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Iranians are back online after months-long shutdown but still face heavy restrictionsInternet access is returning to Iran after months long shutdown although the service is slow and some apps remain blocked. The outage follo...
Big Donald Trump order on AI, cybersecurity coming soon as White House begins crackdown on deepfakesDonald Trump on AI: This comes as the United States on Tuesday began enforcing a law requiring tech platforms to remove deepfakes and other...
The new conservatives: How the woke became what they opposeToday's world sees both the woke and the right-wing demanding strict adherence to their beliefs. Both groups punish those who stray from th...
China's state media turns to social media, AI to tell its story - often mock USIn a five-minute AI-generated animation modelled after classic martial arts movies, China's state media frames an allegory for the war in I...
IT rule tweaks only clarificatory, don't expand govt power: MeitY SecretarySocial groups warn oversight of online user content may increase censorship, industry pushes back against mandatory compliance with 'adviso...
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...
Tech researchers sue US Trump administration over visa bansIn December, the International Fact-Checking Network said it was "deeply concerned" by reports that the State Department instructed staff t...
Global shows skip India as licensing, censorship and costs limit streaming access for paid subscribersDespite being tech-savvy, Indian users of global streaming platforms frequently encounter roadblocks in accessing hit series and insightful...
India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship toolThe lawsuit marks an escalation in a legal dispute between X and the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over how it orders content ...
SC asks Centre to regulate online content sans censorshipThe Supreme Court urged the Centre to devise a regulatory mechanism for social media content without imposing censorship, ensuring the righ...
Regulating online hate speech 'not censorship': UN rights chiefThe UN rights chief declared that regulating online hate speech and harmful content is not censorship. Meta recently announced it would rem...
Hear no OTT gaali, see no OTT sexThe Indian government is planning to introduce guidelines to censor profanity and explicit scenes in streaming films and shows. The guideli...
Vardhan Puri expresses disagreement with Salman Khan over censorship on OTT platforms; Here’s what he saidAfter Salman Khan advocated for monitoring of OTT content, Vardhan Puri expressed his belief that censorship would stifle creativity on suc...
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 ...
Netflix, Amazon explore voluntary censorshipTop players in the video-on-demand (VOD) industry met in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the possibility and what such a code would entail.
Online content censorship up 49%: GoogleAs part of its ‘transparency report’, Google on Monday said that it had received 101 content removal requests from Indian authorities betwe...
Internet content censorship from India up 49%: GoogleGoogle has reported a sharp rise of 49% in online content censorship from India as it said the trend of blockage were increasing from govts...