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Delhi HC upholds Telegram ban in India till June 22 amid NEET re-exam paper leak concernsThe Delhi High Court has upheld the government's decision to suspend Telegram services until June 22, citing its role in facilitating fraud...
Gujarat HC issues notices to Meta, X, Google over PIL seeking curb on misuse of AIThe Gujarat High Court has called upon major tech players including Meta, Google, X, Reddit, and Scribd to address the growing concern of A...
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...
Draft IT rule tweaks set off alarms over state powers and costsProposed amendments to India’s Information Technology Rules, 2021 spell an expanded compliance burden for intermediaries and a significant ...
Gazette notification may allow more ministries to block contentSources told us that the government could use a gazette notification to give multiple ministries content-blocking powers under the Informat...
Karnataka HC seeks Centre’s reply on X Corp plea challenging Sahyog portalA bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre while hearing an appeal against a si...
Tighter takedown rules are for all social media contentThe amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules drastically shortening the time ...
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...
Comedian Kunal Kamra moves HC challenging Sahyog portal, cites free speech concernsComedian Kunal Kamra has approached the Bombay High Court. He is challenging the government's 'Sahyog' portal and amended IT rules. Kamra a...
Remove Grok-generated obscene content of women within 72 hrs: Govt to XIn its notice to X (formerly Twitter), the MeitY asked the company to “immediately undertake a comprehensive technical, procedural and gove...
X Corp challenges legality of 'Sahyog' portal takedown process before Karnataka High CourtSocial media giant X Corp informs Karnataka High Court about government content removal requests. The company argues that government agenci...
Revised IT rules to ensure senior-level authorisation for content takedown noticesIn a major update to digital governance, new IT regulations require senior officials to issue takedown notices for illegal content, emphasi...
X condemns Karnataka HC order allowing arbitrary content takedowns via Sahyog portalSocial media platform X announced plans to appeal a Karnataka court order allowing police to issue arbitrary takedown requests through the ...
Govt blocks 25 OTT platforms for streaming obscene, vulgar contentThe action to disable 26 websites and 14 apps have been taken in consultation with the ministries of home affairs, electronics and IT, and ...
X marks a spot for content-blockers: Why Elon Musk’s platform is taking GoI to courtKarnataka High Court will hear a case involving X (formerly Twitter) alleging the Government of India is misusing Section 79 of the IT Act ...
Social media must keep social contractThe media operates on self-censorship, and the law steps in only when this fails. It also looks into bias masquerading as self-censorship. ...
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...
Govt likely to issue clarifications on India IT rules, officials sayClarifications on the new India IT rules are currently being discussed and are "aimed at law enforcement agencies that give orders for info...
Facebook, Google against making public mail exchanges with Election CommissionCos refuse to share info with RTI applicants on social media use during polls; EC to take final call.
Social media companies to cut takedown time to 2 hoursSocial media companies have already agreed to a ‘voluntary code’ on taking down ‘problematic content’ and bringing ‘transparency in politic...