Searched for
CRIMINALIZING MISINFORMATION KARNATAKA
'Stay calm, trust yourself, you've earned this moment': NTA to NEET UG 2026 candidatesMillions of students are appearing for the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination today, with the National Testing Agency urging them to remain calm a...
ETtech Explainer: X, Centre at loggerheads over social media misuseIn a legal battle on accountability versus liberty, the government of India and Elon Musk’s microblogging platform X are slugging it out in...
ETtech Explainer: Inside Karnataka’s fake news bill, what it means for Big TechThe development is seeing parallels being drawn with the Emergency of 1975, with critics warning of a potential threat to free speech, and ...
Karnataka pushes jail terms for 'fake news', sparks worriesKarnataka's proposed legislation, imposing jail terms for spreading misinformation, has sparked concerns among free speech advocates about ...
Karnataka fake news draft bill raises concernsKarnataka's draft proposal, the Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, has sparked concern by proposing to criminalize the ...
Karnataka HC stays cases against BJP IT cell chief, journalist over Cong' 'Turkiye Office' issueThe Karnataka High Court has provided temporary relief to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya and Republic TV's Arnab Goswami. The c...
It will be 'good' if Yediyurappa appears before CID in POCSO case soon, says Karnataka Home MinisterKarnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara mentioned a non-bailable arrest warrant in a POCSO case against former CM B S Yediyurappa. Yediyurap...
Lok Sabha Election Date 2024: Seven-phase voting to begin from April 19, results on June 4; check dates, phases and other detailsLok Sabha Election Date 2024 Phase Wise: The Election Commission announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elect...
Top cop to head Karnataka fact-checking unitFor the Karnataka fact-check unit, five firms have been shortlisted - Gauri Media, Logically Infomedia, Trylika Technology, Newsplus Commun...
Government working on fact-check unit contours: IT MoS Rajeev ChandrasekharSocial media platforms to lose safe harbour status if they don’t take down flagged content
Scoop: Dunzo secures $75M via convertible notes, fires 30% staff; Tim Cook may visit India as Apple opens first company-owned storeReliance Retail-backed quick commerce startup Dunzo has secured funding of $75 million through convertible notes. It is also laying off abo...
Taking the battle head-onTwitter, in its writ petition, said orders from the ministry of electronics & information technology (MeitY) were “overboard and arbitrary,...
It is not the government's job to tell people what to eat or not, says Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThe minority affairs minister stressed that every citizen has freedom in the country to eat food of their choice adding that those who try ...
Paytm Payments Bank denies it leaked data to China; Trell to lay off hundreds of employeesBloomberg reported that the RBI acted against Paytm Payments Bank as it had allegedly leaked data to entities in China. The company has ref...
Digital curtain descends on RussiaSince Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, more than 340 companies have announced complete or partial withdrawals fro...
Make distinction between ad and right to use: Karnataka’s chief election officerThe caution came in the wake of misinformation that WhatsApp group admins would be held accountable if they promote a candidate or a party.
Biggest casualty of Nipah virus could be Kerala tourismNipah is on the World Health Organization’s priority list of emerging diseases that could cause a global pandemic, alongside Zika and Ebola...
Private hospital OPDs in Bengaluru shut indefinitely from todayComing down heavily on the proposed price caps, Dr Madan said the move would result in many private healthcare units shutting shop.
AAP, CAG, judiciary, environment ministry: Corporate India under fire from various quartersCorporate India has come under fire from various quarters in the five years of the UPA’s second term.
What is there to learn from Arvind Kejriwal, asks Akhilesh Yadav"What's there to learn from Kejriwal? Questions he raised are mostly about corruption. It will take a lot of time to eradicate corruption,"...