermediary Rules as unconstitutional, ultra vires to the IT Act and ill...
WhatsApp names Paresh B Lal as grievance officer for India on websiteAs per WhatsApp's website, users can contact Paresh B Lal - who is the 'Grievance Officer' - through a post box in Banjara Hills in Hyderab...
Google, Facebook updating website to reflect new grievance officer appointed under IT rulesThe new rules require significant social media intermediaries - those with other 50 lakh users - to appoint a grievance officer, nodal offi...
New clause added to IT Act: Onus of content not generated by users on social media platforms‘Safe harbour protection’ only if intermediaries facilitate and not modify such content, including ads
Give status of social media accountability norms: Supreme CourtApex court will hear linking Aadhaar to Facebook a/cs, other tech platforms on Sept 24, says govt stand on accountability more important.
SC defers Facebook's Aadhaar-social media linkage matter for September 24Justice Deepak Gupta said the court may give more time if the Centre is considering framing something in the near future.
ShareChat removes some videos on TikTok noticeChinese app claims exclusive rights over content; experts say this may impact platform’s intermediary status.
Technological beasts like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube & Google impossible to controlBecoming the voice of a generation was never the agenda. Neither was toppling govts. But techn beasts like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube & Googl...